Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1957-09-15
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Robert Kanigher (credited) (sourced) (editor)
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Fire Control!
(Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page

Script:
?
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:war
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher, who edited this issue.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]
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Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page

Sky Tank!
(Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Russ Heath (signed)
Inks:
Russ Heath (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:war

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed]
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Sgt. Bilko; The Adventures of Jerry Lewis / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Fury from the Sky!
(Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:non-fiction; war

A Soldier Is Three Men
(Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks:
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:war

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Private Pete / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Whew - This pack is heavy!
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

Palisades Amusement Park / advertisement / 0.5 page

Teddy Roosevelt Guardian of Nature
(Table of Contents: 8)

public service announcement / 1 page

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Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:advocacy

The Silent Snowbirds!
(Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:war

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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

Combat Corner / letters page / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Morris Waldinger (illustration)
Inks:
Tom Nicolosi (illustration)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Fire Control
(Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:war
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, show Ross Andru as being paid for the pencils and inks for this story, however Mike Esposito worked with Ross and scholars agree he inked this story.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Shorty / comic story / 0.67 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Blowing bubbles is fun!
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

public service announcement / 0.33 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:To the boys and girls of America...

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page

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

American Specialty Company / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Fire Control!
  2. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Co.
  3. Sky Tank!
  4. ["The oldest symbol in comics..."]
    Sgt. Bilko; The Adventures of Jerry Lewis
  5. Fury from the Sky!
  6. A Soldier Is Three Men
  7. ["Whew - This pack is heavy!"]
    Private Pete
  8. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park
  9. Teddy Roosevelt Guardian of Nature
  10. The Silent Snowbirds!
  11. [no title indexed]
    Combat Corner
  12. Fire Control
  13. ["Blowing bubbles is fun!"]
    Shorty
  14. ["To the boys and girls of America..."]
  15. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  16. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas
  17. [no title indexed]
    American Specialty Company
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