(1971)
Bonanza,
1971 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- ?
- Pages
- 198
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- ?
- ISBN
- ?
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- Black and White with Color illustrations
- Binding
- Hardcover with dust jacket
Issue Notes
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 75-169-104
"This edition is published by Bonanza Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc. by arrangement with Outerbridge & Lazard, Inc."
"This edition is published by Bonanza Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc. by arrangement with Outerbridge & Lazard, Inc."
Lois Lane -- Superwoman!
Superman / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
Superman [classic design, angled u bottom]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Dr Skowl (intro)
- Synopsis
- A dream story. After Lois is hit by a car, she dreams a transfusion of Superman's blood gives her super powers.
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #60 (May 1943)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page. Originally credited to John Sikela pencil/inks. Roussos pencil/inks id'd by Pat Lang, Craig Delich and Bob Hughes. First mention of Superman being able to fly?
Karlovna Had a True Underworld
Blackhawk / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- The Dragon Queen [Wilna] (Intro, Death, Villain); Grotesko (Intro, Death, Villain); The Dragon Dwarfs (Intro, Death, Villain); Blackhawk
- Reprints
- from Blackhawk (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #14 (Spring 1947)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
[The Granite Lady]
Plastic Man / comic story / 7.5 pages
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; The Granite Lady [Sheila Sorrell] (first appearance); Professor Carlon (first appearance); VILLAINS: Mickey the Goon (first appearance); Charley the Choker (first appearance); Mr. Myers (first appearance)
- Synopsis
- When Professor Carlon tries to turn Sheila into a granite statue, he instead turns her into a granite monster. Plas must find her and give her the antidote.
- Reprints
- from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #51 (February 1946)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
[The Blood-Mask from G'Shini's Grave]
Sheena / comic story / 5.5 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Sheena
- Reprints
- from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #112 (June 1948)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page. Title from cover of Jumbo Comics #112.
Baby Face Nelson vs. the U.S.A.
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Tuska (signed)
- Inks
- George Tuska (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Charles Biro; Bob Wood
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #52 (June 1947)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Dumb Animals
text article / 8 pages
- Script
- Les Daniels
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- from Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) (1971) which is reprinted
- from Mickey Mouse daily (?) ????.11.17 & ????.12.8 [Mickey Mouse strips]
-
[no title indexed]
The Fox and the Crow / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Fauntleroy Fox; Crawford C. Crow
- Reprints
- from Real Screen Comics (DC, 1945 series) #42 (September 1951)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
The E.C. Revolution
text article / 10 pages
- Script
- Les Daniels
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- from Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) (1971) which is reprinted
- from ? [illustrations]
-
The Expert!
"E.C. Quickie" / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando
- Inks
- Joe Orlando
- Colors
- Marie Severin (original colorist)
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Editing
- Al Feldstein
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bill Gaines; Al Feldstein
- Reprints
- from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July-August 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
The Ad!
"E.C. Quickie" / comic story / 1.5 pages
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando
- Inks
- Joe Orlando
- Colors
- Marie Severin (original colorist)
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Editing
- Al Feldstein
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bill Gaines; Al Feldstein
- Reprints
- from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July-August 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Big 'If'!
comic story / 3.5 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Inks
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Editing
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
- from Frontline Combat (EC, 1951 series) #5 (March-April 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Julius Caesar!
Cut Your Own Throat Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #17 (November 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
The Comics Code Controversy
text article / 8 pages
- Script
- Les Daniels
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Includes complete text of the original comics code
The New Comic Books
text article / 13 pages
- Script
- Les Daniels
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- from Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) (1971) which is reprinted
- from ? [illustrations]
-
Indexer Notes
Includes many illustrations from Trump, Humbug and Help
The Success Story
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Archie Goodwin
- Pencils
- Al Williamson
- Inks
- Al Williamson
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Editing
- Russ Jones (original editor)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Uncle Creepy (as host only)
- Reprints
- from Creepy (Warren, 1964 series) #1 (1964)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
The Squaw!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Bram Stoker; Archie Goodwin
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall
- Inks
- Reed Crandall
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Editing
- Archie Goodwin (original editor)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cousin Eerie (as host only)
- Reprints
- from Creepy (Warren, 1964 series) #13 (February 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page. Adapted from the short story by Bram Stoker.
Landscape!
comic story / 3.5 pages
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
- from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #2 (January 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
The Curse
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Wally Wood
- Pencils
- Wally Wood
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Editing
- James Warren (original editor)
- Reprints
- from Vampirella (Warren, 1969 series) #9 (January 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Two Face Strikes Again!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [50's face]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Tarando; Charles Ford; Commissioner Gordon; John Fields Benson
- Synopsis
- When the reformed Harvey Dent tries to prevent a robbery, he is caught in an explosion and reverts to Two-Face. He embarks on a new crime spree, and Batman and Robin deduce that Two-Face is going after people who commonly show two faces to the world. At a ceremony making Bruce Wayne honorary chief of a local tribe, Batman and Robin are trapped by Two-Face and strapped to a giant coin. Two-Face flips the coin over a bed of spikes, and though the gimmick is rigged to land face down, the dynamic duo manages to create a magnetic field and flip the coin so that they land safely.
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #81 (February 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page. Color
[A Financial Fable]
Donald Duck / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald; Uncle Scrooge; Gladstone; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v11#6 (126) (March 1951)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page. Color
A Little Stranger!
The Witch's Cauldron! / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Old Witch (origin)
- Reprints
- from Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #14 (July-August 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page. Color
The Sub-Mariner Meets a New Enemy.. Fire!
Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1954 series) #40 (June 1955) [2 pages per page]
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page. Color, this story is also reprinted in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #20 (May 1969) [original layout=4 pages] and in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) #nn [revised layout=2 pages]
Mighty Marvel
text article / 11 pages
- Script
- Les Daniels
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- from Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) (1971) which is reprinted
- from ? [illustrations]
-
The Vampire Strikes!
Captain America / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America; Bucky; the Vampire
- Reprints
- from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (Summer 1942)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page. Source corrected by Cesar Esteban Diaz via the GCD Error Tracker.
The Man in the Moon
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (Summer 1942)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
A Visit with the Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four / comic story / 5.5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four; Willy Lumpkin
- Reprints
- from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #11 (February 1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic!
Doctor Strange / comic story / 2.5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Nightmare; Dr Strange
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #110 (July 1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
At the Stroke of Midnight!
Digger / comic story / 3.5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #1 (September 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Underground Comics
text article / 16 pages
- Script
- Les Daniels
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- from Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) (1971) which is reprinted
- from ? [illustrations]
-
The Zap Show
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb); Rick Griffin (signed); S. Clay Wilson (signed); Victor Moscoso (signed as Moscoco)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb); Rick Griffin (signed); S. Clay Wilson (signed); Victor Moscoso (signed as Moscoco)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb); Rick Griffin (signed); S. Clay Wilson (signed); Victor Moscoso (signed as Moscoco)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb); Rick Griffin (signed); S. Clay Wilson (signed); Victor Moscoso (signed as Moscoco)
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Originally a poster made for a San Francisco "Zap Comix" gallery show. From 1968
Agent of the 6th International
Trashman / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Trashman [Harry Barnes]
- Reprints
- from The East Village Other, 1968
Some Call It Police Brutality
Manning / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Manning
- Reprints
- from The East Village Other, 1969
Here Comes Casey
Casey / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Trina Robbins; Kim Deitch
- Pencils
- Trina Robbins; Kim Deitch
- Inks
- Trina Robbins; Kim Deitch
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Trina Robbins; Kim Deitch
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Privately circulated birth announcement
Mr. Sketchum Is At It Again
Mr. Sketchum / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Sketchum [Robert Crumb]
- Reprints
- from Zap Comix (Apex Novelties, 1967 series) #0 ([1968])
-
Meatball
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Mrs. Yahootie; Mrs. Knish; Machinist; Beatnik; Bertrand Russell; Kim Novak
- Reprints
- from Zap Comix (Apex Novelties, 1967 series) #0 ([1968])
-
Doc Destiny
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Kim Deitch
- Pencils
- Kim Deitch
- Inks
- Kim Deitch
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Jay Lynch (original editor)
- Characters
- Doc Destiny; Wallis Smudge; The Dark Part
- Reprints
The Freaks Pull a Heist!
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers [Fat Freddy; Freewheelin' Franklin; Phineas T. Freakears]; Grocery Store Clerk
- Synopsis
- Unable to buy any junk food because he's short on cash, Fat Freddy gets into a violent withdrawal state. The Bros. decide to pull a heist on a grocery store in order to get him some food.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Nard N Pat / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Nard; Pat
- Reprints
- from Bijou Comics?
[no title indexed]
Nard N Pat / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Nard; Pat
- Reprints
- from Bijou Comics ?
Class War Comix
comic story / 2 pages
- Reprints
-
in Melzers Comic Reader (Melzer, 1975 series) (1975) - from Bijou Comics ?
-
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
[no title indexed]
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3.
The Coming of Comics
-
4.
Birth of the Comic Book
-
5.
Lois Lane -- Superwoman!
Superman -
6.
Karlovna Had a True Underworld
Blackhawk -
7.
[The Granite Lady]
Plastic Man -
8.
[The Blood-Mask from G'Shini's Grave]
Sheena -
9.
Baby Face Nelson vs. the U.S.A.
-
10.
Dumb Animals
-
11.
[no title indexed]
The Fox and the Crow -
12.
The E.C. Revolution
-
13.
The Expert!
"E.C. Quickie" -
14.
The Ad!
"E.C. Quickie" -
15.
Big 'If'!
-
16.
Julius Caesar!
Cut Your Own Throat Dept. -
17.
The Comics Code Controversy
-
18.
The New Comic Books
-
19.
The Success Story
-
20.
The Squaw!
-
21.
Landscape!
-
22.
The Curse
-
23.
Two Face Strikes Again!
Batman and Robin -
24.
[A Financial Fable]
Donald Duck -
25.
A Little Stranger!
The Witch's Cauldron! -
26.
The Sub-Mariner Meets a New Enemy.. Fire!
Namor the Sub-Mariner -
27.
Mighty Marvel
-
28.
The Vampire Strikes!
Captain America -
29.
The Man in the Moon
-
30.
A Visit with the Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four -
31.
Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic!
Doctor Strange -
32.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins -
33.
At the Stroke of Midnight!
Digger -
34.
Underground Comics
-
35.
The Zap Show
-
36.
Agent of the 6th International
Trashman -
37.
Some Call It Police Brutality
Manning -
38.
Here Comes Casey
Casey -
39.
Mr. Sketchum Is At It Again
Mr. Sketchum -
40.
Meatball
-
41.
Doc Destiny
-
42.
The Freaks Pull a Heist!
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers -
43.
[no title indexed]
Nard N Pat -
44.
[no title indexed]
Nard N Pat -
45.
Class War Comix
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46.
What Are You Doing to Protect Yourself from Media Burn
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- Darrel McCann
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- Jim Van Dore
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