(July 1957)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale date
- 1957-05-14
- 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)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Silver Age U.S.
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
in 
Three Wishes to Doom
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Jack Kirby
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Synopsis
- Inmates Ram Crowder and Silky Martin find a magical lamp which grants them three wishes, including freedom, though not riches. But Ram is OK with that because he stashed the stolen money from his last job...which is Silky's cue to reveal this was all a sting to get Ram to reveal the location of the money.
- Reprints
-
in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #18 (March 1958) -
in The Jack Kirby Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #1 (2011) - in Showcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([August] 2012)
-
The Sinister Cannon
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily
- Inks
- Bernard Baily
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Men are compelled to create a cannon for a being claiming to be a moon-dweller, supposedly to send him back to the moon, but the moon-dweller is really a mole-man and the cannon is to send him back into the Earth. Once accomplished the men seal the hole in the ground so he can't return.
- Reprints
- in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #20 (May 1958)
- in Showcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([August] 2012)
-
[no title indexed]
Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lying on a bed of spikes! Imagine that!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
in The Rainbow Man
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Roussos
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. Hargate; Tod Milling
- Synopsis
- Dr. Hargate discovers how chameleons change color and gives himself the same abilities in order to commit crimes. But he doesn't realize he has a color-blind neighbor who can spot him.
- Reprints
- in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #159 (September-October 1974)
-
in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #6 (April 1977) - in Showcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([August] 2012)
- in Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #21
-
- Keywords
- chameleon
Binky Shows "How to Make New Friends!"
Binky / public service announcement / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils
- Bob Oksner
- Inks
- Bob Oksner
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Binky; Allergy
- Reprints
The City of the Three Dooms
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin
- Inks
- Mort Meskin
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A Nazi sub travels through time to three different eras, but decides it would be better for them if they just turned themselves in in the present.
- Reprints
- in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #20 (May 1958)
- in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #4 (1971)
- in Showcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([August] 2012)
-
[no title indexed]
Professor Eureka / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A great invention! Now for a nice quiet game of chess...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #177 (June 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Feature is signed in the original publication.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
City of Three Dooms!
-
1.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamp Co. -
2.
Three Wishes to Doom
-
3.
For the Best in Comics Entertainment
-
4.
The Sinister Cannon
-
5.
["Lying on a bed of spikes! Imagine that!"]
Moolah the Mystic -
6.
The Rainbow Man
-
7.
Binky Shows "How to Make New Friends!"
Binky -
8.
Spirits in the Sky
-
9.
The City of the Three Dooms
-
10.
["A great invention! Now for a nice quiet game of chess..."]
Professor Eureka -
11.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park -
12.
["After two weeks on Mars..."]
Shorty -
13.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
14.
Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for the "Unlucky Fishermen"
Junior Sales Club of America
This issue was most recently modified by:
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- Carl Gafford
- Bob Hughes
- Ramon Schenk
- Ed Boner
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