(January-February 1964)

DC, 1956 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1963-11-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Murray Boltinoff (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from ad in Rip Hunter... Time Master #18 and copyright registration.

Threat of the Horrible Hex! (Table of Contents)

Mark Merlin / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
Characters
Mark Merlin

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

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

The Threat of the Horrible Hex (Table of Contents: 2)

Mark Merlin / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script
Arnold Drake
Pencils
Mort Meskin (signed)
Inks
Mort Meskin
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
Characters
Mark Merlin; Elsa Magusson; Henrietta von Halz
Synopsis
Mark and Elsa travel to central Pennsylvania to help a young woman escape from a curse on her family from the days of the colonial witch trials.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

writer verified by Martin O'Hearn

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

Aquaman; Hawkman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

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

Batman and Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Great Houdini (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

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

Genre
non-fiction; biography
Synopsis
brief recap of the career of stage magician and escape artist Harry Houdini

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

Rip Hunter... Time Master; Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Missile Attack! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Strathmore Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Zenith Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Fastest Cars in the World! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Aurora Model Motoring / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Hideout on Fear Island (Table of Contents: 11)

Eclipso / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Alex Toth (signed)
Inks
Alex Toth (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Genre
superhero
Characters
Bruce Gordon; Eclipso; Professor Simon Bennett; Mona Bennett; Dr. Zanor [Karl Kluge]
Synopsis
Professor Bennett is accused of using a rapid-grow plant experiment by a small South-American country and destroying a village.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Mona knows that Bruce Gordon and Eclipso are the same person, but how she learns that is not told until the next issue.

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

Doom Patrol / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

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

Mark Merlin's Mailbox / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Murray Boltinoff
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Rosemary Cucio, Elaine Lewis, Franklin C. Crawford, Juliana Borland, Pete Holland, Blaine Board, and Freddy Rosenfeld.

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

American Bodybuilding Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Fly-Over Chicane (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Gilbert Auto-rama / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Threat of the Horrible Hex!
    Mark Merlin
  2. 1. ["Boys! Men! My secret new dynaflex method..."]
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
  3. 2. The Threat of the Horrible Hex
    Mark Merlin
  4. 3. ["Now -- together -- in one great comics magazine!"]
    Aquaman; Hawkman
  5. 4. ["The untold stories of Superman!"]
    Superman
  6. 5. ["Batman and Robin's most thrilling mystery cases!"]
    Batman and Robin
  7. 6. The Great Houdini
  8. 7. ["Two trail-blazing heroes..."]
    Rip Hunter... Time Master; Tomahawk
  9. 8. Missile Attack!
    Strathmore Toys
  10. 9. ["208 different world-wide stamps..."]
    Zenith Company
  11. 10. The Fastest Cars in the World!
    Aurora Model Motoring
  12. 11. Hideout on Fear Island
    Eclipso
  13. 12. ["Newest hit in DC's hall of fame!"]
    Doom Patrol
  14. 13. ["For holiday giving and holiday getting!!"]
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Mark Merlin's Mailbox
  16. 15. ["Let me show you free how to develop spaceman strength and endurance"]
    American Bodybuilding Club
  17. 16. Fly-Over Chicane
    Gilbert Auto-rama
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore