(February-March 1965)

DC, 1952 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1964-12-24
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

Issue Notes

On-sale date from ad in 80 Page Giant Magazine #7 and copyright registration.

Gun Fight on Dinosaur Hill! (Table of Contents)

Suicide Squad [Task Force X]; The War That Time Forgot / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
adventure; war; science fiction
Characters
Suicide Squad [the Sheriff; the Wild One]
Reprints

Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy; superhero

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Gun Duel on Dinosaur Hill! (Table of Contents: 2)

Suicide Squad [Task Force X]; The War That Time Forgot / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

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

Genre
adventure; war; science fiction
Characters
Suicide Squad [Commanding Officer (unnamed); the Sheriff (intro); the Wild One (intro)]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts: Part One (5.67 pp.) & Part Two (8.67 pp.). Credits for script and pencils confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher, who edited this issue.

This is the Sheriff's third Suicide Squad mission (the first two are unrecorded) and the Wild One's first.

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

Metal Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Silly Putty / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Robert Kanigher (credited as Sgt. Rock)
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Neil Blair, Dennis Martin, Carl Burns, Stephen Daley, and David Bristol.

On the page immediately following the previous sequence.

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

Air Force Mottoes / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Representative of the Virtue Alisque...
Genre
non-fiction; military

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

On the page immediately following the previous sequence.

Coming Your Way in '65- The Greatest Superman Products Ever! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

G.I. Combat; Our Fighting Forces / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Desert Rat! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Hank Chapman
Pencils
Jack Abel
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher, who edited this issue.

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

Missile Attack! / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

80 Page Giant Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Our Army at War; Capt. Storm / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Make It a Happy Holiday -- With the Best in Comics! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

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

Mike Marvel System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Aurora; Gigantic Frankenstein / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Gun Fight on Dinosaur Hill!
    Suicide Squad [Task Force X]; The War That Time Forgot
  2. 1. Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"
    Superboy
  3. 2. Gun Duel on Dinosaur Hill!
    Suicide Squad [Task Force X]; The War That Time Forgot
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Metal Men
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Silly Putty
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner
  7. 6. ["Representative of the Virtue Alisque..."]
    Air Force Mottoes
  8. 7. Coming Your Way in '65- The Greatest Superman Products Ever!
  9. 8. ["For the very best..."]
    G.I. Combat; Our Fighting Forces
  10. 9. Desert Rat!
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Missile Attack!
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    80 Page Giant Magazine
  13. 12. ["For the very best..."]
    Our Army at War; Capt. Storm
  14. 13. Make It a Happy Holiday -- With the Best in Comics!
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Mike Marvel System
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Aurora; Gigantic Frankenstein
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • Lou Mazzella
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore