Superman #17

(October 1959)

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

Serg's Chocolate / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Plot to Destroy Superman (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman and Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How would you like to see amazing inventions of tomorrow

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Lex Luthor (antagonist); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]

Synopsis

Superman, Batman, Batwoman and Robin are scheduled to display crime-fighting inventions of the future at an exhibit of what future Gotham will be like. Lex Luthor, disguised as an inventor of one of the inventions, tries to have Superman disintegrated.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #104 (September 1959)

Indexer Notes

There's advertisement footer on almost every page.

Water: A Good Friend or Deadly Enemy -- Depending On You! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Jack Schiff ?

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come on, Sam, let's take a dip.

Genre

advocacy; sport

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

Hy Wire / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What happened to you, Hy?

Genre

humour

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #104 (September 1959)

Indexer Notes

60% of the page is comic, 40% is an advertisement

Prisoners of Amazon Asteroid (Table of Contents: 5)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The interplanetary duties of Tommy Tomorrow have sent him from one end of the solar system to the other...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #104 (September 1959)

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

A detective agency guide ad. / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gosh, Dad, the television set seems to be on the blink.

Genre

humour

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #104 (September 1959)
which is reprinted
• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #182 (April 1952)

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

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 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

Pull Over!

Genre

humour

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #126 (September 1959)

Safe Crackers (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks

Morris Waldinger ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The first safe was devised about 90 years ago and was locked with a key.

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #271 (September 1959)

Indexer Notes

short comic history about safe crackers

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

M.Y. San Crackers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Too-Friendly Witnesses (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Charlie French hated cats, and Mr. Hoskins owned five of them.

Genre

detective-mystery

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #104 (September 1959)

Alias Chief Magic Bow (Table of Contents: 12)

Green Arrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron ?

Pencils

Lee Elias

Inks

Lee Elias

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Countless snows ago, he had ruled the tribe, a just and mighty chief...

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Princess Morning Moon; Chief Magic Bow (Flashback); Ch'Waka (Medicine Man)

Synopsis

Green Arrow and Speedy help an Indian tribe by posing as an ancient warrior, Chief Magic Bow, and performing various "magic" tricks with their special arrows.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #104 (September 1959)

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

Kosme the Cop (Retired) / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Malang (signed as Malang)

Pencils

Malang (signed as Malang)

Inks

Malang (signed as Malang)

Colors

Malang (signed as Malang)

Letters

?

Genre

humour

Indexer Notes

Comic strips signed by Malang. A search showed him to be Mauro Malang Santos.

It's Fun to Learn! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This'll make a swell ball field for us if we can clear away all these rocks 'n everything.

Genre

maths & science

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

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