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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published February-March 1969
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Orlando

Cover Details

Characters Scooter; Cookie; Penny; Sylvester; Malibu; Kenny
Genre teen
Pencils Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Inks Henry Scarpelli ?

9 page Swing with Scooter story "TV Is Not TV!"

Characters Scooter; Cookie; Sylvester; Penny; Kenny (cameo); Malibu (cameo); Cynthia (cameo)
Synopsis Scooter "stars" in his first TV commercial.
Genre teen
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Doug Crane
Inks Henry Scarpelli

1 page Cookie story "Scooter, I'm on a cooking kick."

Characters Scooter; Cookie
Synopsis Cookie's cooking goes for naught.
Genre teen
Pencils Doug Crane ?
Inks Henry Scarpelli ?

1 page Sylvester story "How do you like living at prep school, Sylvester?"

Characters Scooter; Sylvester
Synopsis Is Sylvester really so popular at school?
Genre teen
Pencils Doug Crane (signed)
Inks Henry Scarpelli (signed)

5 page Swing with Scooter story "Smarty Party"

Characters Scooter; Penny; Cookie; Sylvester (cameo)
Synopsis Penny tries to keep Scooter and Cookie apart.
Genre teen
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Doug Crane (signed)
Inks Henry Scarpelli (signed)

1 page Penny story "Hi, Scooter! Would you like some help..."

Characters Scooter; Penny
Synopsis Penny is foiled again!
Genre teen
Pencils Doug Crane ?
Inks Henry Scarpelli ?

1 page Dates 'n' Mates illustration "Bury the hatchet... and pass the peace pipe..."

Synopsis fashion page
Pencils Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Inks Henry Scarpelli

1 page Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales promo (ad from the publisher) "The Big One Is Here!"

Genre war
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes house ad for Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #203 [80 Page Giant #G-56], on sale December 10

6 page Kenny story "Date Bait!"

Characters Kenny; Cookie; Shelly; Penny; Malibu; Sylvester; Kitty Ferl
Genre teen
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner ?
Notes This appears to be a story reprinted from Leave it to Binky (DC, 1948 series) which has been relettered and altered to approximate the Swing with Scooter characters.
Reprinted from ?

1 page Leave It to Binky promo (ad from the publisher) "Don't Be Left Out in the Cold!"

Genre teen
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner
Letters Gaspar Saladino ?
Notes house ad for Leave It to Binky (DC, 1968 series) #65, on sale December 10

1 page The Wonderful World of Comics text article "What Makes DC Run?"

Synopsis Explanation of the creation process for a comic book from the initial discussion with the editor through production.
Genre fact
Script Mark Hanerfeld ?
Letters typeset
Notes number eight in a series

1 page Penny story "Sigh! There goes Scooter!"

Characters Penny; Scooter; Penny's dad
Synopsis Dad's advice backfires when Penny goes after Scooter.
Genre teen
Pencils Doug Crane ?
Inks Henry Scarpelli ?

1 page Witching Hour promo (ad from the publisher) "Naturally... It Goes on Sale at Midnight"

Genre horror
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy
Letters Gaspar Saladino ?
Notes house ad for Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #1, on sale December 19