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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published December 1968-January 1969
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Orlando

Cover Details

Characters Scooter; Penny; Cookie; Sylvester
Genre teen
Pencils Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Inks Henry Scarpelli

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "If 1 Superhero Doesn't Grab You..."

Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Sekowsky; Neal Adams
Inks Jioe Giella; Neal Adams
Letters Gaspar Saladino ?
Notes Inside front cover; house ad for Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #65, on sale October 10; and The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #81, on sale October 31

6 page Swing with Scooter story "Skiing is Believing!"

Characters Scooter; Sylvester; Penny; Cookie; Malibu
Synopsis The gang's ski trip is interrupted by bank robbers.
Genre teen
Pencils Doug Crane (signed)
Inks Henry Scarpelli (signed)

1 page Captain Action; Ideal Toys advertisement "Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil"

Characters Captain Action; Action Boy; Dr. Evil
Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes advertisement for the Captain Action line of toys from Ideal

1 page Scooter's Hip History filler "Do You Know..."

Synopsis illustrated historical facts
Genre humor
Pencils Mort Drucker ?
Inks Mort Drucker ?

1 page Superman promo (ad from the publisher) "We Want You to Baby-Sit With the World's Mightiest Tot -- Superbaby!"

Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Mike Esposito
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes house ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #212 [80 Page Giant G-54], on sale October 15

4 page Swing with Scooter story "You know, listening to the music makes me see..."

Characters Cookie; Kenny; Cookie's dad
Genre teen
Notes probably a reprinted story re-inked to depict the Swing with Scooter characrers; one uncorrected word balloon refers to "Rita" rather than "Cookie"
Reprinted from ?

10 page Swing with Scooter story "Sympathy Pains!"

Characters Scooter; Kenny; Cookie; Sylvester; Penny; Malibu
Synopsis Scooter wants a little sympathy from the girls, who are fussing over Kenny and his broken leg, so he pretends to be sick. But when his X-rays get mixed up with someone else's, the doctors think he's dying for real.
Genre teen
Pencils Doug Crane (signed)
Inks Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Half page Binky's Buddies promo (ad from the publisher) "Nov. 17 Is Your Laughing Day"

Genre teen
Letters Gaspar Saladino ?
Notes house ad for Binky's Buddies (DC, 1969 series) #1, on sale November 17

1 page Scooter's Aunt Hatta letters page

Script ? [as Aunt Hatta]
Letters typeset
Notes Letters submitted by Pearl Lumpkin; Sanrda Hayter; Christy Noel; Girl Scout Troop 615; Steve Hicke; Ruby Chang; Karen Branum

1 page Captain Action promo (ad from the publisher) "Get In on the Action"

Genre superhero
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Gil Kane
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes inside back cover; house ad for Captain Action (DC, 1968 series) #2, on sale October 29