(June 1957)

DC, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1957-04-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (sourced) (editor)

Issue Notes

Credits for script and art for fillers verified from editorial records sent to Gene Reed from Nelson Bridwell in 1986. On-sale date from copyright registration.

Secret of the Shrinking Twins! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane (sourced)
Inks
Joe Giella (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Littleton Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Secret of the Shrinking Twins! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Bernard Sachs
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

You'll Want to Join Up with Sgt. Bilko (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Sgt. Bilko / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Amazing Ratios! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Tom Nicolosi
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Clavius Crater of the moon is so immense...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Reprints

The Spaceman of 1,000 Disguises! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Sid Greene (sourced)
Inks
Joe Giella (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

What's the Difference Between / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Tom Nicolosi
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Atmosphere... Air...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Worldwide Adventures in Science! (Table of Contents: 8)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Ruben Moreira
Inks
Ruben Moreira
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy

The Friendly Enemies from Space! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron
Pencils
Gil Kane (sourced)
Inks
Bernard Sachs (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Hazards of Bird-Flight! (Table of Contents: 10)

Spotlight on Science / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
Raymond Perry
Inks
Raymond Perry
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; math & science

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Professor Eureka / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Professor Eureka, here is our new telescope!
Genre
humor
Reprints

The Magic Box from Nowhere! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Frank Giacoia (sourced)
Inks
Joe Giella (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks were originally credited to Jerry Grandenetti and Frank Giacoia, respectively, but Bob Bailey agrees with Julius Schwartz's editorial records.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Secret of the Shrinking Twins!
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Littleton Stamps
  3. 2. Secret of the Shrinking Twins!
  4. 3. You'll Want to Join Up with Sgt. Bilko
    Sgt. Bilko
  5. 4. ["The Clavius Crater of the moon is so immense..."]
    Amazing Ratios!
  6. 5. The Spaceman of 1,000 Disguises!
  7. 6. ["Atmosphere... Air..."]
    What's the Difference Between
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  9. 8. Worldwide Adventures in Science!
  10. 9. The Friendly Enemies from Space!
  11. 10. Hazards of Bird-Flight!
    Spotlight on Science
  12. 11. ["Professor Eureka, here is our new telescope!"]
    Professor Eureka
  13. 12. The Magic Box from Nowhere!
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Honor House Products
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore