(October 1947)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1947-08-13
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
A Superman DC Publication
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Just an Ordinary Guy (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Wayne Boring; Al Plastino ?
Inks
Al Plastino ?
Colors
Jack Adler
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]
Reprints
Keywords
weightlifting

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

X Is for Unknown (Table of Contents: 2)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Just an Ordinary Guy! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Al Schwartz (ghosted for Jerry Siegel)
Pencils
Win Mortimer (credited as Joe Shuster)
Inks
Win Mortimer ? (credited as Joe Shuster)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Perhaps you ,too, have at times wanted to be like Superman...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Voinan (villain); Magnus Tubb (hair tonic manufacturer); Alexander Kraymore (bookkeeper); Mamie; John Paul Smith (pitchman); Henry
Synopsis
While others dream of having Superman's powers, Superman hypnotizes himself into believing he has no powers so that he can experience life as an ordinary man.
Reprints
Keywords
hypnotism

Harry Brecheen (Table of Contents: 4)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
sports
Characters
Harry Brecheen
Keywords
baseball

The Man Who Was Always Late! (Table of Contents: 5)

Zatara / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Samachson
Pencils
William White
Inks
William White
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Charles Guppy is always late!
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Charles Guppy; Percival Link (villain); Shifty (villain)
Reprints

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

Columbia Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Tops! (Table of Contents: 7)

Animal Antics; Leading Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

Skulduggery in the Subway! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
George Kashdan
Pencils
Ed Smalle
Inks
Ed Smalle
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; jungle
Characters
Congo Bill; unnamed blind protagonist; Butch (crook)
Synopsis
Bill and a blind man pursue thieves through the subway and urban streets.
Keywords
blackjacks; blindness; saps; subway trains

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

Kellogg's Shredded Wheat / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Willy / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Phil Berube (signed)
Pencils
Phil Berube (signed)
Inks
Phil Berube (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, boy! What a dandy!
Genre
humor
Characters
Willy

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 11)

Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

The Too-Fragrant Vagrant! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
Al Schwartz
Pencils
Stan Kaye
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hark to a ditty...
Genre
humor; detective-mystery
Characters
Hayfoot Henry
Synopsis
Hayfoot Henry encounters a man who once fell into a vat of perfume and who still carries around the odor. Caught trying to steal Ambergris, Henry places him in a jail cell, saying he will eventually lose the smell there.

Indexer Notes

The text is written in rhyming couplets.

An Old Friend (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ewald Ludwig
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

Gold Rush -- 1947! (Table of Contents: 14)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
George Roussos (signed as Roussos)
Inks
George Roussos (signed as Roussos)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Old Tote Todd's greatest wish was to live...
Genre
adventure; superhero; western-frontier
Characters
The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Dan Jeffers; Tote Todd
Synopsis
Old prospector Tote Todd wants to relive his youth in a rip-roaring gold-rush town. With Tote only having a month to live, his old partner suggests to a group of friends (including Greg Sanders) a re-enactment of those old days in an old Western town, to give Tote a contented ending. All goes according to plan until a gang of crooks decide there is gold to be stolen and start shooting up the town. Tote, Stuff and The Vigilante pursue them to the gold mine and they are stopped. Tote succumbs to a heart attack never knowing about his terminal illness, and is buried on Boot Hill.
Keywords
Boot Hill

The Case of the Box Car Bandit (Table of Contents: 15)

The Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; detective-mystery
Characters
Sam Spade

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

Plastic Crafters / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

A Date with Judy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Judy Foster

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Harman (signed)
Inks
Fred Harman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Just an Ordinary Guy
    Superman
  2. 1. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. 2. X Is for Unknown
  4. 3. Just an Ordinary Guy!
    Superman
  5. 4. Harry Brecheen
    Wheaties
  6. 5. The Man Who Was Always Late!
    Zatara
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Columbia Bicycles
  8. 7. Tops!
    Animal Antics; Leading Comics
  9. 8. Skulduggery in the Subway!
    Congo Bill
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Kellogg's Shredded Wheat
  11. 10. ["Oh, boy! What a dandy!"]
    Willy
  12. 11. Superman's Secret Message
    Supermen of America
  13. 12. The Too-Fragrant Vagrant!
    Hayfoot Henry
  14. 13. An Old Friend
  15. 14. Gold Rush -- 1947!
    Vigilante
  16. 15. The Case of the Box Car Bandit
    The Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Plastic Crafters
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    A Date with Judy
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Keith Chandler
  • Merlin Haas
  • Matthew Head
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore