(January 1960)

DC, 1956 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1959-11-17
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
Jack Schiff (credited) (editor); Murray Boltinoff (credited) (associate editor); George Kashdan (credited) (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Space Ranger / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Myra Mason; Space Ranger [Rick Starr]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #45
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Cover gallery

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

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Sheriff from Jupiter (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howard Purcell
Inks
Howard Purcell
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints

Your Passport to Amazing Adventures! (Table of Contents: 3)

House of Mystery; My Greatest Adventure; House of Secrets / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

The Best Present of All! (Table of Contents: 5)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
advocacy; teen

The Planet with Three Faces (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Tenn Roberts; Hal Wingfield; Bill Cauldon
Reprints

Hawk-a-a-a! (Table of Contents: 7)

Blackhawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Commercial Trades Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

The Six-Gun from Space (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Doctor Rocket / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You will be the first man ever to land on Mars!
Genre
humor
Reprints

The Army of Interplanetary Beasts (Table of Contents: 11)

The Space Ranger / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox ?; Edmond Hamilton ?
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Jim Mooney
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Cryll; Myra Mason; Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; Zakk Tor
Synopsis
A criminal has trained various alien animals to perform robberies on his behalf.
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Indexer Notes

writer identification by Bob Hughes

The Man with Nine Lives! (Table of Contents: 12)

Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Space Ranger
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Co.
  3. 2. The Sheriff from Jupiter
  4. 3. Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!
    House of Mystery; My Greatest Adventure; House of Secrets
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Task Force
  6. 5. The Best Present of All!
    Binky
  7. 6. The Planet with Three Faces
  8. 7. Hawk-a-a-a!
    Blackhawk
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Commercial Trades Institute
  10. 9. The Six-Gun from Space
  11. 10. ["You will be the first man ever to land on Mars!"]
    Doctor Rocket
  12. 11. The Army of Interplanetary Beasts
    The Space Ranger
  13. 12. The Man with Nine Lives!
    Tomahawk
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Manufacturing Company
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles
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  • Ruben Cortes
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mark Muller
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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