(October-November 1975)

DC, 1975 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1975-07-31
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
Joe Orlando (editor); Paul Levitz (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #120.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hercules Unbound / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
José Luis García-López
Colors
Tatjana Wood

Job Number
J-4143
Genre
science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Hercules
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Hercules Unbound! (Table of Contents: 1)

Hercules Unbound / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
Wally Wood; Al Sirois (backgrounds, uncredited)
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-4065
Genre
science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Hercules; Kevin (introduction; a blind boy); Basil (Kevin's dog); Ares
Synopsis
The setting is post-WWIII, and Hercules frees himself from the chains that have bound him for centuries to a rock in the middle of the ocean. He meets a blind boy, Kevin, and his dog Basil, who have fled the terrors of war. Hercules vows vengeance against his captor and brother, Ares, God of War, who is deeply involved with Earth's warring factions.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Source for colors credit is “Myth Mail” letters column in #5. Sirois credit per Wally Wood checklist.

Minerva Menace! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Myth Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Orlando ?
Pencils
José Luis García-López ? (logo)
Inks
Wally Wood ? (logo)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
J-4142

Indexer Notes

Text page introduces series and its creators.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Hercules Unbound
  2. 1. Hercules Unbound!
    Hercules Unbound
  3. 2. Minerva Menace!
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Hostess Twinkies
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Myth Mail
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  • David B
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Tony Oliva
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore