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Issue Details

Issue #C-47
Published August-September 1976
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 60
Editing ?

Cover Details - "Superman Salutes the Bicentennial"

Genre Superhero; Western; War
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #14 (January-February 1942) [revised & recolored]

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Foreward"

Characters United States Capitol
Synopsis Introduction by Sol Harrison, president of National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Script Sol Harrison
Letters Typeset
Notes On the inside front cover.

3 page Superman; Tomahawk story "The Spirit of 1776!"

Characters Superman; Tomahawk; Dan Hunter; George Washington
Synopsis Superman uses his time projector to view Tomahawk and Dan Hunter's first meeting with George Washington.
Genre War
Pencils Curt Swan (page 1 and all but last panel of page 2); Fred Ray (last panel of page 2 and all of page 3)
Inks Curt Swan (page 1 and all but last panel of page 2); Fred Ray (last panel of page 2 and all of page 3)
Notes The two-page introduction by Superman leads into the one-page Tomahawk story.
Reprinted from ? [Tomahawk part only]

10 page Tomahawk story "Adventure in New York!"

Characters Tomahawk; Dan Hunter; George Washington; Major Throg-Smith; Wylie; Sam Appleby; Will Reade; Tim Benson; Basil Barr; John MacReady
Genre War
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Notes Introduction by Superman added at top of first panel.
Reprinted from Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #121 (October 1951)

5 page Tomahawk story "The Magic Tomahawk!"

Characters Tomahawk; Dan Hunter; Paul Revere (cameo); George Washington; Chief Three Eagles
Genre War
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Notes Features an introduction by Superman added at top of first panel.
Reprinted from Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #126 (March 1952)

Half page filler "Don't Fire Until You See The Whites Of Their Eyes!"

Characters Colonel William Prescott
Synopsis Factoid about quote from Colonel William Prescott.
Genre War
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Notes Art credits from index of original publication.
Reprinted from More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #70

13 page story "Valley Forge"

Characters General Sir William Howe; George Washington; Baron Von Stueben
Synopsis General George Washington and his troops suffer through Valley Forge.
Genre War
Script Fred Ray
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Letters Typeset
Notes Copyright 1951 Frederic Ray.
Reprinted from Valley Forge (Frederic Ray, 1951 series) #[nn]

8 page Tomahawk story "The First Sub"

Characters Tomahawk; Dan Hunter; David Bushnell; Chief Choctaw
Genre War
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Notes Introduction by Superman added at top of first panel.
Reprinted from Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series) #45 (January 1957)

5 page Tomahawk story "Frontier Theater!"

Characters Tomahawk; Dan Hunter; Jefferson Hale; Bess Hale; Colonel Rhodes; John Beckett
Genre War
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Notes Introduction by Superman added at top of first panel.
Reprinted from Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #127 (April 1952) [original title: "Tomahawk's Triumph"]

Half page filler "Map of the Battle of Bunker Hill"

Synopsis Filler featuring an illustration of a map of Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill, subtitled "The Battle that was Misnamed", as the battle was actually fought on Breed's Hill.
Genre War
Reprinted from ?

8 page Tomahawk story "The Battle of the Master Woodsmen"

Characters Tomahawk; Dan Hunter; Thacker Young; Fleet Foot; Angry Bear
Synopsis Tomahawk and Dan are meeting with a friend when it is announced that the Revolutionary War has started. But their friend joins the British army, and duels in a battle of wits with Tomahawk.
Genre War; Western
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Notes Introduction by Superman added at top of first panel.
Reprinted from Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series) #45 (January 1957)

2 page text story "The Bicentennial Planet"

Characters Superman
Synopsis A bonus feature showcasing a newspaper from the 1770's/1780's that features the following news stories: "Continental Congress Declares Independence," "Armed Rebellion at Lexington," "Cornwallis Surrenders" and "Peace Treaty with England Signed."
Genre War
Pencils Al Plastino?; Fred Ray
Inks Al Plastino?; Fred Ray
Letters Typeset
Notes Introduction by Superman at the top of each page. Includes an illustration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and an illustration of George Washington at Valley Forge.
Reprinted from ? [page one illo]; from Valley Forge (Frederic Ray, 1951 series) #[nn] [detail from page 8, for page two illo]

Half page filler "Who Were the Hessians?"

Synopsis A two-third page illustration of Benedict Arnold, a strange war monument and the Hessians.
Genre War
Pencils Fred Ray
Notes On the inside back cover.
Reprinted from ? [appears to be a reprint]

Half page biography (nonfictional) "Fred Ray, Jr."

Synopsis Bio of Fred Ray.
Pencils Fred Ray
Notes On the inside back cover.

1 page (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "The Presidents of the United States"

Synopsis Illustrations and years of presidency for each president through Gerald Ford.
Letters Typeset