(July-August 1972)

DC, 1972 Series
 
Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1972-05-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Brand
DC [circle]
Editing
John Albano (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #84.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Laurel and Hardy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
A-100
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yoo-hoo, Ollie -- Are you in there?
Genre
humor
Characters
Stan Laurel; Oliver Hardy
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits from a Facebook comment by Alan Kupperberg and Mark Evanier on 2009 November 29.
Despite the large "All new stories" blurb on the cover, two of the stories inside are reprints.

Silly Saps at Sea! (Table of Contents: 1)

Laurel and Hardy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Albano
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
A-101
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Will you please hurry, Stanley -- You're going to cause us to miss the boat!
Genre
humor
Characters
Oliver Hardy; Stan Laurel
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script and artist credits confirmed in The Comic Reader #84 (April 1972).

Private Detectives (Table of Contents: 2)

Laurel and Hardy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
A-103
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, here we are in our new office, Stanley -- In business as private detectives!
Genre
humor
Characters
Oliver Hardy; Stan Laurel
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Alan Kupperberg did touch-ups and drew extensions for this reprint.

Them Desert Bones (Table of Contents: 3)

Laurel and Hardy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Marnow (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
A-102
First Line of Dialogue or Text
So you two gentlemen just arrived in Algeria and need jobs, huh?
Genre
humor
Characters
Oliver Hardy; Stan Laurel
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Alan Kupperberg did touch-up and extensions on the art.

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Yoo-hoo, Ollie -- Are you in there?"]
    Laurel and Hardy
  2. 1. Silly Saps at Sea!
    Laurel and Hardy
  3. 2. Private Detectives
    Laurel and Hardy
  4. 3. Them Desert Bones
    Laurel and Hardy
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Bob Hughes
  • Edgar Loftin
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mark Rudnitski (R.I.P.)
  • Tanya Schuehle
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mark Waid
  • Karl Wilcox