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Issue Details

Issue #[nn]
Published 1971
Pages 198

Cover Details

Pencils John Peck
Inks John Peck

7 page text article "The Coming of Comics"

Script Les Daniels

9 page text article "Birth of the Comic Book"

12 page Superman story "Lois Lane -- Super Woman!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Dr Skowl (intro)
Synopsis A dream story. After Lois is hit by a car, she dreams a transfusion of Superman's blood gives her super powers.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils George Roussos
Inks George Roussos
Editing Jack Schiff
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page. Originally credited to John Sikela pencil/inks. Roussos pencil/inks id'd by Pat Lang, Craig Delich and Bob Hughes. First mention of Superman being able to fly?
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #60 (May 1943)

12 page Blackhawk story "Karlovna Had a True Underworld"

Characters The Dragon Queen [Wilna] (Intro, Death, Villain); Grotesko (Intro, Death, Villain); The Dragon Dwarfs (Intro, Death, Villain); Blackhawk
Genre adventure; war
Pencils Bill Ward
Inks Bill Ward
Editing George Brenner
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Reprinted from Blackhawk (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #14 (Spring 1947)

15 page Plastic Man story "The Granite Lady"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; The Granite Lady [Sheila Sorrell] (first appearance); Professor Carlon (first appearance); VILLAINS: Mickey the Goon (first appearance); Charley the Choker (first appearance); Mr. Myers (first appearance)
Synopsis When Professor Carlon tries to turn Sheila into a granite statue, he instead turns her into a granite monster. Plas must find her and give her the antidote.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole
Letters Jack Cole
Editing George Brenner
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Reprinted from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #51 (February 1946)

11 page Sheena, Queen of the Jungle story "The Blood-Mask From G'Shini's Grave"

Characters Sheena
Genre Jungle
Pencils Robert Webb
Inks Robert Webb
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page. Title from cover of Jumbo Comics #112.
Reprinted from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #112 (June 1948)

12 page story "Baby Face Nelson vs the USA"

Genre Crime
Pencils George Tuska?
Inks George Tuska?
Editing Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Reprinted from Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series) #52 (June 1947)

8 page text article "Dumb Animals"

8 page Fox and Crow story

Characters Fauntlery Fox; Crawford C. Crow
Genre funny animal
Pencils James F Davis
Inks James F Davis
Editing Larry Nadle
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Reprinted from Real Screen Comics (DC, 1945 series) #42 (September 1951)

10 page text article "The EC Revolution"

Letters typeset

4 page story "The Expert"

Characters Bill Gaines; Al Feldstein
Genre science fiction
Script Al Feldstein
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Joe Orlando
Colors Marie Severin (original colorist)
Editing Al Feldstein
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Reprinted from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July 1952)

3 page story "The Ad"

Characters Bill Gaines; Al Feldstein
Genre science fiction
Script Al Feldstein
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Joe Orlando
Colors Marie Severin (original colorist)
Editing Al Feldstein
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Reprinted from Weird Fantasy (EC, 1951 series) #14 (July 1952)

7 page story Big "If"

Script Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils Harvey Kurtzman
Inks Harvey Kurtzman
Colors Marie Severin (original colorist)
Letters Ben Oda
Editing Harvey Kurtzman
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Reprinted from Frontline Combat (EC, 1951 series) #5 (May 1952)

6 page story "Julius Caesar!"

Script Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils Wally Wood
Inks Wally Wood
Editing Harvey Kurtzman
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Reprinted from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #17 (November 1954)

8 page text article "The Comics Code Controversy"

Notes Includes complete text of the original comics code

13 page text article "The New Comic Books"

Notes Includes many illustrations from Trump, Humbug and Help

6 page story "The Success Story"

Characters Uncle Creepy (as host only)
Script Archie Goodwin
Pencils Al Williamson
Inks Al Williamson
Letters Ben Oda
Editing Russ Jones
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Reprinted from Creepy (Warren, 1964 series) #1 (1964)

8 page story "The Squaw"

Characters Cousin Eerie (as host only)
Script Bram Stoker; Archie Goodwin
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks Reed Crandall
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page. Adapted from the short story by Bram Stoker.
Reprinted from Creepy (Warren, 1964 series) #13 (February 1967)

7 page story "Landscape"

Script Archie Goodwin
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Joe Orlando
Letters Ben Oda
Editing Archie Goodwin
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Reprinted from Blazing Combat (Warren, 1965 series) #2 (January 1966)

8 page story "The Curse"

Script Wally Wood
Pencils Wally Wood
Inks Wally Wood
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Reprinted from Vampirella (Warren, 1969 series) #9 (January 1971)

