My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #1

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Pages: 36

On-sale Date: 1954-11-16

Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (associate editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

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My Cargo Was Death!

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Pencils:	John Prentice
Inks:	John Prentice
Colors:	Jack Adler
Letters:	Ira Schnapp

Genre:adventure; drama

Reprints (1)

in My Greatest Adventure (K. G. Murray, 1955 series) #1 ([April 1955])

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: Superman DC National Comics
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

I Was King of Dagger Island!

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comic story / 8 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	Leonard Starr
Inks:	Leonard Starr
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:adventure; drama

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Picture this - Me, First-Class Seaman Eddie Doyle, U.S.N...

Characters:

First-Class Seaman Eddie Doyle, U.S.N.; Lieutenant Howell

Synopsis:: When their ship is blown up in the Pacific in 1944, Doyle and Howell find themselves washed up on the shores of a tropical island. A group of natives rush at them and bow before Doyle, who reasons that because of his diving equipment they think him a god. Savages from a nearby island constantly raid the island and Doyle uses dynamite to sink their craft. He decides to stay and be treated as a god, but Howell knocks him out and drags him back to a passing U.S. ship.; in My Greatest Adventure (K. G. Murray, 1955 series) #1 ([April 1955])
in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #1 (October 1956)
in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #104 (December 1967-January 1968)
in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #1 (1970) [N&B [B&W]], #50 (1981) [N&B [B&W]]

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page

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Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids; Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

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Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils:	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks:	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hello, Jerry, come in!

Characters:

Jerry; Gloria

I Hunted a Flying Saucer!

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comic story / 7.67 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	Bill Ely
Inks:	Bill Ely
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:adventure; science fiction

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Leave us alone, human!

Characters:

John Marston (pilot); Mr. Denning

Synopsis:: Pilot John Marston encounters a flying saucer, which scrapes his wing. But when he alerts the authorities and they examine the plane it is untouched. Marston sees the alien craft land while flying over Nevada and lands nearby, to be told by a speaker on top of the ship to leave them alone. A photo he takes is blank when developed and a lie detector test proves negative, Releasing him as harmless, he flies at 19,00 feet due east of Las Vegas and is never seen again.; in Mi Gran Aventura (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #132, #132 [The Novaro publisher took the first panel from the 'I Hunted a Flying Saucer!' interior story and converted it into the cover art for this issue.]
in My Greatest Adventure (K. G. Murray, 1955 series) #1 ([April 1955])
in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #1 (October 1956)
in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #1 (1970) [N&B [B&W]], #50 (1981) [N&B [B&W]]

Now More Than Ever-

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Black Bear

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Let's Go Hunting! / activity / 0.5 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

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Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Shorty / comic story / 1 page

Script:	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:	Henry Boltinoff
Inks:	Henry Boltinoff
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Are you sure we're going in the right direction, Shorty?

Characters:

Shorty

Reprints (1)

in Rima, the Jungle Girl (DC, 1974 series) #4 (October-November 1974)

The Last Jungle on Earth

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text story / 2 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	typeset

Characters:

Harry Stark; Roger Marshall

Trapped by a Twister!

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comic story / 2 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	Bill Ely
Inks:	Bill Ely
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:drama

First Line of Dialogue or Text:One day, on a small Oklahoma farm...

Characters:

Jim; Edna

Synopsis:: In Oklahoma, Jim and Edna run from an oncoming twister. They hide behind a flimsy wagon, which is spared as the farm buildings are razed to the ground.; in My Greatest Adventure (K. G. Murray, 1955 series) #3 ([June 1955])
in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #1 (October 1956)

My Cargo Was Death...

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comic story / 6 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	John Prentice
Inks:	John Prentice
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:adventure; drama

Characters:

Howie Prescott; Barney; his brother Eddie

Synopsis:: Despite the great danger, wildcatter Barney agrees to drive a barrel of nitro through the South American jungle. When he is ambushed the barrel leaks, but is only cocoanut oil. His brother Eddie appears and explains that it was he who drove the real nitro to its destination, while Barney was a decoy, used to draw off the local bandits.; in My Greatest Adventure (K. G. Murray, 1955 series) #1 ([April 1955])
in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #1 (October 1956)
in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #1 (1970) [N&B [B&W]], #50 (1981) [N&B [B&W]]

Primitive Hunter

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comic story / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Characters:

Jansen; Carlos

Reprints (1)

in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #1 (October 1956)

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Howdy Doody Color Television Set / advertisement / 1 page

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Goliath Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

Table of Contents ToC

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My Cargo Was Death! (Table of Contents)

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Issue Data

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

I Was King of Dagger Island! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids; Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.5 page

I Hunted a Flying Saucer! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7.67 pages

Now More Than Ever- (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Black Bear (Table of Contents: 8)

Let's Go Hunting! / activity / 0.5 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Shorty / comic story / 1 page

The Last Jungle on Earth (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages

Trapped by a Twister! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 2 pages

My Cargo Was Death... (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 6 pages

Primitive Hunter (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 1 page

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Howdy Doody Color Television Set / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

Goliath Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

My Cargo Was Death!

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[no title indexed]

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I Was King of Dagger Island!

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[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 5)

I Hunted a Flying Saucer!

(Table of Contents: 6)

Now More Than Ever-

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Black Bear

(Table of Contents: 8)

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[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 10)

The Last Jungle on Earth

(Table of Contents: 11)

Trapped by a Twister!

(Table of Contents: 12)

My Cargo Was Death...

(Table of Contents: 13)

Primitive Hunter

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