- Script
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
This table of contents indicates a public service announcement featuring Peter Porkchops that is not in the book.
- Script
- Mike Gold
- Letters
- typeset
various covers used as illustrations
- Script
- Joe Kubert
- Letters
- typeset
various covers used as illustrations
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Pat Gordon
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Commissioner Gordon; Professor Pender; Alfred Pennyworth
- Synopsis
- Superman and Batman are both on the trail of Professor Pender, a criminal genius. But when they find him, Pender exposes Superman to a "decharging ray," which takes away his powers, and Batman accidentally steps in front of Pender's activated super-charging machine, giving him superpowers. While Superman and Batman adjust to their new abilities, they track down Pender and stop him from recreating his super-charging ray and using it on himself.
- Reprints
- Script
- George Kashdan (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Frank Frazetta
- Inks
- Frank Frazetta
- Colors
- Bill Wray
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
- Genre
- historical; western-frontier
- Characters
- Tomahawk; Dan Hunter; Black Cougar [Elias Bramm]
- Synopsis
- Warden Elias Bramm uses his connections to the criminal element and his mastery of disguise to run guns to the Indians as Black Cougar. Tomahawk puts a stop to Black Cougar's operation, but doesn't discover his enemy's true identity.
- Reprints
- Script
- Dave Wood
- Pencils
- Joe Certa
- Inks
- Joe Certa
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Pat Gordon
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'Onn J'Onzz]; Captain Harding (intro); Alex Dunster; Professor Erdel (flashback; cameo)
- Synopsis
- John Jones discovers that Alex Dunster, who acquires and sells scientific and technical items of great value, has gotten hold of the machine that Professor Erdel used to bring J'onn J'onzz from Mars. Jones realizes that if he uses the machine to return to Mars, however, Dunster would be free to continue his criminal ways. So Jones confronts Dunster, but Dunster destroys the machine before surrendering.
- Reprints
- Script
- Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils
- Sheldon Mayer
- Inks
- Sheldon Mayer
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Sugar; Spike
- Synopsis
- When Spike's father decides he can't eat a lobster, Spike gets to bring it home from the restaurant as a pet. Since baby animals can understand and speak baby talk, the lobster asks the kids to do him a favor, and they send him back to the sea.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- lobsters
- Script
- Jerry Coleman (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Al Plastino
- Inks
- Al Plastino
- Colors
- Katie Main
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Superman [Clark Kent]
- Synopsis
- Lois meets Lana Lang for the first time, and the girls immediately compete to see whom Superman likes better. But Superman refuses to fall into their traps.
- Reprints
- Script
- Ed Herron (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Jack Kirby; Rosalind Kirby (uncredited)
- Colors
- Glenn Whitmore
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Professor Riggles (guest); Aliens (villains)
- Synopsis
- When Green Arrow and Speedy investigate giant arrows falling from the sky, they find themselves pulled into another dimension when an arrow they are examining is retrieved.
- Reprints
Writer id from Martin O'Hearn.
- Script
- Ed Herron (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Jack Kirby; Rosalind Kirby (uncredited)
- Colors
- Glenn Whitmore
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Xeen Arrow (guest); Alien Crooks (villains)
- Synopsis
- In another dimension, Green Arrow and Speedy meet Green Arrow's counterpart Xeen Arrow and discover that due to a passing comet, a gateway to their dimension has opened up, and the mysterious giant arrows they encountered on Earth are merely children's toys from this other dimension which have passed through the gateway. After solving the mystery, Xeen Arrow shoots them back to Earth through the gateway before it closes.
- Reprints
Ed Wood credit is incorrect based on id from Martin O'Hearn.
- Script
- George Kashdan (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy
- Inks
- Nick Cardy
- Colors
- Bill Wray
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Janu
- Synopsis
- Congo Bill and Janu are taken as captives to a village populated by intelligent gorilas, but discover they are not what they appear.
