(June-July 1968)

DC, 1968 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1968-04-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Dick Giordano (credited)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Plunder the Pentagon! (Table of Contents)

Secret Six / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Nick Cardy (signed as Cardy)
Inks
Nick Cardy (signed as Cardy)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?

Genre
adventure; spy
Characters
Secret Six
Reprints

Coming Your Way -- A New DC Brand (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

The Flash; The Hawk and the Dove / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Plunder the Pentagon (Table of Contents: 2)

Secret Six / comic story / 22.67 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell (plot); Joe Gill (script)
Pencils
Frank Springer
Inks
Frank Springer
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Three totally dissimilar people enter a conference room
Genre
adventure; spy
Characters
The Secret Six: Crimson Dawn; Lili De Neuve; Carlo Di Rienzi; Dr. August Durant; Tiger Force; Mockingbird [Dr. August Durant]; King Savage
Nicolai Shokolov
Synopsis
The Secret Six are caught up in a plot by an unfriendly nation to steal the plans for a new bomber being developed by the Department of Defense. During this adventure, August explains why he is personally involved, and how Mockingbird saved his life.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story across 24 pages in three segments of 8.67, 7.5, and 6.5 pages.

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

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

On Sale April 16th (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

April, 1968 Doolittle Raider (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Revell Models / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

From Us -- to You, Only The Best! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Will Our New Western Hero… (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

Have Fun…Get a Showtime Garbage Truck (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Monogram Models / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Be My Guest At America's Greatest Amusement Park (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

Now The New DC Brand of Humor (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

Defend Yourself! With Ketsugo (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Ketsugo Manual / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

100 Individual Magnets (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Magnets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Who Are They? (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Angel and the Ape / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Listen to the Mockingbird / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Dick Giordano
Pencils
Dick Giordano ? (illustration)
Inks
Dick Giordano ? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Giordano requests letters from readers. Small caricature of Giordano in upper left corner.
On top of first page after end of story.

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

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Job Number
6609
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let me show you a good idea to use on your tube of glue.
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Hint on how to maintain a tidy glue tube from Dean Reed of Iowa City, Iowa.
On bottom of first page after end of story.

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Polaris Nuclear Sub (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Here Is A Treasure Chest Of Fun (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Now…The Hottest Wheels On The Pike (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Ideal Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Plunder the Pentagon!
    Secret Six
  2. 1. Coming Your Way -- A New DC Brand
    The Flash; The Hawk and the Dove
  3. 2. Plunder the Pentagon
    Secret Six
  4. 3. ["Aurora packs a screwdriver with these…"]
    Aurora Products
  5. 4. On Sale April 16th
    Enemy Ace
  6. 5. April, 1968 Doolittle Raider
    Revell Models
  7. 6. From Us -- to You, Only The Best!
    Superman
  8. 7. Will Our New Western Hero…
    Bat Lash
  9. 8. Have Fun…Get a Showtime Garbage Truck
    Monogram Models
  10. 9. Be My Guest At America's Greatest Amusement Park
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  11. 10. Now The New DC Brand of Humor
    Binky; Scooter
  12. 11. Defend Yourself! With Ketsugo
    Ketsugo Manual
  13. 12. 100 Individual Magnets
    Magnets
  14. 13. Who Are They?
    Angel and the Ape
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Listen to the Mockingbird
  16. 15. ["Let me show you a good idea to use on your tube of glue."]
    Cap's Hobby Hints
  17. 16. ["The crew of the Haunted Tank…"]
    Direct Currents
  18. 17. Polaris Nuclear Sub
    Honor House Products
  19. 18. Here Is A Treasure Chest Of Fun
    Honor House Products
  20. 19. Now…The Hottest Wheels On The Pike
    Ideal Toys
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Mark Coale
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Steve Jenner
  • Jason Sacks
  • Per Sandell
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gregg Whitmore