(December 1959-January 1960)

DC, 1958 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1959-10-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Larry Nadle (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Pvt. Doberman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bloopa-blippa! This is their leader??
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sgt. Ernie Bilko; Pvt. Dino Paparelli; Pvt. Duane Doberman; John T. Hall

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Joe Weider / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Bilko's Space Academy (Table of Contents: 2)

Pvt. Doberman / comic story / 25.67 pages (report information)

Script
Cal Howard ?
Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; military
Characters
Cpl. Rocco Barbella; Sgt. Ernie Bilko; Pvt. Duane Doberman; Col. John T. Hall; Sgt. Joan Hogan
Synopsis
Bilko tries to con Col. Hall into transferring him to the NASA space academy by staging an invasion of the base by aliens from Venus.

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

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

The Atom Servant of Man (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy
Synopsis
Examples of the benefits nuclear science can bring to civilization.

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 10 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

This Ain't the Army! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sure, go right in...
Genre
humor; military
Synopsis
Examples of sympathetic treatment someone shouldn't expect when in the army.

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 11 of the main story sequence.

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

Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Khaki-Yaks / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Anybody know how to put the pin back in a grenade?
Genre
humor; military
Synopsis
A soldier mishandles a grenade; a mess cook demands a clean work area; a soldier is forced to climb a utility pole; a castaway gets some bad news.

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 19 of the main story sequence.

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

Flying Jet / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Bloopa-blippa! This is their leader??"]
    Pvt. Doberman
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Joe Weider
  3. 2. Bilko's Space Academy
    Pvt. Doberman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  5. 4. The Atom Servant of Man
  6. 5. ["Sure, go right in..."]
    This Ain't the Army!
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Frontier Cabin
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Co.
  9. 8. ["Anybody know how to put the pin back in a grenade?"]
    Khaki-Yaks
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Flying Jet
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Manufacturing Company
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Manufacturing Company
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