Real Fact Comics #16

(September-October 1948)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Real Fact Comics (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 0.67 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Renegade Reno Brothers (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernard Breslauer

Pencils

Dan Barry (signed)

Inks

Dan Barry (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Reno Brothers

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

Fantastic Facts / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

There are six famous men who have never lived!

Genre

non-fiction

Ewell Blackwell (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Sam Takes Himself for a Ride (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The First Combat Photographer (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernard Breslauer

Pencils

Fred Ray

Inks

Fred Ray

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

biography

Characters

Matthew Brady

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

Kellogg's Corn Flakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Headline Hunter (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernard Breslauer

Pencils

Fred Ray

Inks

Fred Ray

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Letters

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Genre

biography

Characters

Lowell Thomas

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

Junior Journal / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Stookie Allen

Pencils

Stookie Allen

Inks

Stookie Allen

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Steve Smith; Frankie Groves; Betty Skelton; Nick Miller; Carol Hall; Calvin Nullmeyer

The Comet Doom (Table of Contents: 11)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Steve Brodie

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

science fiction

Characters

The Planeteers (introduction, also called the Space Planeteers): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow (first appearance of new version, see Indexer Notes)
The Planeteers [Corporal Larry Winters (death)]; Prof. Ecco (mentioned); Tommy Tomorrow's wife and children (mentioned)

Universe

DC : mainstream

Synopsis

The year is 1988. Tommy Tomorrow holds the rank of Colonel in the Planeteers. He is told that Comet Z-489 threatens to collide with the Sun. They have 62 hours before the disaster. "Operation Survival" begins four hours later, as six sleek rocket craft blast off from Terrapolis.

Keywords

Alpha Centauri; Comet Z-489; Gotham (capital of the nine planets); Hall of Science; Operation Survival; Science Bureau; Terrapolis

Indexer Notes

The first three Tommy Tomorrow adventures (Real Fact #6, #8, #13) contradict all subsequent stories, and thus can be considered apocryphal. Beginning in this issue, his fourth appearance, Tommy Tomorrow is established as a Colonel in the Planeteers, and his adventures are said to occur exactly 40 years in the future. From his fifth appearance in Action Comics #127 through Action Comics #147, his adventures continue to take place exactly 40 years in the future. However, beginning with Action Comics #149 and continuing throughout the next dozen years, his adventures occur exactly 100 years in the future (Action Comics #148 mentions no year).

The events of this issue occur between page 2 panel 2 and page 2 panel 3 of the Tommy Tomorrow story in Action Comics #127.

Corporal Larry Winters states that Tommy Tomorrow has a wife and kids.

Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

You Tell Us! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

The Ship with the Phantom Crew! (Table of Contents: 14)

Famous Unsolved Mysteries / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernard Breslauer

Pencils

Win Mortimer ?

Inks

Win Mortimer ?

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

story of the Mary Celeste

Indexer Notes

#1 in a series.

The Quake That Split a City (Table of Contents: 15)

Famous Disasters / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernard Breslauer

Pencils

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

#5 in a series.

The Story of the Washington Monument (Table of Contents: 16)

Know Your Country / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Raymond Perry

Inks

Raymond Perry

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

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

All-American Comics; Johnny Thunder / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

King of the Westerns (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernard Breslauer

Pencils

Howard Sherman ?

Inks

Howard Sherman ?

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

biography

Characters

Zane Grey

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Schwinn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)