(September 1957)

DC, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1957-07-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Prisoners of the Atom Universe! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You won't keep us imprisoned in this safety deposit box for long, Jenkins!
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Yogi Berra Homers in the 9th - Wins Big Game! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Prisoners of the Atom Universe! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Am I dreaming? These men took off into outer space minutes ago...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Ken Travis; Jay Jenkins
Reprints

Danger: Prejudice at Work! (Table of Contents: 3)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gee Pete, where's all your old gang I met when I visited your last summer?
Genre
advocacy

Indexer Notes

The PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format.

The Radioactive Invasion of Earth! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Sid Greene (sourced)
Inks
Bernard Sachs (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Our tests show this "Martian soldier" and "Birdman of Neptune" are made of a metal unknown on Earth.
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

DeLuxe Photo Service / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Riddle of the Walking Robots! (Table of Contents: 8)

Darwin Jones / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (sourced)
Inks
Joe Giella (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Those creatures keep walking -- walking -- walking -- no matter what obstacle stands in their way!
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

Bent Light! (Table of Contents: 10)

Spotlight on Science / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We when talk about the 186,000 miles-per-second speed of light it is not generally realized that this speed is...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Reprints

The Toy That Saved the World! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It'll take 50 more hours before my giant electronic brain can solve the problem of how to save Earth from cosmic doom!
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

Automatic Firing Tripod Machine Gun (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

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

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Prisoners of the Atom Universe!
  2. 1. Yogi Berra Homers in the 9th - Wins Big Game!
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  3. 2. Prisoners of the Atom Universe!
  4. 3. Danger: Prejudice at Work!
  5. 4. The Radioactive Invasion of Earth!
  6. 5. ["Free! Hard-to-get Royal Family stamps!"]
    Garcelon Stamps
  7. 6. ["631 movie & TV star pictures 25¢"]
    DeLuxe Photo Service
  8. 7. ["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey."]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  9. 8. Riddle of the Walking Robots!
    Darwin Jones
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers
  11. 10. Bent Light!
    Spotlight on Science
  12. 11. The Toy That Saved the World!
  13. 12. ["Do you want spending money? Sell these popular patriotic and religious mottoes"]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  14. 13. Automatic Firing Tripod Machine Gun
    Honor House Products
  15. 14. ["Are you skinny like I was?"]
    Jowett Institute of Physical Training
  16. 15. ["Hey, Kids! ... Ride a Schwinn Mark II Jaguar"]
    Schwinn Bicycles
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Brian Stewart
  • Jim Van Dore