Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains #1

(July-August 1972)

The New Three-Wheel RRRumblers Are Here! (Table of Contents: 1)

Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Ad for RRRumblers racing motorcycle toys.
On inside front cover.

The Signalman of Crime (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed) [as Bob Kane])

Inks

Charles Paris

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Letters

Pat Gordon

Job Number

N-514

Feature Logo

Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [50's face]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Signalman [Phil Cobb] (first appearance and origin)

Synopsis

Phil Cobb comes to Gotham City with the aim of becoming a big shot crook, and adopts the identity of The Signalman to get a reputation for outwitting Batman. However, with some luck, Batman and Robin escape one of The Signalman's traps and capture him.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #112 (December 1957)

Indexer Notes

Reprints first appearance and origin of The Signalman.

If You Think It Just Looks Real, Wait Till You Shoot it! (Table of Contents: 3)

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Ad for Daisy "1894" air-gun, with coupon for trap-target kit.
Between pages 6-7 of Batman story.

What Do These Champions Have in Common...with You? (Table of Contents: 4)

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Joe Weider; Larry Scott [Mr. Olympia]; Dave Draper [Mr. America]; Reg Lewis [Mr. Universe]

Indexer Notes

Ad for body building course.

The Crimes of the Clock King (Table of Contents: 5)

Green Arrow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron

Pencils

Lee Elias (credited)

Inks

Lee Elias (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Stan Starkman

Job Number

N-515

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Clock King (intro, villain); unnamed police officers

Synopsis

The Clock King is successful in a series of crimes, besting Green Arrow and Speedy, until he traps them in his headquarters, where the archers escape his trap and capture The Clock King.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #111 (August 1960)

Indexer Notes

Though the Clock King's face is revealed at the end of the story, he is not named.

Superhero Superstars Now in Superpaperbacks! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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Neal Adams (illustration)

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Neal Adams (illustration)

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Indexer Notes

Ad for two paperbacks reprinting Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams' Green Lantern/Green Arrow stories from Paperback Library, 1972 Series.

At bottom of final page of the Green Arrow story.

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

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Ad for toys and novelties, in classified format. Includes Sea-Monkeys.

Menace of the Giant Puppet! (Table of Contents: 8)

Green Lantern / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome (credited)

Pencils

Gil Kane (credited)

Inks

Joe Giella (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Job Number

N-516

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Puppet Master (intro, villain); Carol Ferris; Biffy (small-time crook)

Synopsis

The Puppet-Master invents a Hypno-Ray and commits crimes using others as puppets, until he attempts to capture Green Lantern, who instead captures him. Meanwhile, Carol Ferris daydreams of marrying Green Lantern.

Reprints

• from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #1 (July-August 1960)

Indexer Notes

The Hypno-Ray is similar to an emotion controlling ray invented by Mind Games in Action Comics Weekly 611-613. Green Lantern uses a high speed stunt like The Flash.

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell ?

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typeset

Indexer Notes

Between pages 4-5 of the Green Lantern story.

All DC Magazines Now Only 20¢!! (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Carmine Infantino; various DC editors

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Article about the change in price and page count in DC comics. Includes promo for some DC comics dated in July.

Indexer Notes

Signed by the following editors: Julius Schwartz; Joe Orlando; Dorothy Woolfolk; Murray Boltinoff; Denny O'Neil; Sol Harrison; Joe Kubert; Jack Kirby; E. Nelson Bridwell. Between pages 4-5 of the Green Lantern story.

Roger's Super Skittle Bowl (Table of Contents: 11)

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Roger Staubach

Synopsis

Roger shows some boys his new full-size Olympic Size Skittle Bowl game.

Indexer Notes

Ad for game in sequential art form.
Between pages 4-5 of the Green Lantern story.

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 12)

Abracadabra Magic Shop Tricks; Brian Laurence Comics; Brown Stamps; Bug Dune-Bug Plans; Cartoon for Money; Comic Zine Comics; Douglas Cook Stamps; Gemini Stamps; Grand Book Comics; How to Be Taller; Howard Rogofsky Comics; Kayco Stamps; Liftee Height Increase Pads; Mini Vehicles Plans; Novelty Mart Toys; Passaic Book Center Comics; Penny Stamps; Picture Stamps; Robert Bell Comics; San Diego Comic-Con; Universal Bodybuilding / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Ads, some in text-only classified format, for comics, stamps, body building, shoe lifts, San Diego Comic-Con, and more. For advertising information write S. Schwarz & Co., New York, New York.
Between pages 6-7 of Green Lantern story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Wanted Your Letters! / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell

Letters

typeset

Job Number

N-525

Indexer Notes

Request for readers' letters and story reprint ideas.

Tarzan...is Here. Every Month (Table of Contents: 14)

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

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Pencils

Joe Kubert (signed)

Inks

Joe Kubert (signed)

Colors

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typeset

Characters

Tarzan

Indexer Notes

House ad for Tarzan comics.

Task Force / Cannon Ball (Table of Contents: 15)

Cannon Ball; Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Ad for two war games, Task Force and Cannon Ball, with toy figures, from Helen of Toy.

The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac." (Table of Contents: 16)

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Charles Atlas

Synopsis

Mac builds up his muscles using a Charles Atlas course and fights back against the bully who used to kick sand in his face on the beach.

Indexer Notes

Ad in sequential art form for Charles Atlas' bodybuilding course.
On inside back cover.

Dig These! (Table of Contents: 17)

Mattel Toys; Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Ad for Snap Tite construction equipment models by Monogram / Mattel.
On back cover.