(April-May 1961)

DC, 1958 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1961-02-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Jack Schiff (editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Blackhawk #159 and copyright registration.

The Beasts from the Fabulous Gem! (Table of Contents)

Challengers of the Unknown / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
adventure
Reprints

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

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

The Alien Who Stole a Planet (Table of Contents: 2)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script
Arnold Drake (sourced)
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Genre
adventure
Reprints

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

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

The Sea Beasts from One Million B.C.! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Showcase; Aquaman and Aqualad / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Doctor Rocket / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let's go! This is a television camera.
Genre
humor; science fiction

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

Zenith Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Captive of the Criminal Brain (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

The Beasts from the Fabulous Gem (Table of Contents: 8)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Arnold Drake (sourced)
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Genre
adventure
Reprints

A Salute to Our American Indians! (Table of Contents: 9)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy

Indexer Notes

Appears on the page immediately following page 7 of the previous story sequence.

Animal Time-Sense (Table of Contents: 10)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Tom Nicolosi
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Genre
non-fiction; animal
Reprints

Indexer Notes

On the page before page 8 of the previous story sequence.

Reprints only the top half of the original feature.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Science Shorts / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Phooey! I never like to use oil on my hair!
Genre
humor; non-fiction

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

Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / 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) /

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Beasts from the Fabulous Gem!
    Challengers of the Unknown
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Honor House Products
  3. 2. The Alien Who Stole a Planet
    Challengers of the Unknown
  4. 3. Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!
    House of Mystery; Tales of the Unexpected; My Greatest Adventure
  5. 4. The Sea Beasts from One Million B.C.!
    Showcase; Aquaman and Aqualad
  6. 5. ["Let's go! This is a television camera."]
    Doctor Rocket
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Zenith Company
  8. 7. Captive of the Criminal Brain
  9. 8. The Beasts from the Fabulous Gem
    Challengers of the Unknown
  10. 9. A Salute to Our American Indians!
  11. 10. Animal Time-Sense
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Grit Newspaper
  13. 12. ["Phooey! I never like to use oil on my hair!"]
    Science Shorts
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Jowett Institute of Physical Training
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Alan Barnard
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
  • Per Sandell
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Van Dore