(April-May 1953)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1953-02-18
- 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 / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've got to find myself a hobby...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bob Hope; Mrs. Peabody
- Synopsis
- Bob recalls dropping a nickel in the ocean and convinces Mrs. Peabody to help him look for it in case it was valuable.
Indexer Notes
Part 1.
[no title indexed]
Honey in Hollywood / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How now, brown cow?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Honey; Mme. Bavar
- Synopsis
- Honey practices her diction.
- Reprints
-
in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #2 (May-June 1958)
-
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.17 page
Superman Says: "People Are People!"
Superman / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Synopsis
- Superman combats race prejudice.
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Bob Hope / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This looks like the place!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bob Hope; Mrs. Peabody; mermaids
- Synopsis
- Bob goes deep-sea diving for a nickel and discovers Atlantis.
Indexer Notes
Part 2.
[no title indexed]
Teen Teasers / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Martin Naydel (signed)
- Pencils
- Martin Naydel (signed)
- Inks
- Martin Naydel (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What five odd figures added together will total 14?
- Synopsis
- four brain teasers
[no title indexed]
Betty / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't I look just dazzling and full of mystery...?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Betty; Bob
- Synopsis
- Betty prepares for a costume ball.
- Reprints
- in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #44 (April 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
upper half of page
Diddlers, Doodlers and Dawdlers!
The Fittin' Thing / comic story / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- a poem about bad habits
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Bob Hope / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Halt! Who desires to enter the chambers of Davey Jones?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bob Hope; mermaids; Davey Jones
- Synopsis
- The mermaids give Bob a chest full of rare nickels that ruin the market for rare coins.
Indexer Notes
Part 3.
[no title indexed]
A Bit of Disc and Data / text article / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- information on newly released record albums and films
[no title indexed]
Bullseye Billy / comic story / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Sheriff -- Quick!
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Billy trails a criminal to a cinema.
- Reprints
- in Hopalong Cassidy (DC, 1954 series) #130 (July-August 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
upper three-quarters of page
[no title indexed]
Kitty Karr of Hollywood / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Hal, how's the boy-genius doing, today?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Kitty Karr; Hal
- Synopsis
- Kitty tries to Hal sell a song.
[no title indexed]
Peg / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh Peg!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Peg; Peg's dad
- Synopsis
- Peg's dad is tired of bills.
- Reprints
- in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #258 (November 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
upper two-thirds of page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Boy! If I can only hold my breath long enough, this'll be real great!"]
The Adventures of Bob Hope -
1.
Now More Than Ever --
House of Mystery -
2.
["I've got to find myself a hobby..."]
The Adventures of Bob Hope -
3.
["How now, brown cow?"]
Honey in Hollywood -
4.
["Gosh, they stopped Pud on the goal line again!"]
Dubble Bubble; Fleer -
5.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
6.
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis -
7.
Superman Says: "People Are People!"
Superman -
8.
["This looks like the place!"]
The Adventures of Bob Hope -
9.
["What five odd figures added together will total 14?"]
Teen Teasers -
10.
["Don't I look just dazzling and full of mystery...?"]
Betty -
11.
[150 Stamps]
Necco -
12.
Diddlers, Doodlers and Dawdlers!
The Fittin' Thing -
13.
["Halt! Who desires to enter the chambers of Davey Jones?"]
The Adventures of Bob Hope -
14.
[no title indexed]
A Bit of Disc and Data -
15.
["Hey, Sheriff -- Quick!"]
Bullseye Billy -
16.
Win $100 -- Be a Wildroot Gleam Girl!
-
17.
["Hi, Hal, how's the boy-genius doing, today?"]
Kitty Karr of Hollywood -
18.
["Oh Peg!"]
Peg -
19.
Superman Is on Television!
The Adventures of Superman -
20.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
21.
Bill Starts an Air Rifle Club
Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was modified by, among others
- Darci
- Katie
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mazzella
- Darrel McCann
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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