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(July 1946)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
Detective Comics, Inc.
Brand:
A Superman DC Publication
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor)
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

["Looks like pretty dangerous work!"] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils:
Wayne Boring
Inks:
Ed Dobrotka
Colors:
?
Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman
Keywords:
window washers
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Starring Susie (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:
Jerry Siegel ?
Pencils:
Ira Yarbrough
Inks:
George Roussos ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; Susie Tompkins; Lois Lane; Perry White

Indexer Notes

credits by Bob Hughes 8/06

A Very Close Shave (Table of Contents: 2)

Hayfoot Henry / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Fish Catches Man (Table of Contents: 3)

Zatara / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

The Perilous Pearls! (Table of Contents: 4)

Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:
Alvin Schwartz
Pencils:
Edwin Smalle
Inks:
Edwin Smalle
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
jungle
Characters:
Congo Bill; Jim Kirk; Judith Kirk; John Cameron; Rufe Murdock
Synopsis:
Bill foils a would-be kidnapper and pearl thief.
Keywords:
decoys; Hiva Luva (Pacific island); Pacific Ocean; pearls; rowboats; soporific gasses

Indexer Notes

writer id by Craig Delich 6/05

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

Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
Lit. Win
Inks:
Lit. Win
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Knife Party (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:
Ben Ballard
Letters:
typeset

Treasure of the Ancients (Table of Contents: 7)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:
Don Cameron?
Pencils:
Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton Jr.]
Inks:
Mort Meskin?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Vigilante; Stuff

Indexer Notes

credits by Bob Hughes 8/06

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Looks like pretty dangerous work!"]
    Superman
  2. 1. Starring Susie
    Superman
  3. 2. A Very Close Shave
    Hayfoot Henry
  4. 3. Fish Catches Man
    Zatara
  5. 4. The Perilous Pearls!
    Congo Bill
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Daffy & Doodle
  7. 6. Knife Party
  8. 7. Treasure of the Ancients
    Vigilante
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