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Issue Details

Issue #156
Published March 1966
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger; E. Nelson Bridwell (Asst)
Notes Go-Go Checks begin; no Superman or Batman on cover; First Direct Currents ad page.

Cover Details - "The Federation of Bizarro Idiots"

Characters Bizarro; Bizarro Batman; Joker
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Notes Go-Go Checks begin; no Superman or Batman on cover; First Direct Currents ad page.

1 page public service announcement "Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?"

Genre superhero
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Colors b&w
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes inside front cover
Reprinted from 5/59 issues

18 page Superman and Batman story "The Federation of Bizarro Idiots"

Characters Bizarro, Bizarro Batman (intro), Joker, Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis the Bizarros decide Joker is an honorary Bizarro!
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton (with pages 1, 11-14 by E. Nelson Bridwell)
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Notes writer credit verified by Bridwell

Half page Super Turtle filler "Lefty Louie goes underground"

Genre gag; funny animal; superhero
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes between parts 1 and 2 of previous story.

Half page Statement of Ownership text article

Genre fact
Script Irwin Donenfeld
Letters typeset
Notes publisher: National Periodical Publications 575 Lexington Ave New York, NY Editor:Mort Weisinger Owners: Estate of Harry Donenfeld; Jack Liebowitz; P. Sampliner; Irwin Donenfeld; S. Sampliner; Sonia Iger. No Sales figures. Statement of ownership was reprinted in WF 158 with sales figures.

Half page Cap's Hobby Center filler

Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page Editors' Round Table: Tommy Tomorrow story "Puzzle of the Perilous Planetoid"

Characters Brent Wood
Genre science fiction
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Notes Editors' Round Table
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #243 (August 1958)