(May 1958)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1958-03-25
- 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 (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Amazing Ray of Knowledge!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])
-
The Amazing Ray of Knowledge!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #9 (1958 ?) -
in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #27 (juillet 1960) [N&B/B&W] - in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])
-
Indexer Notes
Cover story.
[no title indexed]
Amazing Ratios / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The largest star in the universe -- Epsilon Aurigae -- is so tremendous that if it were placed in the center of the Solar system it would extend as far out as Saturn...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #6 ([1958])
- in Mammoth Annual (K. G. Murray, 1959 ? series) #1
- in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #167 (November 1964) [second panel only, reconfigured] which is reprinted
- in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #9 (February-March 1971)
-
- Keywords
- atoms; Epsilon Aurigae; Krakatoa; Saturn; sugar beets; sugar cane
Earth -- Planetary Bomb!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #19 (novembre 1959) [N&B/B&W]
- in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])
-
Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown; Susie Gruff; Margie; Tommy
- Synopsis
- Teenagers try to cope with the social stigma of a relative suffering from mental illness.
Models from Saturn!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #19 (novembre 1959) [N&B/B&W]
- in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])
-
The Ice-Age Menace!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #23 (février 1960) [N&B/B&W]
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #49 (1980) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Amazing Ray of Knowledge!
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1.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute -
2.
The Amazing Ray of Knowledge!
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3.
[no title indexed]
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan -
4.
["The largest star in the universe -- Epsilon Aurigae -- is so tremendous that if it were placed in the center of the Solar system it would extend as far out as Saturn..."]
Amazing Ratios -
5.
Earth -- Planetary Bomb!
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6.
Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"
Buzzy -
7.
Models from Saturn!
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8.
[no title indexed]
Spotlight on Science -
9.
The Ice-Age Menace!
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10.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Company -
11.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
12.
[no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club of America -
13.
[no title indexed]
American Geographical Society's Around the World Program
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Denys Howard
- Bob Hughes
- Mark Muller
- Jim Van Dore
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