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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published February-March 1967
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Miller; Barbara Friedlander (Associate Editor)

Cover Details

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

16 page Swing with Scooter story "Yo, Ho, Ho....and a Bottle of Root Beer"

Characters Scooter; Sylvester; Penny; Cookie; Malibu; Cynthia; Kenny; Captain Hurts; Ninotchka
Synopsis The kids stumble on a fake pirate band who have hidden their stolen loot in an old chest on an island.
Genre teen
Script Jack Miller ?; Barbara Friedlander ?
Pencils Joe Orlando

1 page Swing with Scooter story "Cynthia, Scooter's Ginchy Sister"

Characters Cynthia
Genre teen
Script Jack Miller ?; Barbara Friedlander ?
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Mike Esposito ?

Half page Direct Currents promo (ad from the publisher)

Letters typeset
Notes Listing of DC comics on sale in late December 1966 and early January 1967

Half page Cap's Hobby Hints filler "Come in, Tommy. I'm working on a new model."

Genre fact
Script Henry Boltinoff ?
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page public service announcement "Peace on Earth"

Synopsis The words "peace on earth" translated into many different languages.
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff ?
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

1 page Scooter Scoops text article

Synopsis anecdotes about several teen idols, including Mick Jagger and Ann-Margret, and about the Batman television series
Genre fact; celebrity
Script Barbara Friedlander ?
Pencils Joe Orlando ? (logo illustration)
Inks Joe Orlando ? (logo illustration)
Colors ? (logo illustration)
Letters typeset

6 page Swing with Scooter story "A Day in the Life of Scooter"

Characters Scooter; Aunt Hatta (cameo); Batman (cameo); Superman (cameo); Flash (cameo); Hawkman (cameo); Adam Strange (cameo)
Synopsis A reporter follows Scooter around for a day, but the pop star insists he lives the life of a regular American boy. After eluding the adulation of countless girls all day long, Scooter and the reporter return home to find superheroes on his doorstep looking for his autograph.
Genre teen
Script Jack Miller ?; Barbara Friedlander ?
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Mike Esposito ?