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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published August-September 1967
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Miller; Barbara Friedlander (Associate Editor)

Cover Details

Characters Scooter; Sylvester; Cookie; Penny; Cynthia; Malibu; Kenny
Genre teen
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Mike Esposito
Letters Ira Schnapp

22 page Swing With Scooter story "The Curse of the Far-Out Pharaoh!, or How We Became the First Bikini-Sized Teenagers Because Sylvester is Such a Clumsy Dum-Dum!"

Characters Scooter; Malibu; Kenny; Sylvester; Cookie; Penny; Cynthia; Major Orpheus Otis; Aunt Hatta
Synopsis On a trip to the museum for a school assignment, Sylvester opens a sarcophagus which had a curse on it that shrinks down the whole gang, and they have to find a way to reverse the curse before it spreads to everyone in the town.
Genre teen
Script Barbara Friedlander ?; Jack Miller ?
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Mike Esposito

1 page Scooter Scoops text article

Synopsis Anecdotes about several teen idols and pop stars, including the Monkees and the Beatles
Genre fact; celebrity
Script Barbara Friedlander ?
Pencils Joe Orlando ? (logo illustration)
Inks ? (logo illustration)
Colors ? (logo illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes Also plugs the upcoming Maniaks comic book from DC, which turned out to be a feature in Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #68, 69, and 71.

1 page Direct Currents promo (ad from the publisher)

Pencils Wayne Boring; Carmine Infantino
Inks Wayne Boring; George Roussos
Letters typeset
Notes Listing of DC comics on sale in the last week of June 1967; includes small cover reproductions of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #353, on sale June 29; and Strange Adventures (DC, 1951 series) #203, on sale June 27

1 page Jimmy Olsen promo (ad from the publisher) "This Wolf Boy Is Jimmy Olsen!"

Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes house ad for Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #104 [80 Page Giant #G-38], on sale June 13

Half page Bomba the Jungle Boy promo (ad from the publisher) "Crashing Out of Legend!"

Genre jungle
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Charles Cuidera
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes house ad for Bomba the Jungle Boy (DC, 1967 series) #1, on sale July 13