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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published October-December 1969
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 68
Editing Joe Kubert

Cover Details - "The Secret Lives of Joe Kubert"

Characters Viking Prince; Superman; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; "Cave" Carson; Johnny Quick; Zatara; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Sgt. Rock; Batman; Sargon the Sorcerer; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Flash [Barry Allen]
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)

5 page story "The Cartoonist -- at Home"

Characters Joe Kubert; Joe's family [Muriel Kubert (wife); Dave Kubert (son); Danny Kubert (son); Lisa Kubert (daughter); Adam Kubert (son); Andy Kubert (son)]; Russ (Russ Heath?); Gerda (Joe's secretary)
Synopsis A day in the life of a harried cartoonist / editor and his family.
Script Joe Kubert (signed)
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)
Notes Includes drawings of the Kubert family. First appearance of Adam and Andy Kubert in a comic.

12 page Sgt. Rock story "Eyes of a Blind Gunner"

Characters Sgt. Rock; Easy Company [Wild Man; Jackie; Burt (all injured in this story); Bulldozer; Ice Cream Soldier]; Nazis
Synopsis When a grenade blinds Jackie and injures Wild Man's hands, they help each other out in order to stay alive. Wild Man becomes Jackie's eyes while Jackie becomes Wild Man's hands.
Genre War
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Reprinted from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #113 (December 1961)

8 page story "Rider of the Winds"

Characters Eagle Feather (a young Indian brave); Rider of the Winds (an mystic eagle); Black Lighting (a black mountain lion)
Synopsis After losing 5 of his herd to a mountain lion, Eagle Feather must kill the mountain lion in order to regain face in the tribe.
Genre western
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Reprinted from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #2 (May-June 1956)

12 page Hawkman story "Menace of the Matter Master"

Characters Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol; Shiera Hall]; Matter Master; Commissioner George Emmett; Mavis Trent
Synopsis Hawkman and Hawkgirl are plagued by a series of bizarre crimes from a new criminal called the Matter-Master.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Reprinted from Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #35 (April-May 1961)

2 page illustration "Joe Kubert's Characters"

Characters Dr. Fate; Johnny Quick; Sargon the Sorcerer; Maximillian O'Leary; Hawkman; Flash; Guardian; Wildcat; Yellow Wasp; Vigilante; Zatara; Firehair
Synopsis Some of the characters Joe has worked on over the years.
Script Joe Kubert (signed)
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)

1 page Seven Soldiers of Victory text article "Fact File #9"

Characters Seven Soldiers of Victory [Vigilante; Green Arrow; Speedy; Star-Spangled Kid; Shining Knight; Crimson Avenger] (also referred to as the Law's Legionnaires)
Synopsis A brief history of the Seven Soldiers of Victory.
Letters typeset
Notes Stripesy is not shown in the accompanying picture.

13 page Viking Prince story "Threat of the Ice King"

Characters Viking Prince [Jon]; Mute Bard; the Ice King; the Rose Princess
Synopsis The Viking Prince completes the Fourth task of Thor to "awaken a Rose" and in doing so, defeats the Ice King.
Genre period; historical
Script Bob Haney
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)
Reprinted from Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #18 (June-July 1958)