(December 1968-January 1969)

DC, 1968 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1968-10-29
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 (credited)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Bat Lash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Nick Cardy (signed)
Inks
Nick Cardy (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Bat Lash
Reprints

If 1 Superhero Doesn't Grab You... (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky; Neal Adams (illustrations)
Inks
Joe Giella; Neal Adams (illustrations)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; house ad for Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #65, on sale October 10; and The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #81, on sale October 31

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Bat Lash / comic story / 23.67 pages (report information)

Script
Nick Cardy (plot); Denny O'Neil (dialogue)
Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Should we let 'em go now?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Bat Lash
Synopsis
Bat Lash becomes the reluctant guardian to a young girl whose father was gunned down and uncovers the crooked scheme that led to the murder.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Page 7 is a 2/3-page.

Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Action / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Action; Action Boy; Dr. Evil

Indexer Notes

advertisement for the Captain Action line of toys from Ideal

We Want You to Baby-Sit with the World's Mightiest Tot -- Superbaby! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #212 [80 Page Giant G-54], on sale October 15

How Can One Man and One Dog Panic the World's Finest Heroes? (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman and Batman and Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Irv Novick
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #181 (December 1968), on sale October 22

Double Deathtrap for Batman and Robin! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Irv Novick
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #207, on sale October 17

Get in on the Action (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Gil Kane
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

inside back cover; house ad for Captain Action (DC, 1968 series) #2, on sale October 29

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Bat Lash
  2. 1. If 1 Superhero Doesn't Grab You...
  3. 2. ["Should we let 'em go now?"]
    Bat Lash
  4. 3. Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil
    Captain Action
  5. 4. We Want You to Baby-Sit with the World's Mightiest Tot -- Superbaby!
    Superman
  6. 5. How Can One Man and One Dog Panic the World's Finest Heroes?
    Superman and Batman and Robin
  7. 6. Double Deathtrap for Batman and Robin!
    Batman
  8. 7. Get in on the Action
    Captain Action
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Steve Jenner
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore