(Winter 1974)

DC, 1974 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1974-01-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
The Line of DC Super-Stars
Editing
Jack Kirby (credited) (editor); Steve Sherman (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 28, Part 2, Periodicals, January-December 1974. Copyright registration number B914880. On-sale date of December 28, 1973 in Comic Reader #102.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sandman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Frank Giacoia (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (sourced) (cover script and final logo design); Jack Kirby (logo sketch)
Job Number
SK-2
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come see what weirdies I've dreamed up for you!
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Sandman; Brute; Glob; General Electric; Jed Paulsen
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Indexer Notes

A previous indexer credited Mike Royer for inking.

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General Electric (Table of Contents: 1)

Sandman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Mike Royer (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Mike Royer (credited)
Job Number
SK-1
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Almost within sight of Cape Kennedy, the reefs of Dolphin Island stand like giant tombstones over the corpses of the men and ships that perished...
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Sandman (first appearance); Brute (first appearance); Glob (first appearance); General Electric (villain, first appearance); Jed Paulsen (first appearance); Ezra Paulsen (first appearance); Hans
Synopsis
As Sandman monitors the dreams of Earth people from his Dream Dome, he detects young Jed's strange nightmare and leaps into action, which will bring him into conflict with General Electric, a Japanese scientist out for revenge on the US for Japan's defeat in World War II.
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Keywords
Cape Kennedy; Dolphin Island; dreams; Nazis; Tokyo

We Can Put DC Comics Right in Your Mail Box (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

The Biggest News in Comics! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Batman Is Now Bigger Than Ever! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

The Stuff of Which Dreams Are Made (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Allan Asherman (credited)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's in a dream?
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Article on memory and dreams.

Another Adventure with the Ready Rangers (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Ready Rangers / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Come see what weirdies I've dreamed up for you!"]
    Sandman
  2. 1. General Electric
    Sandman
  3. 2. We Can Put DC Comics Right in Your Mail Box
  4. 3. The Biggest News in Comics!
    Superman
  5. 4. Batman Is Now Bigger Than Ever!
    Batman
  6. 5. The Stuff of Which Dreams Are Made
  7. 6. Another Adventure with the Ready Rangers
    Ready Rangers
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