(June-July 1968)

DC, 1966 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1968-04-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Joe Orlando

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Swing with Scooter / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Orlando (signed as Orlando)
Inks
Tex Blaisdell (signed as Blaisdell)
Colors
Jack Adler
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Scooter; Penny; Cookie

Indexer Notes

Adler colors confirmed per signed cover proof.

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

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

Odd Jobs by Oddballs! (Table of Contents: 2)

Swing with Scooter / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Orlando
Inks
Tex Blaisdell (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe (sourced)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Scooter; Sylvester; Malibu; Penny; Cookie; Cynthia; Kenny; Major Orpheus Otis
Synopsis
The gang agrees to paint Major Otis's house while he is away on vacation but things don't work out as planned.

Doolittle Raider (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Revell / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Aurora Plastics Corp. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

World's Most Famous "Dear John" Letters (Table of Contents: 5)

Scooter's Hip Humor / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
humor

[Pole Vaulter's Woodpecker; Interrupted Genie; Box Trap] (Table of Contents: 6)

Scooter's Hip Humor / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sergio Aragonés
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés (signed as Aragonés)
Inks
Sergio Aragonés (signed as Aragonés)
Colors
?
Letters
? (logo)

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

three gag cartoons

From Us -- To You, Only the Best! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

Scooter's Hip History (Table of Contents: 8)

Swing with Scooter / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Orlando ?
Inks
Tex Blaisdell
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Scooter; Cynthia; Kenny; Sylvester; Malibu; Cookie; Penny
Synopsis
Scooter and the gang in various scenarios from American history

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

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

Oh, Happy, Happy, Here's Cap'n Clappy! (Table of Contents: 10)

Swing with Scooter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Tex Blaisdell
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp (sourced)

Genre
teen
Characters
Scooter; Cookie; Kenny; Malibu; Cynthia; Penny; Sylvester
Synopsis
Scooter's Uncle Clappy pilots a tugboat, and the gang is aboard when two bank robbers try to commandeer the boat for a getaway.

Indexer Notes

Mortimer pencils per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2017/01/a-scooter-artist-from-madhouse.ht…

Previous indexer credited Bob Oskner.

Garbage Truck (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Monogram / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Buy Me, Give Me, Buy Me! (Table of Contents: 13)

Penny and Cookie / comic story / 4.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Orlando ?
Inks
Joe Orlando ?
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?

Genre
teen
Characters
Penny; Cookie; Scooter
Synopsis
Penny and Cookie secretly follow Scooter around a department store, thinking he's picking out gifts for them.

Defend Yourself! with Ketsugo (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

238 Magic Tricks (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

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

Malibu -- The Rage from Finksville! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Orlando ?; Mike Sekowsky ?
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I declare! You've been doing that dance all day long...
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Malibu

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

Job Number
6611
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I just put new brushes on my slot car.
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Hobby Hint by Terry Thomas, Bay City, Michigan.

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

Color Inserts, Inc. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Regency Mail-Order / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

Ideal / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Swing with Scooter
  2. 1. Coming Your Way -- A New DC Brand
  3. 2. Odd Jobs by Oddballs!
    Swing with Scooter
  4. 3. Doolittle Raider
    Revell
  5. 4. ["Aurora packs a screwdriver with these..."]
    Aurora Plastics Corp.
  6. 5. World's Most Famous "Dear John" Letters
    Scooter's Hip Humor
  7. 6. [Pole Vaulter's Woodpecker; Interrupted Genie; Box Trap]
    Scooter's Hip Humor
  8. 7. From Us -- To You, Only the Best!
    Superman
  9. 8. Scooter's Hip History
    Swing with Scooter
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Angel and the Ape
  11. 10. Oh, Happy, Happy, Here's Cap'n Clappy!
    Swing with Scooter
  12. 11. Garbage Truck
    Monogram
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park
  14. 13. Buy Me, Give Me, Buy Me!
    Penny and Cookie
  15. 14. Defend Yourself! with Ketsugo
  16. 15. 238 Magic Tricks
  17. 16. ["Will our new western hero..."]
    Bat Lash
  18. 17. ["I declare! You've been doing that dance all day long..."]
    Malibu -- The Rage from Finksville!
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
  20. 19. ["I just put new brushes on my slot car."]
    Cap's Hobby Hints
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Color Inserts, Inc.
  22. 21. [no title indexed]
    Regency Mail-Order
  23. 22. ["Now...the hottest wheels on the pike..."]
    Ideal
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Steven Rowe
  • Jim Van Dore