Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1960-07-28
Editing: Robert Kanigher (credited) (editor)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Second Sea Devils.
On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page

The Prize Flippers!

Sea Devils / comic story / 9 pages


  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A strange contest takes place at the bottom of the sea--as the Sea Devils perform feats which would win them...
  • Keywords:frogmen; swordfish; whale
Characters:
The Sea Devils Mr. Dorrance
Synopsis:
The Sea Devils compete with each other to win the flippers that belong to Dane's father. Everyone knows how badly Nicky wants them, so they each sabotage their own efforts in the competition, but it turns out that Nicky really does win the contest when he saves everyone's life when a whale smashes their boat.
Reprints (3)

The First Frogman!

comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:As a present-day frogman dives beneath the surface of the sea...
  • Keywords:underwater
Characters:
Scyllis; Xerxes
Synopsis:
Scyllis, a Greek diver in the fifth century B.C., performs great underwater feats.
Reprints (3)

Bike Safety = Bike Fun!

public service announcement / 1 page


  • Genre:non-fiction; advocacy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Can you pass this bike safety test?

Indexer Notes

Quiz based on the rules of the Bicycle Institute of America.
Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Undersea Prison!

Sea Devils / comic story / 15.67 pages


  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How long can a man plunge to the bottom of the sea, and not be found, before he is presumed lost forever!
  • Keywords:frogmen; pig latin; sea turtles
Characters:
The Sea Devils Mona Moray; Professor Moray
Synopsis:
The Sea Devils agree to help Mona Moray locate her missing father. They find that the professor has been taken captive by a race of undersea aliens who are planning a larger invasion of Earth.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

First appearance of the Sea Devils' dockside office and sign: "The Sea Devils / Underwater Troubleshooters / Have Flippers - Will Travel!"

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Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

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Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]

Undersea Breezes / letters page / 1 page


  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi, fans of the Sea Devils!
Synopsis:
First letters column, with questions about diving from readers and answers from the Sea Devils (as opposed to comments about the comic stories). Includes questions on choosing diving equipment and lessons. The editors asks readers to write to Sea Devils, National Comics Pub, 575 Lexington Ave, New York 22, NY. The logo is a diver giving a lecture to a "school" of mer-people.

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Walt Framer (from No. Hollywood, California), Stan Wood (from Atlantic City, New Jersey), George Kastner (from New York City, New York), and Dan Stinson (from Detroit, MIchigan).
On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.

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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.33 page

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Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

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Artistic Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page

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