(July-August 1962)

DC, 1961 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1962-05-17
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 house ad in House of Secrets #55 and copyright registration.

The Alien King of 1,000 B.C.! (Table of Contents)

Rip Hunter... Time Master / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Ely
Inks
Bill Ely
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rip Hunter; Corky Baxter
Reprints

For the Best in Comics Entertainment (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Alien King of 1,000 B.C., Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

Rip Hunter... Time Master / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

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

Genre
science fiction
Reprints
Keywords
aliens; time travel

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

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

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

Peter Puptent, Explorer / comic story / 1 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
This is the spot where we're supposed to dig!
Genre
humor
Reprints

Superman Says: "Be a Good Citizen!" (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
advocacy; superhero

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

Giant Batman Annual; Giant Lois Lane Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[The Alien King of 1,000 B.C.] Chapter 2: Adventure on Planet Zark (Table of Contents: 7)

Rip Hunter... Time Master / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller
Pencils
Bill Ely
Inks
Bill Ely
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

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

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

Pietro Tacchini (Table of Contents: 9)

Giants of the Telescope / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
non-fiction; biography
Reprints

The Great Time-Travel Hoax (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[The Alien King of 1,000 B.C.] Chapter 3: One-Man Alien Army (Table of Contents: 11)

Rip Hunter... Time Master / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller
Pencils
Bill Ely
Inks
Bill Ely
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

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

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

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

Giant Superman Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Task Force (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Midwest Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Alien King of 1,000 B.C.!
    Rip Hunter... Time Master
  2. 1. For the Best in Comics Entertainment
  3. 2. The Alien King of 1,000 B.C., Chapter 1
    Rip Hunter... Time Master
  4. 3. ["Your passport to amazing adventures!"]
    Aquaman; House of Mystery; House of Secrets
  5. 4. ["This is the spot where we're supposed to dig!"]
    Peter Puptent, Explorer
  6. 5. Superman Says: "Be a Good Citizen!"
    Superman
  7. 6. ["Batman and Robin's most fantastic foes!"]
    Giant Batman Annual; Giant Lois Lane Annual
  8. 7. [The Alien King of 1,000 B.C.] Chapter 2: Adventure on Planet Zark
    Rip Hunter... Time Master
  9. 8. ["For the very best in comics reading"]
    Blackhawk; Tomahawk
  10. 9. Pietro Tacchini
    Giants of the Telescope
  11. 10. The Great Time-Travel Hoax
  12. 11. [The Alien King of 1,000 B.C.] Chapter 3: One-Man Alien Army
    Rip Hunter... Time Master
  13. 12. ["2 big stories in every issue..."]
    Detective Comics
  14. 13. ["Krypton, the world where Superman was born, lives again!"]
    Giant Superman Annual
  15. 14. ["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park..."]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  16. 15. Task Force
    Task Force
  17. 16. ["Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age..."]
    American Body Building Club
  18. 17. ["It's easy to have plenty of extra money..."]
    Midwest Cards
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Dave Marchand
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • James Zee