Issue Details

Issue	#[nn]
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)