(February 1952)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1951-12-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
Issue Notes
Script and art credits for fillers verified from copies of editorial records sent to Gene Reed from Nelson Bridwell in 1986. On-sale date from copyright registration.
Buzzy Says: "Be Yourself-- Your Best Self!"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Beware the Synthetic Men!
Captain Comet / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- John Broome (credited as Edgar Ray Merritt)
- Pencils
- Murphy Anderson
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Reprints
-
in DC Super Stars (DC, 1976 series) #6 (August 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover story. Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Last Days of Earth!
comic story / 7.75 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Captain Tootsie and the Radar Rescue
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
[Frederick Wilhelm Bessel]
Giants of the Telescope / comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Reprints
- in Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #49 (February 1959) [recolored & art altered] which is reprinted
-
in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #75 (1 de noviembre de 1959) -
in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #9 ([circa 1960]) - in DC Super Stars (DC, 1976 series) #4 (June 1976)
-
The Brain of Dr. Royer!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- Mann Rubin (credited as Manny Rubin)
- Pencils
- Alex Toth
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That-- / cartoon / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rain purifies the atmosphere...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #71 (February 1958)
-
Why Summer Is Hot and Winter Cold
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #38 (June-July 1957)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Beware the Synthetic Men!
Captain Comet -
1.
Buzzy Says: "Be Yourself-- Your Best Self!"
Buzzy -
2.
Beware the Synthetic Men!
Captain Comet -
3.
[no title indexed]
Vitalis Hair Cream -
4.
What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!
Wheaties -
5.
["W-we're lost in this cave!!"]
Dubble Bubble Gum -
6.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
7.
The Last Days of Earth!
-
8.
[no title indexed]
Out of This World; Necco -
9.
Captain Tootsie and the Radar Rescue
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll -
10.
[Frederick Wilhelm Bessel]
Giants of the Telescope -
11.
[no title indexed]
-
12.
[Magnetic Attraction!]
General Science Quiz -
13.
The Brain of Dr. Royer!
-
14.
[no title indexed]
Charlie Wild; Wildroot Cream-Oil -
15.
["Rain purifies the atmosphere..."]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That-- -
16.
[no title indexed]
Luden's Cough Drops -
17.
Why Summer Is Hot and Winter Cold
-
18.
[no title indexed]
Motor's Auto Repair Manual -
19.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Denys Howard
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mazzella
- John Pannozzi
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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