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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published October-November 1967
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Miller; Barbara Friedlander (Associate Editor)

Cover Details

Characters Scooter; Sylvester; Cynthia; Kenny; Cookie; Penny; Malibu; Aunt Jersey City; Ugliella; Boris Chichikoff (as a frog)
Genre teen
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Mike Esposito

22 page Swing with Scooter story "A Frog Named Boris!"

Characters Scooter; Cookie; Cynthia; Penny; Sylvester; Malibu; Kenny; Sensuella; Ugliella; Aunt Jersey City; Boris Chichikoff
Synopsis Scooter and his pals rescue Sensuella, a prisoner in a Chinese fortune cookie factory, and help her get back the man she loves, who has been turned into a frog by her aunt who's a witch.
Genre teen
Script Barbara Friedlander ?; Jack Miller ?
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Mike Esposito

1 page Superman and Batman with Robin promo (ad from the publisher) "Meet Bat-Swami and Super-Seer!"

Genre superhero
Pencils ? (various)
Inks ? (various)
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes house ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #170 [80 Page Giant #G-40], on sale August 15

Half page Deadman promo (ad from the publisher) "From Beyond the Threshold of Life Itself!"

Genre superhero; occult
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks George Roussos
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes house ad for Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #205 [first appearance of Deadman], on sale August 29

1 page Scooter Scoops text article

Synopsis Anecdotes about several teen idols and pop singers, including the Lovin' Spoonful and Herman's Hermits
Genre fact; celebrity
Script Barbara Friedlander ?
Pencils Joe Orlando ? (logo illustration)
Inks ? (logo illustration)
Colors ? (logo illustration)
Letters typeset

Half page Cap's Hobby Hints activity "I see you use a pin in your cement tube..."

Script Henry Boltinoff ?
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Hint submitted by Charles Williams.

1 page Direct Currents promo (ad from the publisher)

Pencils Curt Swan; Carmine Infantino (illustrations)
Inks George Klein; Murphy Anderson (illustrations)
Letters typeset
Notes Listing of DC comics on sale the second half of August and the first week in September 1967. Also includes cover art from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #355 and Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #368.