(December 1961)

DC, 1956 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1961-10-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical 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 copyright registration.

Mystery of the Stolen Creature! (Table of Contents)

Mark Merlin / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

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

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

The Man on Disaster Hill (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ruben Moreira (signed)
Inks
Ruben Moreira (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Tootsie Roll Makes History! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

People Are People! (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
advocacy

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

Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Cry, Clown, Cry (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Ely (signed)
Inks
Bill Ely (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Strange Sights in the Sky (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Moolah the Mystic / 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
Look at Moolah! He'a a master with rope tricks.
Genre
humor

207 Stamps (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Mystery of the Stolen Creature (Table of Contents: 11)

Mark Merlin / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller ?
Pencils
Mort Meskin
Inks
George Roussos
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where had the fantastic best come from?
Genre
science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Elsa Magussen; Mark Merlin; Jim Howes; Tom Fuller
Reprints

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

Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Mystery of the Stolen Creature!
    Mark Merlin
  2. 1. ["Test your talent!"]
    Art Instruction, Inc. courses
  3. 2. The Man on Disaster Hill
  4. 3. Tootsie Roll Makes History!
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. People Are People!
  6. 5. ["Re-live the adventures of Superman when he was a boy!"]
    Superboy
  7. 6. Cry, Clown, Cry
  8. 7. ["I'm a fudge judge..."]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  9. 8. Strange Sights in the Sky
  10. 9. ["Look at Moolah! He'a a master with rope tricks."]
    Moolah the Mystic
  11. 10. 207 Stamps
    Zenith Stamps
  12. 11. The Mystery of the Stolen Creature
    Mark Merlin
  13. 12. ["Kids flip their lids for Tootsie Roll ice cream bar"]
    Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar
  14. 13. 100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
    100 Toy Soldiers
  15. 14. ["Draw any person in one minute"]
    Magic Art Reproducer
  16. 15. ["Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age..."]
    Jowett Institute of Physical Training
  17. 16. ["Announcing the all-new Daisy BB gun"]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mark Muller
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Dan Stevenson
  • Jim Van Dore