(November-December 1957)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1957-09-22
- 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)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Wizard of San Marco
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Carlos Smith, a half-alien living in San Marco, is rescued from suspicious townspeople by his alien half-brother, but chooses to remain on Earth.
- Reprints
-
in Fantastic Tales (Thorpe & Porter, 1963 series) #19 -
in Super Comics (BSV - Williams, 1968 series) #12 - in Blackhawk (Thorpe & Porter, 1956 series) #17 (1956)
-
in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #25 (October 1958) -
in Mars-serien [Metall-klanen] (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1968 series) #7 (1968) - in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #13 (1973) [N&B [B&W]]
-
[no title indexed]
Sgt. Bilko; The Adventures of Jerry Lewis / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
I Built the Toys of Doom
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Peter Rogers, a banker, has amnesia that gives him precognition of the future. As Mr. Smith, he builds mechanical toys that appear to cause the disasters that he predicts.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Og from the Planet Gog / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To prepare for an invasion of the planet Earth...
- Genre
- humor
If the Oceans Dry Up!
Just Imagine / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- science fiction; non-fiction
- Reprints
-
from Real Fact Comics (DC, 1946 series) #5 (November-December 1946) - in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #27 (December 1958)
-
The Strange Revenge of Lucius Gallus
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Larry Gales, an actor, is taken over by the spirit of his ancestor, Lucius Gallus, to defeat his ancient enemy Cassius Petronius.
- Reprints
- in Super Comics (BSV - Williams, 1968 series) #13
- in Blackhawk (Thorpe & Porter, 1956 series) #17 (1956)
-
in Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (K. G. Murray, 1957 series) #4 ([March 1958] ?) - in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #26 (November 1958)
-
in Super Comics (Classics/Williams, 1968 series) #2415 (1968) - in Jupiterserien (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1968 series) #8 (1968)
-
The Island of the Enchantress
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Inks
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- When a plane crash-lands on a mysterious island, chemicals from the plane and a lagoon cause changes in living tissue that resemble the tale of Circe.
- Reprints
- in Blackhawk (Thorpe & Porter, 1956 series) #17 (1956)
- in All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (K. G. Murray, 1957 ? series) #5 (March 1958)
- in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #26 (November 1958)
-
in Marvila, la Mujer Maravilla (Editorial Novaro, 1955 series) #39 (1 de diciembre de 1958) - in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #105 (February-March 1968)
-
[no title indexed]
Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is Pasha, the world's greatest snake charmer!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #113 (June 1964)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Island of the Enchantress!
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1.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
2.
The Wizard of San Marco
-
3.
["The oldest symbol in comics..."]
Sgt. Bilko; The Adventures of Jerry Lewis -
4.
Teddy Roosevelt Guardian of Nature
-
5.
I Built the Toys of Doom
-
6.
["To prepare for an invasion of the planet Earth..."]
Og from the Planet Gog -
7.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
8.
If the Oceans Dry Up!
Just Imagine -
9.
The Strange Revenge of Lucius Gallus
-
10.
The Mountain of Missing People
-
11.
The Island of the Enchantress
-
12.
["This is Pasha, the world's greatest snake charmer!"]
Moolah the Mystic -
13.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
14.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
15.
[no title indexed]
American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Gregory Fischer
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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