(December 1952-January 1953)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-10-22
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Larry Nadle (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Bob Hope / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This ought to be a swell day for the beach...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bob Hope; Madge
- Synopsis
- Bob tries to impress a girl he just met by claiming to be a business man and deep-sea fishing enthusiast. They end up tangling with gamblers on a casino ship out past the three mile limit.
- Keywords
- celebrity
Indexer Notes
Part 1.
[no title indexed]
Fleer's Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whoopee! This is the real wild West!
- Genre
- children
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!
Superman / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Superman
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Bob Hope / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bob! Where have you been?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bob Hope; Reggie Winters; Madge
- Keywords
- celebrity
Indexer Notes
Part 2.
[no title indexed]
Teen Teasers / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Martin Naydel (signed)
- Pencils
- Martin Naydel (signed)
- Inks
- Martin Naydel (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With which five of these weights can you weigh...
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.75 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tum-ta tum!
- Genre
- humor; teen
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Bob Hope / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If I didn't know I was deep sea fishing...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bob Hope; Madge; Slinky Martin; Farro Mike; Pete the Fixer
- Keywords
- celebrity
Indexer Notes
Part 3.
[no title indexed]
A Bit of Disc and Data / text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Larry Nadle ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Keywords
- gossip
[no title indexed]
Kitty Karr of Hollywood / comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But, Hal, isn't this a rather expensive restaurant?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Kitty Karr; Hal; Stanley Miles; Paul Slocum; Sam DeCanter; Shep Lions
- Synopsis
- Stanley Miles decides to create a movie especially for Kitty, then writes her out of the script.
- Keywords
- soap opera
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Keep on reeling him in, Bob -- you've got him!"]
The Adventures of Bob Hope -
1.
[no title indexed]
Novelty Mart -
2.
["This ought to be a swell day for the beach..."]
The Adventures of Bob Hope -
3.
["Whoopee! This is the real wild West!"]
Fleer's Dubble Bubble -
4.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
5.
Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!
Superman -
6.
["Bob! Where have you been?"]
The Adventures of Bob Hope -
7.
["With which five of these weights can you weigh..."]
Teen Teasers -
8.
[no title indexed]
Smith Brothers Cough Drops -
9.
["Tum-ta tum!"]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
10.
[no title indexed]
Lady Wildroot Shampoo -
11.
["If I didn't know I was deep sea fishing..."]
The Adventures of Bob Hope -
12.
[no title indexed]
A Bit of Disc and Data -
13.
Now More Than Ever-
House of Mystery -
14.
["But, Hal, isn't this a rather expensive restaurant?"]
Kitty Karr of Hollywood -
15.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
16.
Draw Me!
Art Instruction, Inc. -
17.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles -
18.
[no title indexed]
Thom McAn
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Adam Spector
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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