(August-September 1963)

DC, 1952 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1963-06-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Robert Kanigher (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Suicide Squadron's Mystery Mission! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
adventure; war
Reprints

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

Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
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?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Tunnel of Terror! The Suicide Squadron's Mystery Mission! (Table of Contents: 2)

The War That Time Forgot / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks
Mike Esposito (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
adventure; war
Characters
"Skipper" Allan (captain of PT Boat 102, intro, resembles Robert Kanigher with scar); "Professor" (intro, resembles Julius Schwartz); the Great White Ape (intro and death)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

DC considers this story and the main story in the following issue as pseudo-Suicide Squad stories, as witness their inclusion is DC's collection of Silver Age Suicide Squad stories. But these stories do not resemble the contemporary Suicide Squad which previously appeared in The Brave and the Bold or the World War II-set Suicide Squad starting in this series beginning with #116.

The PT boat squadron in this issue is referred to as a "suicide squadron" in the title only. When the same characters return in #111, there is no mention of this phrase at all. More importantly, no group with that name appears in issue #110 or #111.

The PT boat captain is called "Skipper" throughout the two stories (referred to as "Allan" once in #110) and the other character is always called "Professor."

Story in three parts of 5.67 pages, 3.67 pages, and 5 pages.

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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?
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?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

At the bottom of page 6 of the previous story sequence.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.

How Not to Enjoy a Vacation! (Table of Contents: 5)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Ruben Moreira
Inks
Ruben Moreira
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy

Indexer Notes

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

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

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

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?
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?
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?
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?
Letters
typeset
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Feature Logo
Tootsie Roll Pop

Indexer Notes

On the bottom of page 10 of the previous story sequence.

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

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

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?
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Indexer Notes

On the page between page 10 and page 11 of the previous story sequence.

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

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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?
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Letters
typeset
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Indexer Notes

On the page between page 10 and page 11 of the previous story sequence.

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

80 Page Giant Magazine; Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
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?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations (Table of Contents: 10)

116 Planes of All Nations / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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?
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?
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?
Letters
typeset
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

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?
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?
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?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Sausage Flier! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Abel (signed)
Inks
Jack Abel (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Harrigan

Indexer Notes

Protagonist known as Harrigan is a play on the name of the aviator comics hero Hop Harrigan. (Bob Bailey)

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

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

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?
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typeset
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Feature Logo
Tootsie Roll Fudge

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

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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typeset
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Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Blast Off / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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typeset
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Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Suicide Squadron's Mystery Mission!
    The War That Time Forgot
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
  3. 2. Tunnel of Terror! The Suicide Squadron's Mystery Mission!
    The War That Time Forgot
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Giant Superman Annual; Giant Batman Annual
  6. 5. How Not to Enjoy a Vacation!
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Garcelon Stamps
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    80 Page Giant Magazine; Lois Lane
  11. 10. Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations
    116 Planes of All Nations
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner
  13. 12. Sausage Flier!
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    150 Civil War Soldiers
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Junior Sales Club of America Cards
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Blast Off
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bob Bailey
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Jim Van Dore