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Issue Details

Issue #63
Published July-August 1966
Frequency bimonthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Miller
Notes Second appearance of the Inferior Five.

Cover Details

Characters Inferior Five [Awkwardman; The Blimp; White Feather; Dumb Bunny; Merryman]; Man-Mountain
Genre satire; superhero
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Mike Esposito

8 page Inferior Five story "Conquer Man-Mountain -- Because He's There!"

Characters Inferior Five [Awkwardman; Blimp; Dumb Bunny; Merryman; White Feather]; The Sparrow; The Speed Demon; The Masked Swastika; The Silver Sorceress; Man-Mountain [Brute Brainard]; Police Chief Geronimo; Doctor Gruesome
Synopsis The Masked Swastika assembles his old gang, formerly enemies of the Freedom Brigade, and with the help of the Silver Sorceress they are all rejuvenated. Unfortunately, the Brigade is retired and only their children, the Inferior 5, are available to stop the villains.
Genre satire; superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Joe Orlando; Jerry Grandenetti
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Jerry Grandenetti credit from Error Report #2582, from Mark Evanier. Villains are parodies of Marvel's Hulk and Avengers at the time of the this story: Man-Mountain (Hulk); Masked Swastika (Captain America), Sparrow (Hawkeye), Speed Demon (Quicksilver), Silver Sorceress (Scarlet Witch).
Reprinted in Inferior 5, The (DC, 1972 series) #12 (October-November 1972)

7 page Inferior Five story "Oh, No! Not Another Green-Skinned Monster!"

Genre satire; superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Mike Esposito
Reprinted in Inferior 5, The (DC, 1972 series) #12 (October-November 1972)

8 page Inferior Five story "Merryman's Last Stand"

Genre satire; superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Mike Esposito
Reprinted in Inferior 5, The (DC, 1972 series) #12 (October-November 1972)