(June-July 1961)

DC, 1952 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1961-04-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Robert Kanigher (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Sub-Crusher! (Table of Contents)

The War That Time Forgot / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Capt. Peter March
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, erroneously list art credits of "J. K."

Test Your Talent (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Sub-Crusher! (Table of Contents: 2)

The War That Time Forgot / comic story / 16.67 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Somewhere in our area, the enemy has a secret weapon...
Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Capt. Peter March; Capt. Nick March; sub crew; PT crew
Synopsis
The March Brothers part to their PT boat and sub. The sub is grabbed from underwater by a giant claw and crushed. The PT visits an island for repairs. They're grabbed by a giant dinosaur, bombed by a giant ape with coconuts and attacked by aquatic dinosaurs. A pterodactyl snatches their torpedo and destroys the PT boat. Captain Pete drifts, the only survivor, out to sea. And sees the sub crew and PT crew in lifeboats, attacked again. Pete shoves a torpedo and the dinosaurs are killed. Days later, the brothers watch as the island is carpet-bombed into an inferno.
Reprints
Keywords
Dinosaur Island; dinosaurs; giant ape

Indexer Notes

1) Pencil credits and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. These records also list ink credit of "Andru." 2) Story in three parts of 6 pages, 6 pages, and 4.67 pages. 3) The island is bombed and burned flat at the conclusion.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Parents Have Rights, Too! (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
advocacy

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.

Just Imagine! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Justice League of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

G.I. Combat; The Haunted Tank / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[Ace qualification, "Nuts!", foxhole spacing, B-47 Stratojet] (Table of Contents: 7)

Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Synopsis
Sgt. Rock thanks many readers by name, then answers questions on an ace's qualification, "Nuts!", foxhole spacing, and the B-47 Stratojet.

World War II Battle Story... ...7th Infantry Division (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Morris Waldinger
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Tom Nicolosi
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; war

The End of Lady Luck! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Russ Heath
Inks
Russ Heath
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That's the first one, sir! Goosey Gander!
Genre
war
Characters
USAAC pilots and officers
Synopsis
In England, bombers crash and burn or ditch in the Channel. Only "Lady Luck" returns without a scratch. "We just drew a lucky ship." For their last mission, they're assigned a milk run. But their bomb bay doors jam, and as lead ship they must circle over the target. The ship is shredded by flak and enemy aircraft, but finally drops its bomb load. They limp back home. The ship pancakes and flies to pieces. Lady Luck's luck ran out! No, "There's the luck of the ship! The crew who always brought it back!"
Keywords
Flying forts; milk run; USAAC

Indexer Notes

Pencil and ink credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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

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

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

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Sub-Crusher!
    The War That Time Forgot
  2. 1. Test Your Talent
    Art Instruction, Inc. courses
  3. 2. The Sub-Crusher!
    The War That Time Forgot
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  5. 4. Parents Have Rights, Too!
  6. 5. Just Imagine!
    Justice League of America
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    G.I. Combat; The Haunted Tank
  8. 7. [Ace qualification, "Nuts!", foxhole spacing, B-47 Stratojet]
    Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner
  9. 8. World War II Battle Story... ...7th Infantry Division
  10. 9. The End of Lady Luck!
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Honor House Products
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • Clayton Emery
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore