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Issue Details

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Published 1981
Cover Price 0 Free
Pages 336
Editing Michael Barrier; Martin Williams
Notes vignettes from interior stories

Cover Details

Pencils Joe Shuster; John Stanley; Will Eisner; Walt Kelly
Inks Joe Shuster; John Stanley; Will Eisner; Walt Kelly
Notes vignettes from interior stories

8 page text article "Introduction"

Script Michael Barrier; Martin Williams
Letters Typeset

2 page text article "About Superman"

Script Martin Williams
Letters Typeset

13 page Superman story "Superman"

Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Joe Shuster
Colors Ed Eisenberg
Notes shot from original comic issue; not recolored like the Archives version
Reprinted From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1

1 page text article "About Batman"

Script Martin Williams
Letters Typeset

6 page Batman story "Case of the Chemical Syndicate"

Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane
Notes only uncensored reprint?
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #27

1 page text article "About Scribbly and Sheldon Mayer"

Script Martin Williams
Letters Typeset

4 page Scribbly story "Coming of the Red Tornado"

Characters Intro: Red Tornado
Genre superhero; children; humor
Script Sheldon Mayer
Pencils Sheldon Mayer
Inks Sheldon Mayer
Reprinted from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #20

4 page Scribbly story

Characters Red Tornado
Genre teen
Script Sheldon Mayer
Pencils Sheldon Mayer
Inks Sheldon Mayer
Reprinted From All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #21

4 page Scribbly story

Characters Red Tornado
Genre teen
Script Sheldon Mayer
Pencils Sheldon Mayer
Inks Sheldon Mayer
Reprinted From All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #22

4 page Scribbly and the Red Tornado story

Characters Red Tornado
Genre superhero; humor
Script Sheldon Mayer
Pencils Sheldon Mayer
Inks Sheldon Mayer
Reprinted From All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #23

4 page Scribbly and the Red Tornado story

Characters Red Tornado
Genre superhero; humor
Script Sheldon Mayer
Pencils Sheldon Mayer
Inks Sheldon Mayer
Reprinted From All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #24

1 page text article "About Plastic Man and Jack Cole"

Script Martin Williams
Letters Typeset

6 page Plastic Man story "Eeyow! It's Plastic Man!"

Genre superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1

9 page Plastic Man story "The Man Who Can't Be Harmed"

Genre superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #13

2 page text article "About Captain Marvel and C.C. Beck"

Script Martin Williams
Letters Typeset

33 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel Battles the Plot Against the Universe"

Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks Pete Costanza
Editing Wendell Crowley
Reprinted from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #100

2 page text article "About Basil Wolverton"

Script Martin Williams
Letters Typeset

1 page Dr Dimwit story "My tonsils rattle when I talk"

Genre humor
Script Basil Wolverton
Pencils Basil Wolverton
Inks Basil Wolverton
Reprinted From Sub-Mariner Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #4 (1942)

8 page Powerhouse Pepper story "Rawjaw McClaw"

Genre humor
Script Basil Wolverton
Pencils Basil Wolverton
Inks Basil Wolverton
Reprinted From Tessie the Typist (Marvel, 1944 series) #6 (January 1947)

2 page text article "About George Carlson"

Script Martin Williams
Letters Typeset

8 page Jingle-Jangle Tales story "The Fashionable Fireman and the Soft-Boiled Collar Button"

Genre humor
Script George Carlson
Pencils George Carlson
Inks George Carlson
Reprinted from Jingle Jangle Comics (Eastern Color, 1942 series) #5 (October 1943)

6 page Pieface Prince of Pretzleburg story "The Big Bass Drum Is Missing"

Genre humor
Script George Carlson
Pencils George Carlson
Inks George Carlson
Reprinted from Jingle Jangle Comics (Eastern Color, 1942 series) #5 (October 1943)

6 page Jingle-Jangle Tales story "The Pint-Size King and the Three Jelly-Beans"

Genre humor
Script George Carlson
Pencils George Carlson
Inks George Carlson
Reprinted from Jingle Jangle Comics (Eastern Color, 1942 series) #24 (December 1946)

3 page text article "About Little Lulu and John Stanley"

Script Mike Barrier
Letters Typeset

10 page Little Lulu story "At The Beach"

Genre children; humor
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley
Reprinted From Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #74 (1945)

16 page Little Lulu story "Five Little Babies"

Genre children; humor
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
Inks Irving Tripp
Reprinted From Marge's Little Lulu (Dell, 1948 series) #38 (August 1951)

13 page Little Lulu story "The Little Rich Boy"

Genre children; humor
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
Inks Irving Tripp
Reprinted From Marge's Little Lulu (Dell, 1948 series) #40 (October 1951)

5 page Little Lulu story The "Spider" Spins Again

Genre children; humor
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
Inks Irving Tripp
Reprinted From Marge's Little Lulu (Dell, 1948 series) #81 (March 1955)

3 page text article "About Donald Duck and Carl Barks"

Script Mike Barrier
Letters Typeset

24 page Donald Duck story "Letter to Santa"

Characters Scrooge, Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre funny animal
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Reprinted from Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Dell, 1949 series) #1 (November 1949)

2 page text article "about Pogo and Walt Kelly"

Script Martin Williams
Letters Typeset

5 page Albert the Alligator story "Albert Takes the Cake"

Characters Albert (first appearance; an alligator); Pogo (first appearance; a possum); Bumbazine (first appearance); Mrs. Jay (first appearance); Beetle (first appearance)
Synopsis Bumbazine bakes Pogo a birthday cake, but Albert tries to steal it.
Genre Funny Animal
Script Walt Kelly
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Reprinted from Animal Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #1 (1942)

14 page Pogo story "Feelin' Mighty Hale and Farewell"

Genre funny animal
Script Walt Kelly
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Reprinted from Pogo Possum (Dell, 1949 series) #3 (August-October 1950)

11 page Pogo story "Cinderella and the Three Bears"

Genre funny animal
Script Walt Kelly
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Reprinted from Pogo Possum (Dell, 1949 series) #8 (January-March 1952)

11 page Pogo story "The Big Rock Candy Quarry"

Genre funny animal
Script Walt Kelly
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Reprinted from Pogo Possum (Dell, 1949 series) #8 (January-March 1952)

3 page text article "About The Spirit and Will Eisner"

Script Mike Barrier
Letters Typeset

8 page Spirit story "The Element of Time"

Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes four pages of this story are done only in color holds (no black)
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/10/1941

7 page Spirit story "Gerhard Shnobble"

Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner; Jules Feiffer(?)
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
Colors Jules Feiffer
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/5/1948

7 page Spirit story "Ten Minutes"

Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner; Jules Feiffer(?)
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
Colors Jules Feiffer
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/11/1949

4 page text article "About EC"

Script Mike Barrier
Letters Typeset

6 page story "Air Burst"

Genre war
Script Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils Harvey Kurtzman
Inks Harvey Kurtzman
Reprinted From Frontline Combat (EC, 1951 series) #4 (January-Feburary 1952)

6 page story "Corpse on the Imjin"

Genre war
Script Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils Harvey Kurtzman
Inks Harvey Kurtzman
Reprinted from Two-Fisted Tales (EC, 1950 series) #25 (January-February 1952)

8 page story "Superduperman"

Genre satire
Script Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils Wally Wood
Inks Wally Wood
Reprinted From Mad (EC, 1952 series) #4 (April-May 1953)

7 page story "Howdy Dooit!"

Genre satire
Script Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils Bill Elder
Inks Bill Elder
Notes mostly black and white, except for some lettering
Reprinted From Mad (EC, 1952 series) #18

8 page story "Master Race"

Genre satire
Script Al Feldstein; Bernie Krigstein
Pencils Bernie Krigstein
Inks Bernie Krigstein
Notes Feldstein wrote this as a six-page but Krigstein expanded it to 8
Reprinted from Impact (EC, 1955 series) #1 (March-April 1955)