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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published December 1955-January 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Robert Kanigher ?
Notes Cover pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (18 August 2007)

Cover Details

Characters Silent Knight; Celia
Genre period
Pencils Irv Novick
Inks Irv Novick
Notes Cover pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (18 August 2007)

8 page Golden Gladiator story "The Invisible Wall!"

Characters Golden Gladiator; Crassus the Conqueror (villain); Cassius; Horatio; Flavius; Augustus
Synopsis Golden Gladiator and a group of children protect a defenseless village with just a toy ship and a herd of goats.
Genre Period
Script France Herron
Pencils Russ Heath
Inks Russ Heath
Reprinted in Best of the Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1988 series) #4 (Winter 1988)

8 page Viking Prince story "The Hammer of Thor!"

Characters Viking Prince [Jon]; Captain Olaf; Gunnda; Sardluk; Baron Thorvald
Synopsis When Captian Olaf is taken prisoner by Baron Thorvald, Jon frees him with the help of the hammer of Thor.
Genre Period
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Reprinted in Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1990 series) #nn; in Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1992 series) #nn

7 page Silent Knight story "Challenge of the Black Lance!"

Characters Silent Knight; Slasher; Sir Oswald Bane (villain); Sir Grot; Cedric the Black (villain); Celia
Genre period
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Irv Novick
Inks Irv Novick