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Issue Details

Issue	#3
Published	October-November 1966
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jack Miller; Barbara Friedlander (Associate Editor)

Cover Details

Characters	Scooter; Cookie; Penny; Malibu; Kenny; Sylvester; Cynthia
Genre	teen
Pencils	Joe Orlando
Inks	Mike Esposito
Letters	Ira Schnapp ?
Notes	ABC-TV's "Batman" is playing on the television and Malibu is reading a Batman comic book.

1 page Batman; 20th Century Fox advertisement "For the First Time on the Motion Picture Screen in Color"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	? (photograph)
Inks	? (photograph)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover; advertisement for the 20th Century Fox film BATMAN (1966)

12 page Swing with Scooter story "Action at the Auction! [Chapter 1]"

Characters	Scooter; Sylvester; Cynthia; Aunt Hatta; Malibu; Kenny; Cookie; Penny; Babyface; Nick the Creep; Itchyfingers; Eraser; Punchy
Synopsis	Aunt Hatta buys an ugly statue at an auction but Babyface wanted it and he and his gang try several ruses before they simply steal the statue and take Sylvester hostage.
Genre	teen
Script	Barbara Friedlander; Jack Miller
Pencils	Joe Orlando
Inks	Mike Esposito

Half page Plastic Man promo (ad from the publisher) "He's Not as Strong as Superman..."

Genre	superhero; humor
Pencils	Joe Orlando
Inks	Joe Orlando
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	House ad for Plastic Man (DC, 1966 series) #1, on sale September 22

Half page Batman promo (ad from the publisher) "Now -- in Your Daily Newspaper!"

Genre	superhero
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	Advertisements for the Batman daily syndicated comic strip and the 20th Century Fox feature film.

1 page Scooter Scoops text article

Genre	fact; celebrity
Script	Barbara Friedlander ?
Pencils	Joe Orlando ? (logo illustration)
Inks	Joe Orlando ? (logo illustration)
Colors	? (logo illustration)
Letters	typeset
Notes	anecdotes about several teen idols, including the Beatles and Dino, Desi and Billy

10 page Swing with Scooter story "Happiness is a Haunted House [Chapter 2]"

Characters	Scooter; Sylvester; Malibu; Cynthia; Kenny; Penny; Cookie; Aunt Hatta; Babyface; Muggsy; Knuckles; Bugsy
Synopsis	Babyface reveals that inside the ugly statue are printing plates for counterfeit bills. The gang rescues Sylvester by pretending to be ghosts and scaring the Babyface mob into surrendering to the police.
Genre	teen
Script	Barbara Friedlander; Jack Miller
Pencils	Joe Orlando
Inks	Mike Esposito

Half page The Flash promo (ad from the publisher) "Professor Ira West invites you..."

Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	House ad for The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #165 [the wedding of Barry Allen and Iris West], in the form of an invitation

1 page Malibu story "The Rage from Finksville!"

Characters	Malibu
Synopsis	Two kids try to scare passersby with their monster masks, but they run away themselves when they see Malibu.
Genre	teen
Script	Barbara Friedlander ?; Jack Miller ?
Pencils	Joe Orlando
Inks	Mike Esposito