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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published October-December 1965
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Don Arneson

Cover Details

Characters Nukla [Matthew Gibbs]
Genre superhero
Pencils Rocco Mastroserio
Inks Sal Trapani
Letters typeset
Notes Cover touts the Origin of Nukla.

1 page story "The U-2"

Synopsis Information about the U-2 plane.
Genre fact
Pencils Sal Trapani ?
Inks Sal Trapani ?
Notes Art appears to be the same as the main story. Inside front cover.

8 page Nukla story "The Origin of Nukla"

Characters Nukla [Matthew Gibbs]; General Mu; Loli; "Poodles"
Synopsis CIA agent Matthew Gibbs is transformed into Nukla when he is obliterated by an atomic blast while on mission over China.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Gill
Pencils Sal Trapani
Inks Sal Trapani
Notes Similarly to the later origin of Dr. Manhattan in The Watchmen, Matthew Gibbs reconstitutes himself by manipulating atoms, using his consciousness after he is physically obliterated.

8 page Nukla story "The Power of Nukla"

Characters Nukla [Matthew Gibbs]; Soviet pilots; Colonel Williams; Jim Clarke; Janie; Linda; Luis De Mal (photo)
Synopsis Matthew Gibbs reports to his CIA chief, Jim Clarke, and is given a first assignment for his new persona as Nukla.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Gill
Pencils Sal Trapani
Inks Sal Trapani

6 page Nukla story "Nukla Meets the Evil Prince"

Characters Nukla [Matthew Gibbs]; Luis De Mal; Dr. Schmidt; Queen Louise Helena Elizabeth De Varigny Y Montesa
Synopsis Matthew Gibbs assumes the name of Laszlo Von Haarte to visit Luis De Mal and learn his plans, but is poisoned and imprisoned before he can inform anyone.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Gill
Pencils Sal Trapani
Inks Sal Trapani

10 page Nukla story "Doomsday...minus 2 Minutes"

Characters Nukla [Matthew Gibbs]; Luis De Mal; Linda; Jim Clarke
Synopsis As Nukla, Matthew Gibbs destroys all the instruments of De Mal's plot to detonate a nuclear bomb in a small country's harbor, including De Mal.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Gill
Pencils Sal Trapani
Inks Sal Trapani
Notes Nukla uses his atomic powers to change fissionable material into silica.

Half page Alexander Sales advertisement "World's Biggest Life-Size Poster of The Beatles"

Synopsis Ad for poster.
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover

Half page Empire advertisement "Personalized Identification Rings"

Synopsis Ad for rings.
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover

1 page Wallace Brown, Inc. advertisement "If You Know Just 10 People..."

Synopsis Ad for Christmas card sales.
Letters typeset
Notes back cover