- Reprints
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Murphy Anderson
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- Tom McCraw
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Comet; the Lamia; the Septarch; Professor Zackro
- Synopsis
- The ruling Septarch of the planet Lamia have chosen Earth as the place to exile their incorrigible criminals. But after the criminals steal a hydrogen bomb to fule their spacecraft in order to return to Lamia, Captain Comet tracks down the aliens and returns them to Lamia as prisoners.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Lamia
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Gil Kane
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs (uncredited)
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
- Genre
- historical; western-frontier
- Characters
- Nighthawk [Hannibal Hawkes]; Lute; Jed
- Synopsis
- Nighthawk poses as a fortune teller to trap a pair of outlaws.
- Reprints
Letterer from index of original printing.
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Ross Andru
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Kathryn Mayer
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Editing
- Robert Kanigher (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor
- Synopsis
- A flashback story that tells how when Steve Trevor bet Wonder Woman that he could always pick her out in any situation, she adopted the identity of Diana Prince and concealed herself right under his nose.
- Reprints
- Script
- Dave Wood (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Dick Dillin (uncredtied)
- Inks
- Chuck Cuidera
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor)
- Genre
- adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Blackhawks [Blackhawk [also as The Question Mark]; Chuck; Andre; Olaf; Chop-Chop; Stanislaus; Hendrickson; Blackie]
- Synopsis
- When Blackhawk appears to have been killed, the rest of the team must face the War Wheel, the Flying Tank and Killer Shark's octopus, all under the control of the Question Mark, without their leader. But Chuck realizes the Question Mark is Blackhawk in disguise, and Blackhawk reveals that his ruse was a test to see who could best lead the Blackhawks in his absence.
- Reprints
- Script
- Alphine Beard (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Jim Davis (uncredited)
- Inks
- Jim Davis (uncredited)
- Colors
- Rick Taylor
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Three hundred dollars??
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Fox; Crow
- Synopsis
- When the Fox tries to collect a $150 debt from the Crow, the Crow swindles the Fox out of another $150, which he hands back as payment in full.
- Reprints
- Script
- Ed Herron (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- John Fischetti (mis-credited to Creig Flessel)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang; Professor Lewis Lang; Org; Norg; Axel; Maxel; Jaxel; Alice
- Synopsis
- When Lana brings authentic African artifacts from her father's collection for the Smallville High School Drama Club to use, she is accidentally pricked by a blow gun dart and falls asleep. Superboy must acquire the antidote within three days, all the while convincing Professor Lang that nothing is wrong with Lana, or Lana will die.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Smallville High School
- Script
- Bill Finger (mis-credited to Robert Kanigher)
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert
- Inks
- Joe Kubert
- Colors
- Bob LeRose
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Robert Kanigher (original editor)
- Genre
- historical; adventure
- Characters
- Viking Prince [Jon]; Captain Olaf; Gunnda; Sardluk; Baron Thorvald
- Synopsis
- When Captain Olaf is taken prisoner by Baron Thorvald, Jon frees him with the help of the hammer of Thor.
- Reprints
- Script
- George Kashdan (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Ramona Fradon
- Inks
- Ramona Fradon
- Colors
- Kathryn Mayer
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman; Jason Deeter
- Synopsis
- When sorcerer Jason Deeter appears to be able to control Aquaman, maritime hijackers try to use Deeter to force Aquaman to help them commit crimes. But Aquaman puts down the thugs and reveals that Deeter is not a sorcerer at all and that he and Deeter came up with this ruse to smoke them out.
- Reprints
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors
- Eric Kachelhofer
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've got to watch these prisoners closely.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey
- Synopsis
- While watching prisoners, Casey breaks up a fight, but needs help identifying one of the men.
- Reprints
Identified in item as from January 1959.
