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(July 1945)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
?
Brand:
A Superman DC Publication
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth
Color:
color
Dimensions:
standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Binding:
saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600)
Publishing Format:
was ongoing series

["And it isn't Superman who's doing this --"] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Burnley
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman
Reprints:
Keywords:
newspapers; stereotyping of the Japanese; World War II
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The Enchanted Mountain (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script:
Don Cameron
Pencils:
Ira Yarbrough
Inks:
Ira Yarbrough
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]
Reprints:

Mysterious Marauder! (Table of Contents: 2)

Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script:
Jack Miller
Pencils:
John Daly
Inks:
John Daly
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
jungle
Characters:
Congo Bill; Gul Khan; Blake; Randall
Synopsis:
While in India visiting a friend, Bill discovers a gang that's throwing travelers into a tiger pit with a hungry tiger.
Keywords:
elephants; India; jewels; tigers; treasure chests

Orient of the Occident (Table of Contents: 3)

The Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton Jr.] (signed)
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]

In the Cards (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:
Blair Bolron (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Genre:
adventure

The Pyrotechnician (Table of Contents: 5)

Hayfoot Henry / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
Stan Kaye
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
humor; detective-mystery
Characters:
Hayfoot Henry

Indexer Notes

Writer credit revised from Alvin Schwartz to ? by Cfraig Delich 10-24-08. The Who's Who states that Schwartz wrote this strip from 1946-48.

Crime -- Off the Record (Table of Contents: 6)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
William F. White
Inks:
William F. White
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Zatara

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

Jasper / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Lit-Win]
Inks:
? [as Lit-Win]
Letters:
?
Genre:
humor

Indexer Notes

On the inside back cover.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["And it isn't Superman who's doing this --"]
    Superman
  2. 1. The Enchanted Mountain
    Superman
  3. 2. Mysterious Marauder!
    Congo Bill
  4. 3. Orient of the Occident
    The Vigilante
  5. 4. In the Cards
  6. 5. The Pyrotechnician
    Hayfoot Henry
  7. 6. Crime -- Off the Record
    Zatara
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Jasper
This issue was most recently modified by:
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  • Mike Nielsen
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Craig Delich
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Matthew Head
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  • Kelly Langston-Smith
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  • John Douglas Miceli
  • Kyle Weber
  • Terry Watkins
  • Allen Ross
  • Jerry Hillegas
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
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