(January-February 1978)

DC, 1976 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1977-10-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893242802
Editing
Jack C. Harris; Joe Orlando (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #149.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Freedom Fighters / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rich Buckler
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
C-505
First Line of Dialogue or Text
They've destroyed Doll Man's shrinking power--now we've got to bust him out!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Freedom Fighters [Doll Man; The Human Bomb; Phantom Lady; The Ray; Uncle Sam; Firebrand]

Indexer Notes

Cover credits confirmed in The Comic Reader #149. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

The Cuckoo Cuckoos (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Bust-Out in the Big House (Table of Contents: 2)

Freedom Fighters / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Alfredo Alcala (credited as Christian Volt)
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-4893
Genre
superhero
Characters
Freedom Fighters [The Black Condor [Doll Man [Darrell Dane]; The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Uncle Sam; Richard Grey Jr]]; Firebrand [Rod Reilly] (origin); Slugger (flashback); Martha Roberts; David Pearson (flashback); Michael Tulane; Ted Sherman; Mary Ellen Covington; The Silver Ghost [Raphael van Zandt]
Synopsis
Origin of Firebrand. Doll Man cleared of murder charges.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Firebrand in costume.

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

Crosman / 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) /

Engravaplates Social Security Cards / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Clark Candy Bars / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Sande*Mart / advertisement / 1 page (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) /

Olympic Musclebuilders / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

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

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

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

Lamdra Institute / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

NCG Merchandise / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Freedom Fanmail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack C. Harris
Pencils
Mark Armstrong (logo)
Inks
John Workman (logo)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-810
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The conclusion of the Freedom Fighters vs. the Crusaders story was excellent.

Indexer Notes

Letters from James F. Mills, Tyler Manners, and Bob Burrow.

Volume 77 Issue 41 - Week of October 10, 1977 (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["They've destroyed Doll Man's shrinking power--now we've got to bust him out!"]
    Freedom Fighters
  2. 1. The Cuckoo Cuckoos
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Penguin
  3. 2. Bust-Out in the Big House
    Freedom Fighters
  4. 3. ["Indoor BB gun fun! It's a whole new game!"]
    Crosman
  5. 4. ["Satisfy your meat tooth."]
    Slim Jim
  6. 5. ["Make extra cash"]
    Engravaplates Social Security Cards
  7. 6. ["Get rich and famous."]
    Clark Candy Bars
  8. 7. ["Remember how many times you felt left out"]
    Grit Newspaper
  9. 8. ["Write Right Now!"]
  10. 9. ["TV posters"]
    Sande*Mart
  11. 10. ["Two all-new super-sized specials!"]
  12. 11. ["To all who want powerful muscles fast!"]
    Olympic Musclebuilders
  13. 12. ["Yes, you can subscribe to your favorite DC Comics!"]
  14. 13. ["The Golden Age!"]
  15. 14. ["Poster bonanza all 5 posters for only $2.00"]
  16. 15. ["Big news! DC's dynamic new heroine the Huntress joins the Justice Society!"]
  17. 16. ["Hands of steel"]
    Lamdra Institute
  18. 17. ["Write Right Now!"]
  19. 18. ["Shazam!"]
    NCG Merchandise
  20. 19. ["The conclusion of the Freedom Fighters vs. the Crusaders story was excellent."]
    Freedom Fanmail
  21. 20. Volume 77 Issue 41 - Week of October 10, 1977
    Daily Planet
  22. 21. ["Fun Factory"]
  23. 22. ["Strong arms"]
  24. 23. ["Heavy duty"]
    Monogram Models
  25. 24. ["The Superhero Time Machine"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Matthew Head
  • Dave Marchand
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore