Stalker #4
(December 1975-January 1976)

DC, 1975 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1975-09-09
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 (credited) (editor); Paul Levitz (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #122.

Invade the Inferno (Table of Contents)

Stalker / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Wally Wood
Colors
Tatjana Wood ?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?

Job Number
J-4133
Genre
sword and sorcery; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Stalker
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Amazing World of DC Comics #7 (1975), in promoting this issue, provided the following credits: “Cover by [Steve] Ditko and [Wally] Wood.”

Batman and the Captive Commissioner (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Invade the Inferno (Table of Contents: 2)

Stalker / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz (credited)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Wally Wood (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-4127
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The gates of Hell crash closed behind the first man to choose to enter the fiery depths in millenia.
Feature Logo
Stalker
Genre
sword and sorcery; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Stalker; Demon Lord Dgrth
Synopsis
Stalker invades Hell to get his soul back.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continued from last issue.

Millennia is misspelled in the issue.
Colorist Credit taken from listing on Heritage Auctions.

Kenner SSP (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Kenner Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Slim Jim / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

American Circle Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

U. S. School of Music / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Tarzan Discovers the Land of the Prehistoric Animals (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Aurora Products; Pom Poms; Tarzan / comics-form advertising / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Family Bazaar / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Insult That Made a Man Out of Mac (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

The Sword & the Soul / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
J-4146
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ahem. Remember last issue, when we told you that we ended on an indefinite note to wait for your judgment at the newsstand.
Feature Logo
The Sword & the Soul

Indexer Notes

Notes that this series was lettered by Ben Oda and Joe Letterese; it was colored by Tatjana Wood, John Albano Jr., and Carl Gafford.

Letters from Jeff Long, Jack Frost, Jeff Saltarella, and Jon Freeman.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Imagination House / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Shrunken Head / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Invade the Inferno
    Stalker
  2. 1. Batman and the Captive Commissioner
    Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies
  3. 2. Invade the Inferno
    Stalker
  4. 3. Kenner SSP
    Kenner Toys
  5. 4. ["What to sink your teeth into when you're hungry and you're not a werewolf."]
    Slim Jim
  6. 5. ["American Circle Corp."]
    American Circle Products
  7. 6. ["The secret of teaching yourself music"]
    U. S. School of Music
  8. 7. ["Write Right Now!"]
  9. 8. ["2 socko specials for September in DC's new super-size!"]
  10. 9. Tarzan Discovers the Land of the Prehistoric Animals
    Aurora Products; Pom Poms; Tarzan
  11. 10. ["Sold out"]
  12. 11. ["Authentic Superman costume"]
    Honor House Products
  13. 12. ["Make big money! This easy way... we supply everything"]
  14. 13. ["3 blockbusters!"]
  15. 14. ["Super big! Super-Hero stick-ons!"]
    Family Bazaar
  16. 15. The Insult That Made a Man Out of Mac
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  17. 16. ["It's Carmine Infantino in the incredible 8th issue of the Amazing World of DC Comics!"]
  18. 17. ["We can put DC Comics right in your mailbox"]
  19. 18. ["Ahem. Remember last issue, when we told you that we ended on an indefinite note to wait for your judgment at the newsstand."]
    The Sword & the Soul
  20. 19. ["Super glowing full color tee shirt designs"]
    Imagination House
  21. 20. ["Heroes in Action move and sound like real combat heroes!"]
    Mattel Toys
  22. 21. ["This could be your head!"]
    Shrunken Head
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Weldon Adams
  • David B
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Matthew Head
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore