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Issue Details

Issue #62
Published May-June 1966
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Miller

Cover Details

Characters Inferior Five [Awkwardman; The Blimp; White Feather; Dumb Bunny; Merryman]
Genre satire
Pencils Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks Joe Orlando (signed)
Notes First appearance of the Inferior Five.

9 page Inferior Five story "The Coming of the Costumed Incompetents"

Characters The Inferior Five [Awkwardman; Blimp; Dumb Bunny; Merryman [Myron Victor]; White Feather] (intro, origin); The Freedom Brigade [The Patriot; Lady Liberty; Captain Swift; The Bowman; Princess Power; Mr. Might; The Mermaid]; Toho (flashback only);
Genre satire
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Joe Orlando; Jerry Grandenetti
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Origin. Super hero spoof. Jerry Grandenetti credit from Error Report #2582, from Mark Evanier.
Reprinted in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #22 (June 1982)

1 page "Digger" Dugan story "Digger" Dugan

Characters "Digger" Dugan
Synopsis "Digger" Dugan can't get any decent help in translating some hieroglyphics.
Genre humor
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Notes Single page gag.

Half page activity "Cap's Hobby Hints"

Synopsis Model kit building tips.
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)

8 page Inferior Five story "Roll Out the Robot"

Characters Inferior Five; Dr. Gregory Gruesome; Hermes (Dr. Gruesome's servant)
Synopsis The mad doctor needs a ruby for his device and creates a robot out of old junk to secure it for him. Fortunately, the Inferior Five stop the robot.
Genre satire
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Mike Esposito
Reprinted in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #22 (June 1982)

1 page letters page "Inferior Five Dead Letter Office"

Synopsis How the Inferior Five came to be and who gets the blame!
Script Jack Miller
Pencils none
Inks none
Colors none
Letters typeset

1 page Professor Eureka story "Professor Eureka"

Characters Professor Eureka; aliens
Synopsis Professor Eureka and another astronaut trade with an alien on a distant planet.
Genre science fiction; humor
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)

7 page Inferior Five story "A Gruesome Revenge"

Characters Inferior Five; Dr. Gregory Gruesome; Hermes
Synopsis Through dumb luck, the heroes defeat the mad scientist and are honored by the city government.
Genre satire
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Mike Esposito
Reprinted in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #22 (June 1982)