(April 1976)

DC, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1976-01-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Editing
E. Nelson Bridwell

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #126.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Adam Strange; The Atomic Knights; Hawkman; Knights of the Galaxy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ernie Chan (signed)
Inks
Ernie Chan (signed)
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Workman; Carl Gafford (logo design)

Job Number
N-1497
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Adam Strange; Hawkman; Atomic Knights; Lyle; Knights of the Galaxy

Indexer Notes

Colors and letters credits from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker. Artist signature is dated 1975.

Twinkieless Gotham City (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Penguin; Commissioner Jim Gordon; Robin

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Planets in Peril! [Chapter 1] (Table of Contents: 2)

Adam Strange; Hawkman / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
N-1493
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Adam Strange; Hawkman; Alanna; Hawkgirl; Sardath; Oran Dargg
Reprints

Planets in Peril -- Chapter Two (Table of Contents: 3)

Adam Strange; Hawkman / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Murphy Anderson
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Hawkgirl; Hawkman
Reprints

Justice for All Includes Children, 2 (Table of Contents: 4)

Justice for All Includes Children!; Superman / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Feature Logo
Justice for All Includes Children
Genre
advocacy; superhero

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

Fantastic Facts / cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
N-1301
First Line of Dialogue or Text
If it were possible to magnify...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Reprints

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

Via Rocket Mail / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack C. Harris
Pencils
Gil Kane; Joe Kubert; Carmine Infantino; Murphy Anderson
Inks
Gil Kane; Joe Kubert; Joe Giella; Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
N-1500

Indexer Notes

Letter of comment from reader "Adam Strange", with reply from Harris.

Contains panels from past issues of Mystery in Space and Strange Adventures.

Planets in Peril! Chapter Three (Table of Contents: 7)

Adam Strange; Hawkman / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Adam Strange; Alanna; Hawkman; Hawkgirl; Oran Dargg; Sardath
Reprints

The Origin of the Atomic Knights! (Table of Contents: 8)

The Atomic Knights / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Murphy Anderson
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
N-1494
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
The Atomic Knights: Bryndon (origin) (first appearance); Gardner Grayle (origin) (first appearance); Douglas Herald (origin) (first appearance); Marene Herald (origin) (first appearance); Hollis Hobard (origin) (first appearance); Wayne Hobard (origin) (first appearance)
The Black Baron (antagonist) (first appearance)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story was titled "The Rise of the Atomic Knights" in its original printing.

Challenge of the Robot Knight! (Table of Contents: 9)

Knights of the Galaxy / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
N-1495
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Reprints

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

Solar System Sizes! / cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Tom Nicolosi
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
N-1502
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Although the sun has a diameter...
Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Rearranged and modified from original.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Adam Strange; The Atomic Knights; Hawkman; Knights of the Galaxy
  2. 1. Twinkieless Gotham City
    Batman; Hostess Twinkies
  3. 2. Planets in Peril! [Chapter 1]
    Adam Strange; Hawkman
  4. 3. Planets in Peril -- Chapter Two
    Adam Strange; Hawkman
  5. 4. Justice for All Includes Children, 2
    Justice for All Includes Children!; Superman
  6. 5. ["If it were possible to magnify..."]
    Fantastic Facts
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Via Rocket Mail
  8. 7. Planets in Peril! Chapter Three
    Adam Strange; Hawkman
  9. 8. The Origin of the Atomic Knights!
    The Atomic Knights
  10. 9. Challenge of the Robot Knight!
    Knights of the Galaxy
  11. 10. ["Although the sun has a diameter..."]
    Solar System Sizes!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • CTGarry
  • Dan Kocher
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Arthur Nott-Hopkins
  • Allen Ross
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Van Dore