Danger Trail
#3
(November-December 1950)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1950-09-25
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Thunder Over Thailand
King Faraday / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- spy
- Reprints
-
in Mystery Trail [ashcan] (DC, 1950 series) #[nn] (February-March 1950) [black and white] - in House of Mystery [ashcan] (DC, 1951 series) #[nn] (December 1951-January 1952) [Reprinted in black & white]
-
Action! Thrills! Excitement!
The Adventures of Alan Ladd / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Alan Ladd
- Keywords
- celebrity
Indexer Notes
Found on the inside front cover. Illustrated advertisement, with cover, for Alan Ladd #7.
Thunder over Thailand!
King Faraday / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- King Faraday
- Reprints
- in Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #51 (July-August 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
Reprint information from Bob Bailey.
Saving the Farmer's Crop
"U.S." Royal; U. S. Royal Bike Tires / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- U. S. Royal
- Synopsis
- Ad for U. S. Royal Bike Tires.
Thrills and Chills
Strange Adventures / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Ad for Strange Adventures #2.
Battle Flag of the Foreign Legion
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Alex Toth (signed as Alexander Toth)
- Inks
- Alex Toth (signed as Alexander Toth)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Alex Toth (signed as Alexander Toth)
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Sergeant LeJac; John Douglas (an American Legionnaire); Desert Hawk (villain, commander of the Touregs, death); the Touregs (villains, all die)
- Synopsis
- Sgt. LeJac leads his forces out into the desert to face the enemy force of Touregs...but mysteriously find them all dead, with the French Regimental flag flying over their bodies...a flag carried into battle by American Legionnaire Douglas and who had been branded a coward!
- Reprints
- in Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth (IDW, 2011 series) (April 2011) [Pages 2, 4 & 5 presented in the original art]
-
- Keywords
- Fort Valor; French Foreign Legion; Igidi (desert sands); La Belle (French Regimental flag); Mt. Tusido (extinct volcano)
Indexer Notes
The story is related by the La Belle.
For 20th Century Action... Get the 20th Century's Greatest Bike!
Columbia Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Ad for Columbia Bicycles made by The Westfield Manufacturing Company.
[no title indexed]
Norton of the North / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Brrrr...I'm Freezing!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Norton has problems acclimating to cold weather.
Indexer Notes
Printed on top half of page.
Danger Trail Prize Winners!
Danger Trail / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- A list of the 25 winners of a one-year subscription to Danger Trail.
[no title indexed]
Fleer's Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Script
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This ought to keep those durn girls away!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Synopsis
- Ad for Dubble Bubble bubble gum.
Indexer Notes
Printed on top half of page.
Editorial Advisory Board
DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- A list of DC's Advisory Board plus a list of current published titles.
Indexer Notes
Printed on bottom half of page.
[no title indexed]
"Slim" Chance / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He's off! If X-SP-1 does what's expected of it...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Slim tests a new jet.
[no title indexed]
Danger Trail Junction / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff (likely)
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- King Faraday
- Synopsis
- No letters from readers this time. There are three letters from the "authors" of "Battle Flag of the Foreign Legion," "Hawaiian River God," and "Ghost Ship of the South Seas." Letters are signed G.S., D.V.S. and L.L.
Indexer Notes
This letter column reads very much like Murray Boltinoff's letter columns of the mid-sixties.
The Ice Queen
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- An explorer finds a girl encased in ice.
- Reprints
- in Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #51 (July-August 1964)
-
[no title indexed]
Colonel Cornwall / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's get a move on, Colonel!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Colonel Cornwall
[no title indexed]
Two on the Isle / comic story / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A ship... Coming our way! Hooray!
- Genre
- humor
Nature Loves a Nature-Lover
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown; Susie Gruff; Wolfie
- Synopsis
- The kids learn about bats.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Thunder Over Thailand
King Faraday -
1.
Action! Thrills! Excitement!
The Adventures of Alan Ladd -
2.
Thunder over Thailand!
King Faraday -
3.
Saving the Farmer's Crop
"U.S." Royal; U. S. Royal Bike Tires -
4.
Thrills and Chills
Strange Adventures -
5.
Battle Flag of the Foreign Legion
-
6.
For 20th Century Action... Get the 20th Century's Greatest Bike!
Columbia Bicycles -
7.
["Brrrr...I'm Freezing!"]
Norton of the North -
8.
Danger Trail Prize Winners!
Danger Trail -
9.
Hawaiian River God!
-
10.
["This ought to keep those durn girls away!"]
Fleer's Dubble Bubble -
11.
Editorial Advisory Board
DC Comics -
12.
["He's off! If X-SP-1 does what's expected of it..."]
"Slim" Chance -
13.
[no title indexed]
Danger Trail Junction -
14.
The Ice Queen
-
15.
["Let's get a move on, Colonel!"]
Colonel Cornwall -
16.
Ghost Ship of the South Seas
-
17.
["A ship... Coming our way! Hooray!"]
Two on the Isle -
18.
Overboard About It!
Nestlé's Crunch -
19.
Nature Loves a Nature-Lover
Buzzy -
20.
Last Chance to Get Daisy Handbook No. 2
Daisy B-B Guns -
21.
["New silk-finish enlargement, ivory gold-tooled frame"]
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- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Terry Jeffress
- James Ludwig
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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