(July-August 1954)

DC, 1952 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1954-05-12
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Here's Howie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Owen Fitzgerald
Inks
Owen Fitzgerald
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; military
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Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!" (Table of Contents: 1)

Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Synopsis
Superboy puts out a fire at the Smallville Teen-Age Club which inspires them to start a project to educate people about fire prevention.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Here's Howie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Owen Fitzgerald
Inks
Owen Fitzgerald
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Howie! Let's scram! Sgt. Cragg's on his way...
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Melvin / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Owen Fitzgerald
Inks
Owen Fitzgerald
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gee, Gertrude--You sure are pretty!
Genre
humor; military

"Free" Wheeling (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Abbott and Costello; Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Password: Leatherneck] (Table of Contents: 8)

Word Maneuver / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Martin Naydel (signed)
Pencils
Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks
Martin Naydel (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Here's Howie / comic story / 4.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Owen Fitzgerald
Inks
Owen Fitzgerald
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, Patty! There's a nice moon out tonight...
Genre
humor; military

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

Scripto / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Private Pete / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Besides doing the dishes, I've got lots of cooking to do...
Genre
humor; military
Reprints

Operation: Problem (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Schwinn Phantom (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Schwinn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Winnie the WAC / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Owen Fitzgerald
Inks
Owen Fitzgerald
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get the facts! Stop the press! Lift that bale and tote that barge!
Genre
humor; military

Hercules Lightweights (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

The Cleveland Welding Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Wilson Chem. Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Here's Howie
  2. 1. Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"
    Superboy
  3. 2. ["Howie! Let's scram! Sgt. Cragg's on his way..."]
    Here's Howie
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. ["Gosh, Pud, wasn't it swell of Mom 'n' Pop to bring us along..."]
    Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids
  6. 5. Editorial Advisory Board
  7. 6. ["Gee, Gertrude--You sure are pretty!"]
    Melvin
  8. 7. "Free" Wheeling
    Abbott and Costello; Popsicle
  9. 8. [Password: Leatherneck]
    Word Maneuver
  10. 9. ["Hi, Patty! There's a nice moon out tonight..."]
    Here's Howie
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Scripto
  12. 11. ["Besides doing the dishes, I've got lots of cooking to do..."]
    Private Pete
  13. 12. Operation: Problem
  14. 13. Schwinn Phantom
    Schwinn
  15. 14. ["Get the facts! Stop the press! Lift that bale and tote that barge!"]
    Winnie the WAC
  16. 15. Hercules Lightweights
    The Cleveland Welding Company
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chem. Co.
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Thom McAn
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