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Issue Details

Issue #168
Published July 1967
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff
Notes Includes a letters page.

Cover Details - "Stalemate!"

Characters Robby Reed [Dial H for Hero; as Hoopster]; Moonman [Erick Bolton]; Robby Reed (vignette)
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Dial H For Hero (DC, 2010 series) #[nn]

14 page Dial H for Hero story "The Marauding Moon Man"

Characters Miss Millie; Mole-Cometeer [Dial H for Hero]; Moonman [Erick Bolton](villain); Robby Reed; Suzy; The Hoopster [Dial H for Hero]; Robby Reed's grandfather
Synopsis A previous foe of Robby Reed, Eric Bolton, escapes prison and is accidently transformed into Moonman during his experiments. He then commits several crimes before Robby Reed captures him.
Genre super-hero
Script Dave Wood
Pencils Jim Mooney
Notes Script credit from Martin O'Hearn via Ray Bottorff, Jr. Origin and first appearance of Moonman.
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Dial H For Hero (DC, 2010 series) #[nn]

1 page Billy filler "untitled"

Characters Billy, Billy's mother, Billy's father
Synopsis Billy is unable to play with his Aurora Model Motoring set because his father and friends are always using it, so he gives the set to his father for his birthday.
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Sequence is between pages 6-7 of sequence 1. Appears to be numbered 6558 or 6528.

1 page public service announcement "Make Your Summer Count!"

Characters Mr. Gray; several unamed children; Recreation Supervisor
Synopsis Two kids who could not find a summer job contact the city Recreation Supervisor about cleaning up a vacant lot, and receive supervision to do so and create a mural from the broken glass salvaged.
Genre fact
Script Ira Schnapp
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Notes Credits from a list by Lionel English. This list alternately credits the art to Morris Waldinger in one of the books it appears in. Sequence is between pages 6-7 of sequence 1, after sequence 2.

8 page J'onn J'onzz Manhunter from Mars story "Thantos--The 3-in-1 Man!"

Characters Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Zook; Thantos (villain);
Synopsis Thantos, a being from another dimension, attempts to collect the materials that will allow him to return to earth at will, but Manhunter defeats him.
Genre Super-hero
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes J'onn J'onzz also appears in his Marco Xavier identity.
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #2