The Mighty Comic Annual

Published
December 1956
Page count
148
Cover price
3/6 [0-3-6 AUP]
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size (192mm x 269mm)
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Square bound
Format
Comic series
Branding
None

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover No title recorded Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
Hart Amos, line art
Colours
, colourist
Show/hide 1. The Man Who Hated Christmas (Superman) Comic story, 14 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Jerry Siegel, scripter
Art
John Sikela, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #105 (February 1947)
The Man Who Hated Christmas!
Also printed
United States
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #105 (February 1947)
Printed in
Australia
Superman All Color Comic (KGM, 1947 series) #6 (November 1947)
The Man Who Hated Christmas!
Original
Action Comics 105, February 1947
Show/hide 2. Millionaire Island (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 12 pages
Show/hide 3. The Stunts of Superboy (Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy) Comic story, 11 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
John Sikela, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superboy (Color Comics, 1949 series) #8 ([September 1949?])
Original
Superboy 2, May-June 1949
Show/hide 4. The Gaol-Crazy Outlaw (Hopalong Cassidy) Comic story, ? pages

Featuring

Feature
Hopalong Cassidy
Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Writing
Gardner Fox, scripter
Art
Gene Colan, penciller
 
Joe Giella, inker
Editing
Julius Schwartz, editor

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Hopalong Cassidy (DC, 1954 series) #89 (May 1954)
The Jail-Crazy Outlaw!
Printed in
Australia
Hopalong Cassidy (Colour Comics, 1954 series) #65 ([November 1954?])
The Gaol-Crazy Outlaw!
Also printed
Australia
Mighty Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #65 ([June 1968?])
The Jail Crazy Outlaw
Original
Hopalong Cassidy 89, May 1954
Show/hide 5. Superboy...John Doe (Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
John Sikela, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superboy (Color Comics, 1949 series) #8 ([September 1949?])
Original
Superboy 2, May-June 1949
Show/hide 6. The Sleeping Beauties of Gotham City (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
David Vern, scripter [as David Vern Reed]
Art
Sheldon Moldoff, penciller
 
Stan Kaye, inker
Text
Pat Gordon, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #84 (June 1954)
The Sleeping Beauties of Gotham City!
Also printed
Australia
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #50 ([July 1954])
The Sleeping Beauties of Gotham City!
 
United Kingdom
Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #50 ([October 1954?])
The Sleeping Beauties of Gotham City
Original
Batman 84, June 1954
Show/hide 7. Superman's Super-Self (Superman) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Don Cameron , scripter
Art
Ira Yarbrough, penciller
 
Stan Kaye , inker
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor
 
, editor (Jack Schiff)

Reprint history

Based on
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #28 (May-June 1947)
Superman's Super-Self!
Printed in
Australia
Superman All Color Comics (KGM, 1947 series) #7 ([December 1947?])
Superman's Super-Self!
Original
World's Finest Comics 28, May-June 1947

Synopsis

Luthor animates a giant Superman statue to do battle with the Man of Steel.

Show/hide 8. The Second Robinson Crusoe (Aquaman) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Aquaman
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Otto Binder, scripter
Art
John Daly, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

Original
Adventure Comics 143, Aug 1949
Show/hide 9. The Valley of the Giant Bees (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Bill Finger, scripter
Art
Dick Sprang, penciller
 
Charles Paris, inker
Text
Pat Gordon, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
All Star Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #40 ([August 1966])
Original
Batman 84, June 1954
Show/hide 10. Lois Lane, Globe-Trotter (Superman) Comic story, 13 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Don Cameron, scripter
Art
John Sikela, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #49 (November-December 1947)
Lois Lane, Globe-Trotter!
Also printed
Australia
Superman All Color Comics (KGM, 1947 series) #7 ([December 1947?])
Lois Lane, Globe-Trotter!
 
Australia
Superman All Color Comics (KGM, 1947 series) #7 ([December 1947?])
Lois Lane, Globe-Trotter!
Original
Superman 49, November 1946-December 1947
Show/hide 11. The Submarine Superboy (Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
John Sikela, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

Original
Superboy 4, September-October 1949
Show/hide 12. The Booby-Trap Trail (Hopalong Cassidy) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Hopalong Cassidy
Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Writing
Gardner Fox, scripter
Art
Gene Colan, penciller
 
Sy Barry, inker
Editing
Julius Schwartz, editor

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Hopalong Cassidy (DC, 1954 series) #91 (July 1954)
The Booby-Trap Trail
Printed in
Australia
Hopalong Cassidy (Colour Comics, 1954 series) #65 ([November 1954?])
The Booby-Trap Trail!
Original
Hopalong Cassidy 91, July 1954
Show/hide 13. Autograph, Please (Superman) Comic story, 12 pages
Show/hide 14. Untitled (Beezy) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Beezy
Genre
Teen

Reprint history

Original
Crack Comics?
Show/hide 15. How to Succeed at Music (The Sampson School of Music) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
The Sampson School of Music

Notes

Some of these stories have grey tone shading, as found in early 1950 reprints. The book is not paginated. (Several 1/2 page filler stories have not yet been indexed.)

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Spiros Xenos

AusReprints ID

  • 1354

Entry created

  • 11/04/2004

Cover added

  • 11/04/2004

Index completed

  • 11/04/2004

Last updated

  • 15/11/2020