(June 1965)

DC, 1950 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1965-04-22
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)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from ad in Tales of the Unexpected #89 and copyright registration.

The Prisoner in Cell-Block 7! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
science fiction

Happy Hobby Time! (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
Characters
Superboy
Synopsis
Superboy shows Frank that he can be creative, regardless of whether his creations are perfect, and that an expressive hobby can provide lifelong enjoyment.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated May 1952.

I Lived a Hundred Lives! (Table of Contents: 2)

Immortal Man / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Sparling
Inks
Jack Sparling
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Immortal Man (introduction, origin)
Synopsis
A man learns that he has extraordinary powers and has lived many lives, extending back to prehistoric times, dying and being reborn over and over.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

not originally conceived as a continuing character

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

G.I. Joe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Johnny Gets His Own Munster Koach! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

AMT Models / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

The Man with the Weird Tattoos (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Roussos
Inks
George Roussos
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A man's tattoos of terrible monsters materialize in giant form and cause destruction until he figures out how to keep them on his body.
Reprints

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

House of Mystery; J'onn J'onzz, Manhunter form Mars / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Strange but True / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Miller ?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As a boy in the small Italian village...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; non-fiction

The Prisoner in Cell Block #7 (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Wood
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
George Millard
Synopsis
Botanist George Millard's experimental insecticide formula periodically transforms him into a weird creature with no memory of his actions when he reverts to human form.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer ID from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

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

Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Featuring 7 Epic Duels-to-the-Death! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

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

Tales of the Unexpected; Mystery in Space / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

10 Issues of Strange Adventures for Only $1.00 (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

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

100 Magnets / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

Fighting Ships / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Prisoner in Cell-Block 7!
  2. 1. Happy Hobby Time!
    Superboy
  3. 2. I Lived a Hundred Lives!
    Immortal Man
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    G.I. Joe
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Silly Putty
  6. 5. Johnny Gets His Own Munster Koach!
    AMT Models
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  8. 7. The Man with the Weird Tattoos
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    House of Mystery; J'onn J'onzz, Manhunter form Mars
  10. 9. ["As a boy in the small Italian village..."]
    Strange but True
  11. 10. The Prisoner in Cell Block #7
  12. 11. ["Greetings, earth people!"]
    Monogram Models
  13. 12. Featuring 7 Epic Duels-to-the-Death!
    Superman
  14. 13. ["For the very best..."]
    Tales of the Unexpected; Mystery in Space
  15. 14. 10 Issues of Strange Adventures for Only $1.00
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    100 Magnets
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Fighting Ships
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mark Muller
  • Jim Van Dore