- Script
- Robert Kanigher (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Alex Toth
- Inks
- Sy Barry
- Colors
- Bob LeRose
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Johnny Peril; Lee Allen; Subara; Bill Davis; Jack Gordon
- Synopsis
- Johnny Peril finds his friend Lee Allen, who just before he dies swears he has seen Subara the Ice Queen, whom the natives believe lives on frozen Mt. Subara. Johnny returns to the mountain with two more friends, but only he encounters Subara. They refuse to believe he met the mythical woman until he produces her crown of roses.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Mt. Subara
Pencilling and editorial credit confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
- Script
- David Vern (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- Tom McCraw
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Tarando; Charles Ford; Commissioner James Gordon; John Fields Benson
- Synopsis
- When the reformed Harvey Dent tries to prevent a robbery, he is caught in an explosion and reverts to Two-Face. He embarks on a new crime spree, and Batman and Robin deduce that Two-Face is going after people who commonly show two faces to the world. At a ceremony making Bruce Wayne honorary chief of a local tribe, Batman and Robin are trapped by Two-Face and strapped to a giant coin. Two-Face flips the coin over a bed of spikes, and though the gimmick is rigged to land face down, the dynamic duo manages to create a magnetic field and flip the coin so that they land safely.
- Reprints
- Script
- Joe Samachson (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Frank Frazetta
- Inks
- Frank Frazetta
- Colors
- Greg Theakston
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Sir Butch; Winged Victory; Dalmar; Inger; Merlin; King Arthur
- Synopsis
- When Merlin tries to bring Justin and Butch back to Camelot for a feast he accidentally sends them to the 35th century. There, they help prevent an attempt to overthrow democracy before Merlin brings them back to the past.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Camelot
- Script
- John Broome ?; Gardner Fox ?
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Sy Barry; Joe Giella
- Colors
- Brian Augustyn
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Phantom Stranger; John Martin; Bart Benson; Carson Rand; Jim Thompson; Edgar Jones; Margo Phillips; Matt Wright
- Synopsis
- When three friends die in a plane crash, the spirits seem to be haunting those they left behind, but the Phantom Stranger reveals that the ghostly appearances are really the work of an embezzler attempting to cover his tracks.
- Reprints
- Script
- Otto Binder (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney
- Inks
- Jim Mooney
- Colors
- Julianna Ferriter
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (original editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Tommy Tomorrow; Prof. Jaxon ["Genius" Jones]; Space Looter
- Synopsis
- Tommy Tomorrow checks out Professor Jaxon's dimension cabinet, a gateway to the fourth dimension. Since Tommy suspects the cabinet is a hoax, he volunteers to test the device and is sent to the fourth dimension. But Tommy doesn't realize that he has fallen for the real plot of the professor, who actually wanted to get rid of him. When Tommy realizes that things happen a day later in the fourth dimension, Tommy takes the place of that world's Tommy Tomorrow in testing that world's dimension cabinet and returns to arrest the professor and his accomplice.
- Reprints
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Alex Toth
- Inks
- Sy Barry
- Colors
- Greg Theakston
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
- Genre
- historical; western-frontier
- Characters
- Johnny Thunder [John Tane]; Ma Pecos; Sheriff Tane; Arroyo Gang
- Synopsis
- When the Arroyo Gang kidnaps Sheriff Tane, Johnny Thunder thinks they must have killed his father, and tells the townsfolk that he is really Sheriff Tane's son. Johnny takes out the whole Arroyo Gang singlehandedly and happily finds his father alive. But his secret identity remains safe, as everyone assumes he was only honoring Sheriff Tane by his earlier declaration.
- Reprints
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors
- Glenn Whitmore
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]
- Synopsis
- Flash faces off against Captain Cold, who commits crimes by using a cold-gun to freeze things and create mirages. But once Flash figures out what Captain Cold can do, he ignores the mirages and takes the villain in.
- Reprints
- Script
- Robert Kanigher (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (mis-credited as Frank Giacoia)
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs (mis-credited as Frank Giacoia)
- Colors
- Pamela Johnson
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Nan; Nola; Bob
- Synopsis
- Nan has always gotten her big sister Nola's hand-me-downs, but when Nola's boyfriend Bob shows an interest in Nan, Nola insists Bob was only trying to make her jealous. When Nan discovers a wedding dress in Nola's room, she assumes Bob and Nola have plans to marry, but Bob tells Nan that Nola manipulated situations to make it look like he was in love with her and he declares his love for only her.
- Reprints
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Sy Barry
- Colors
- Julianna Ferriter
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- King Faraday; Johnny Lester; Alonzo P. Davis; Vina Flora
- Synopsis
- King Faraday, on the trail of a killer, rides the Orient Express, where he meets a movie starlet and a camera-happy tourist. Though two attempts are made on his life, he finds no clues as to the identity of the killer. Only when the photographer overplays his hand does Faraday realize he is behind the attacks and using his camera to transport pictures of a more sensitive nature than the candids he has been taking. Faraday puts a permanent end to the photographer in a fight atop the train.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Orient Express
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Gil Kane
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (brief origin); Carol Ferris; A Venusian Pterodactyl; Venusians
- Synopsis
- Green Lantern travels to Venus to save a blue-skinned caveman-like race from attack by yellow Pterodactyl-like creatures.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Venus
Some sources list this as Murphy Anderson inks. The Schwartz pay records list Joe Giella, as does the credits in 80-Page Giant Green Lantern Annual. Art spotter Gene Reed agrees with the Joe Giella credit. Schwartz pay records provided by DC Comics.
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Win Mortimer
- Colors
- Eric Kachelhofer
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow; Tomahawk; Shining Knight
- Synopsis
- Tomahawk, Green Arrow, and Shining Knight introduce some boys to books full of adventure.
- Reprints
- from public service ad, February 1951
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert
- Inks
- Joe Kubert
- Colors
- Julia Lacquement
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Robert Kanigher (original editor)
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sgt. Rock; Easy Company; Mack; Al; Sid; Nick
- Synopsis
- Sgt. Rock sends four men to hold No-Return Hill overnight until Easy Company can move up.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- No-Return Hill
- Script
- Al Schwartz (credited) (miscredited as Otto Binder)
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Ray Burnley (miscredited as John Forte)
- Colors
- Katie Main
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Edmund Willis; Barry Brand; Perry White; Vince Regan; Jeff Wacker; Dr. Wilmington
- Synopsis
- Jimmy agrees to be a test subject for a week for men from Jupiter. He is granted the ability to read minds, but is also turned into a green, scaly Jovian. He uses his abilities to compete for the Newsman of the Year, though he covers his appearance. Between scoops, Jimmy reads Clark Kent's mind and "hears" him think that he is Superman. Jimmy’s rival Vince Regan plans to expose Jimmy at the ceremony, but luckily a Jovian week is equal to five Earth days, and Jimmy has reverted to his old self by then. The Jovians declare the experiment a success and help Superman preserve his secret identity.
- Reprints
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors
- Eric Kachelhofer
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My uncle sent me this barometer.
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Pete
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Titano
- Synopsis
- House ad for Superman
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby; Joe Simon (miscredited as Dave Wood)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Jack Kirby; Rosalind Kirby
- Colors
- Lovern Kindzierski
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor)
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Rocky Davis; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Ace Morgan]; Morelian
- Synopsis
- Four men escape a plane crash unharmed, decide they are living on borrowed time and vow to use it challenging the unknown. In their first case, they’re asked to open the four chambers of an ancient box. The chambers release: a stone giant that Prof. destroys by pure thought, a sun that freezes by consuming nearby heat that Red traps in a vacuum chamber, and a device that snarls things in plastic ribbons but is controlled by a dial on its container. Morelian opens the fourth and removes a ring, claiming the box says it contains immortality. He is wrong: immortality was in the box, not the ring.
- Reprints
- Script
- Robert Greenberger
- Letters
- typeset
various covers used as illustrations
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (cover reproduction)
- Inks
- Joe Giella (cover reproduction)
- Colors
- Eric Kachelhofer
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]
House ad for The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #105, including reproduction of the cover. Appeared in various DC comics, February 1959.