10 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "Two Face Strikes Again!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Tarando; Charles Ford; Commissioner Gordon; John Fields Benson
Synopsis When the reformed Harvey Dent tries to prevent a robbery, he is caught in an explosion and reverts to Two-Face. He embarks on a new crime spree, and Batman and Robin deduce that Two-Face is going after people who commonly show two faces to the world. At a ceremony making Bruce Wayne honorary chief of a local tribe, Batman and Robin are trapped by Two-Face and strapped to a giant coin. Two-Face flips the coin over a bed of spikes, and though the gimmick is rigged to land face down, the dynamic duo manages to create a magnetic field and flip the coin so that they land safely on top of the coin above the spikes.
Genre superhero
Script David Vern
Pencils Dick Sprang
Inks Charles Paris
Editing Jack Schiff
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page. Color
Reprinted from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #81 (February 1954)

10 page Donald Duck story "A Financial Fable"

Characters Donald; Uncle Scrooge; Gladstone; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Editing Al Feldstein
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page. Color
Reprinted from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #126 (March 1951)

8 page The Witches Cauldron story "A Little Stranger"

Characters The Old Witch (origin)
Pencils Graham Ingels
Inks Graham Ingels
Editing Al Feldstein
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page. Color
Reprinted from Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #14 (July 1952)

2 page Sub-Mariner story "Meets a New Enemy ...Fire!"

Genre superhero
Script Bill Everett
Pencils Bill Everett
Inks Bill Everett
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page. Color, this story is also reprinted in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #20 (May 1969) [original layout=4 pages] and in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) #nn [revised layout=2 pages]
Reprinted from Sub-Mariner Comics (Marvel, 1954 series) #40 (June 1955) [original layout=4 pages]

11 page text article "Mighty Marvel"

12 page Captain America story "The Vampire Strikes"

Characters Captain America; Bucky; the Vampire
Genre superhero
Script Syd Shores
Pencils Al Avison
Inks Al Avison
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Reprinted from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #24 (March 1943)

2 page text story "The Man in the Moon"

Script Mickey Spillane
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Reprinted from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #6

11 page Fantastic Four story "A Visit with the Fantastic Four"

Characters Fantastic Four; Willy Lumpkin
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Artie Simek
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Reprinted from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #11 (February 1963)

5 page Dr. Strange story "Master of Black Magic"

Characters Nightmare; Dr Strange
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Letters Terry Szenics
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Reprinted from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #110 (July 1963)

1 page text article "Bullpen Bulletin Page"

Script Stan Lee
Letters typeset
Editing Stan Lee
Notes from 3/1968 Marvel comics issues. Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page

7 page story "At the Stroke of Midnight"

Script Jim Steranko
Pencils Jim Steranko
Inks Jim Steranko
Letters Sam Rosen
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Printed Sideways- 2 pages per page
Reprinted from Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #1 (September 1969)

16 page text article "Underground Comics"

1 page story "The Zap Show"

Script Rick Griffin; S Clay Wilson; R Crumb; Victor Moscoso
Pencils Rick Griffin; S Clay Wilson; R Crumb; Victor Moscoso
Inks Rick Griffin; S Clay Wilson; R Crumb; Victor Moscoso
Reprinted from Zap 2?

1 page Trashman story "Agent of the 6th International"

Characters Trashman
Script Spain Rodriguez
Pencils Spain Rodriguez
Inks Spain Rodriguez
Reprinted from The East Village Other, 1968

1 page Manning story "Some Call It Police Brutality"

Characters Manning
Script Spain Rodriquez
Pencils Spain Rodriguez
Inks Spain Rodriquez
Reprinted from The East Village Other, 1969

1 page Casey story "Here Comes Casey"

Script Trina Robins; Kim Dietch
Pencils Trina Robins; Kim Dietch
Inks Trina Robins; Kim Dietch
Notes Privately circulated birth announcement

1 page story "Mr Sketchum Is At It Again"

Script Robert Crumb
Pencils Robert Crumb
Inks Robert Crumb
Reprinted from Zap Comix (Apex Novelties, 1967 series) #0 ([October 1967])

4 page story "Meatball"

Script Robert Crumb
Pencils Robert Crumb
Inks Robert Crumb
Reprinted from Zap Comix (Apex Novelties, 1967 series) #0 ([October 1967])

2 page Doc Destiny story

Script Kim Deitch
Pencils Kim Deitch
Inks Kim Deitch
Reprinted from Bijou Comics?

9 page Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers story "The Freaks Pull A Heist"

Characters Fat Freddy; Phineas; Freewheelin' Frank
Script Gilbert Shelton
Pencils Gilbert Shelton
Inks Gilbert Shelton
Reprinted from Radical America, 1969

1 page Nard N Pat story

Script Jay Lynch
Pencils Jay Lynch
Inks Jay Lynch
Reprinted from Bijou Comics?

1 page Nard N Pat story

Script Jay Lynch
Pencils Jay Lynch
Inks Jay Lynch
Reprinted from Bijou Comics?

2 page story "Class War Comix"

Script Skip Williamson
Pencils Skip Williamson
Inks Skip Williamson
Reprinted from Bijou Comics?