(November 1968)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly (semi-monthly, Mar.)
On-sale Date
1968-09-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Mort Weisinger (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Superman's Greatest Blunder! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan; Neal Adams (see notes)
Inks
Mike Esposito; Neal Adams (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Sentinel
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Superman and Supergirl vignettes by Neal Adams.

Superman's Greatest Blunder! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Sentinels; King Thork
Synopsis
Superman decides to return to Earth and defeat the Sentinels, believing that some other mastermind must be behind their efforts to eliminate crime on Earth. Once they are destroyed, be learns that their motives were indeed pure, and crime and warfare return because of his own actions.

Indexer Notes

Script credit from letters column of Action Comics #392, submitted by Jason Czeskleba via the GCD Error List.

The Adventures of Tiger Boy (Table of Contents: 2)

Tiger Boy; Uniroyal / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Davis
Inks
Jack Davis
Colors
?
Letters
Jack Davis ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Tiger Boy

Indexer Notes

advertisement for Uniroyal's Tiger Paw bicycle tires

New (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Irv Novick
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #381

The Boy Who Broke Supergirl's Heart! (Table of Contents: 4)

Supergirl / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Leo Dorfman
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Kurt Schaffenberger
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
superhero
Characters
Supergirl [also appears as Linda Danvers]; Gary Sparks; Claire Valton
Synopsis
Linda decides to use her super-powers to teach a lesson to Gary Sparks, the campus Casanova, but instead she falls for him herself.
Reprints
Keywords
Stanhope College

Indexer Notes

Story continues in the following issue.

The Magic Number Is 3! (Table of Contents: 5)

Justice League of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #67 [80 Page Giant #G-53], on sale September 24

The Naming of Names; Con Game (Table of Contents: 6)

The Wonderful World of Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Mark Hanerfeld ?

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

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Nellys Bard; Irene Vartanoff; Steve Kessler; Mark Bartnick; Gary Skinner; Stan Timmons; Gary Harris; Mark Pogemiller; Robert Williams; Robert Chapman

Two Heroes, Batman and Superman (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams; Curt Swan
Inks
Neal Adams; Jack Abel
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

inside back cover; house ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #180, and Superman (DC, 1939 series) #211

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Superman's Greatest Blunder!
    Superman
  2. 1. Superman's Greatest Blunder!
    Superman
  3. 2. The Adventures of Tiger Boy
    Tiger Boy; Uniroyal
  4. 3. New
    Batman and Robin
  5. 4. The Boy Who Broke Supergirl's Heart!
    Supergirl
  6. 5. The Magic Number Is 3!
    Justice League of America
  7. 6. The Naming of Names; Con Game
    The Wonderful World of Comics
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  9. 8. Two Heroes, Batman and Superman
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore