Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1958-10-09
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor); Murray Boltinoff (actual associate editor); George Kashdan (actual associate editor)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page

The Return of the Jailer

Blackhawk / comic story / 7.67 pages


  • Genre:adventure; war; aviation; military
Characters:
The Blackhawks The Jailer; Boss Barston; Sparkler Adams; Ace Kirby
Synopsis:
Having served his sentence, the Jailer claims to have reformed and helps capture several criminals, but it's a ruse so that he can locate everything they have stolen and get it for himself.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

The Jailer previously appeared in Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #113 (June 1957).

[no title indexed]

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page

[The Planet and the Pendulum!]

Adam Strange / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]

The Magic Genie / comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This is a magic lamp I found...
Characters:
Magic Genie
Reprints (1)

The Creature with 1000 Powers!

Blackhawk / comic story / 7.67 pages


  • Genre:adventure; war; aviation; military
Characters:
The Blackhawks The Dragon
Synopsis:
The Dragon finds a stranded alien who owns a creature with amazing powers that the Dragon uses against the Blackhawks.
Reprints (3)

[no title indexed]

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page

Sharing -- the United Nations Way!

public service announcement / 1 page


  • Genre:advocacy
Synopsis:
The International Labor Organization of the United Nations teaches various trades to the people of a Mexican village, who pass on their new knowledge to others.

Indexer Notes

Subtitled "A true story from the files of the International Labor Organization."
Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Word Battle / activity / 1 page


  • Genre:non-fiction

Indexer Notes

word puzzle

Missile on the Move

text article / 1 page


  • Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:
An article on the transportation of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs).

The Rainbow Blackhawks

Blackhawk / comic story / 7.67 pages


  • Genre:adventure; war; aviation; military
Characters:
The Blackhawks Mr. Beam
Synopsis:
Mr. Beam's Colorama gun emits different colored rays that have different effects on items of the same color, so the Blackhawks don differently-colored costumes to try to counteract the weapon.
Reprints (2)

[no title indexed]

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]

Littleton Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

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

[no title indexed]

Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

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

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