Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	June-July 1976
Cover Price	0.50 USD
Pages	52
Editing	E. Nelson Bridwell

Cover Details

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Superboy [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Eclipso [Bruce Gordon]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Ernie Chan
Inks	Ernie Chan

1 page Joker; Hostess advertisement "The Cornered Clown"

Characters	Joker
Synopsis	The Joker tries to escape from the police using Hostess Fruit Pies.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Vince Colletta
Notes	Hostess Fruit Pies Ad.

24 page Batman story "Batman versus Eclipso"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Eclipso [Bruce Gordon]; Queen Bee [Marcia Monroe]; James Gordon; Nicky Jarvas; Frankie Malone; Gorilla Grimes; Cyclops (international crime syndicate); Mona Bennet; Professor Bennet (Mona Bennet's father); Police Officer O'Brien
Synopsis	Queen Bee and Eclipso start a crime wave in Gotham City, and frame Batman for the theft of a jewel from the city museum.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Bob Haney
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Notes	three chapters; 8.67, 8.67 and 6.67 pages
Reprinted	from Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #64 (February-March 1966)

Half page filler "The Quiet Man"

Genre

Gag

1 page Eclipso filler "The Origin of Eclipso!"

Characters	Eclipso [Bruce Gordon] (Origin recap); Mophir
Synopsis	Brief origin recap of how Bruce Gordon became Eclipso.
Genre	superhero
Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Lee Elias
Notes	Art from various past issues of House of Secrets.

1 page Superboy's Workshop activity "Make Yourself a Mask!"

Characters	Superboy [Clark Kent]
Synopsis	How to make your own masks.
Reprinted	from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #24

8 page Superboy story "Superboy Meets Superman"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Superboy [Clark Kent]
Synopsis	Superboy accidentally flies through time to the future where he meets his grown-up self.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Notes	Inker credit from Bob Hughes (1/2009). Previously credited to John Fischetti.
Reprinted	from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #47 (March 1956)

1 page Team Talk letters page

Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters	Typeset