(October-November 1975)

DC, 1968 Series
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Volume
5
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1975-07-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [circle]
Editing
E. Nelson Bridwell

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #120.

Earth Shaking Stories (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Green Lantern; Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan; Gil Kane; C. C. Beck; Carmine Infantino (Superman Figure (Superman #199), Flash Figure (80-Page Giant No. 9) both on left side of cover, both inked by Murphy Anderson)
Inks
George Klein; Murphy Anderson; C. C. Beck
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Grax; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

Indexer Notes

Cover illos reprinted from covers of stories inside. Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

The Super-Human Bomb! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Wayne Boring
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
N-1362
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Brainiac; Grax; Lois Lane
Reprints

Catastrophic Crimes of Major Disaster! (Table of Contents: 2)

Green Lantern / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Sid Greene
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Editing
Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Job Number
N-1363
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Flash [Barry Allen] (guest star); Carol Ferris; Iris West; Pieface [Tom Kalmaku]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker] (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis
A new villain creates disasters to commit his crimes, and Hal and Barry are having a hard time stopping him.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story across 24 pages in three parts of 7.67, 9.67, and 5.67 pages.

Great Disasters of History (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters
typeset

Job Number
N-1365

Captain Marvel Battles the Atomic Fire (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 10.67 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
C. C. Beck
Inks
Pete Costanza
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprints

Minerva Menace! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Earth Shaking Stories
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Green Lantern; Superman
  2. 1. The Super-Human Bomb!
    Superman
  3. 2. Catastrophic Crimes of Major Disaster!
    Green Lantern
  4. 3. Great Disasters of History
  5. 4. Captain Marvel Battles the Atomic Fire
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  6. 5. Minerva Menace!
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Hostess Twinkies
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Denys Howard
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • BRIAN PHILBIN
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore