(October 1959)

DC, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1959-08-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications, Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Julius Schwartz

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Man Who Weighed 100 Tons! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Gil Kane
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
science fiction
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Draw Me (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Man Who Weighed 100 Tons! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Bernard Sachs
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover story.

[Heat Conduction... Heat Convection... Heat Radiation...] (Table of Contents: 3)

What's the Difference Between... / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; math & science

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

Palisades Amusement Park / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Colorfoto / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Warning from One Million B.C.! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Sid Greene
Inks
Sid Greene
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Clyde Harrison; Professor Beatty
Synopsis
Clyde Harrison and Professor Beatty uncover seven robots while digging in the desert. The robots come to life and start to build some mechanism, but is it for good or evil?
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Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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

Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

It's Fun to Learn! (Table of Contents: 9)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
advocacy
Synopsis
While helping his friends clear a lot for a ball field, a teen impresses them with the practical knowledge he learned in school.

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

Amazing Asteroids / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The masses of some asteroids are so small...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

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

Spotlight on Science / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Secret of the Tick-Tock World! (Table of Contents: 13)

Space Museum / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Carmine Infantino
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Harvey Drake; Tommy Parker; Howard Parker
Synopsis
The story of how an old wrist watch saved the planet Shalador.
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Keywords
Space Museum

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Garcelon Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Midwest Card Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Man Who Weighed 100 Tons!
  2. 1. Draw Me
    Art Instruction, Inc.
  3. 2. The Man Who Weighed 100 Tons!
  4. 3. [Heat Conduction... Heat Convection... Heat Radiation...]
    What's the Difference Between...
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Colorfoto
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Frontier Cabin
  8. 7. The Warning from One Million B.C.!
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Green Lantern
  10. 9. It's Fun to Learn!
  11. 10. ["The masses of some asteroids are so small..."]
    Amazing Asteroids
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Co.
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Spotlight on Science
  14. 13. Secret of the Tick-Tock World!
    Space Museum
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Garcelon Stamp Co.
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Midwest Card Company
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