(March-April 1948)
DC,
1948 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1948-01-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (editor); Jack Schiff (assistant editor); Murray Boltinoff (art); George Kashdan (story)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
The Wyoming Kid / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- The Wyoming Kid [Bill Polk]
- Universe
- DC : mainstream
- Reprints
in 
Do You Want Spending Money?
Credit Sales Company / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Ad to recruit salespeople for wall plaques.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Yellow Spoked Rig!
The Wyoming Kid / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- The Wyoming Kid [Bill Polk]
- Universe
- DC : mainstream
Win One of These 1,000 Columbia Bikes!
Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Rules and entry blank for a new Wheaties contest.
She Makes a Honey of a Rescue
Bit-O-Honey Candy Bars / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Honey
- Synopsis
- Honey saves a skier.
The Mysterious Wagon-Train!
Rodeo Rick / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Howie Post (signed as Post)
- Inks
- Howie Post (signed as Post)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Rodeo Rick; Professor Erasmus Palmer; Bill Burton (wagon train leader)
- Universe
- DC : mainstream
- Synopsis
- A phoney wagon train uses false bottomed wagons to stash goods stolen from towns they have passed through. Their scheme is thwarted by Rick and the Professor.
The Dummy in the Wax Museum!
The Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sam Spade
- Synopsis
- Sam spots a hidden killer.
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Wildroot Cream-Oil Hair Tonic.
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- A list of the members of DC's Advisory Board and a list of currently published titles.
Indexer Notes
Published titles include: Action Comics, A Date with Judy, Adventure Comics, All-American Comics, All Funny Comics, All-Star Comics, Animal Antics, Batman, Boy Commandos, Buzzy, Comic Cavalcade, Detective COmics, Flash Comics, Funny Folks, Funny Stuff, Gang Busters, Green Lantern, Leading Comics, Leave It to Binky, Mr. District Attorney, Mutt & Jeff, Real Fact Comics, Real Screen Comics, Sensation Comics, Star Spangled Comics, Superman, Western Comics, Wonder Woman, World's Finest Comics.
Danny's Dream
Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Danny; Danny's mom
- Synopsis
- Smith Brothers Cough Drops ad.
Indexer Notes
Printed on bottom half of page.
The Cowboy and the Killers!
Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Inks
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- western-frontier; superhero
- Characters
- Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Dirk Biggers (villain)
- Universe
- DC : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Vigilante and Stuff foil a plan by Dude Ranch owner Dirk Biggers to rob the homes of his wealthy patrons.
Premiums Given Cash Commission
Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Ad to recruit salespeople for Cloverine Brand Salve.
U. S. Marshal
A Fact Feature / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- Jack Abernathy
- Synopsis
- A brief account of Jack Abernathy's career as a law-enforcement officer.
Rustlers' Roundup
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jack Miller (credited as Jesse Merlan)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Steve
- Synopsis
- A young man rescues his parents from rustlers.
The Bells of San Filippo!
The Cowboy Marshal / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Cowboy Marshal [Jim Sawyer]
- Universe
- DC : mainstream
Death on Wheels!
Adventures of "R.C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- R.C.; Quickie; Bill Elliott
- Synopsis
- Ad for Royal Crown Cola.
The Greatest Ball-Point Pen and Billfold Bargain in America!
Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Ad for leather billfold with special coin holder. An engraved indentifiation plate is included.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Wyoming Kid -
1.
Do You Want Spending Money?
Credit Sales Company -
2.
The Yellow Spoked Rig!
The Wyoming Kid -
3.
Win One of These 1,000 Columbia Bikes!
Wheaties -
4.
She Makes a Honey of a Rescue
Bit-O-Honey Candy Bars -
5.
The Mysterious Wagon-Train!
Rodeo Rick -
6.
The Dummy in the Wax Museum!
The Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil -
7.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
8.
Danny's Dream
Smith Brothers Cough Drops -
9.
The Cowboy and the Killers!
Vigilante -
10.
Premiums Given Cash Commission
Cloverine Brand Salve -
11.
U. S. Marshal
A Fact Feature -
12.
Rustlers' Roundup
-
13.
The Bells of San Filippo!
The Cowboy Marshal -
14.
Death on Wheels!
Adventures of "R.C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola -
15.
The Greatest Ball-Point Pen and Billfold Bargain in America!
Illinois Merchandise Mart -
16.
I Will Show You How to Learn Radio
National Radio Institute -
17.
There's a Hard Way and an Easy Way to Change a Fuse
Eveready Batteries
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- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
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