Colossal Comic #50
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
- Published
- August 1969
- Page count
- 164
- Cover price
- 0.35 AUD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Square bound
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
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Colour Comics Pty Ltd
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Credits
- Editing
- , editor
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- John Sikela, line art
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor
- Mort Weisinger, Story Editor
- George Kashdan, Story Editor
- Management
- Jack Schiff, Managing Editor
Reprint history
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Jerry Coleman, scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- George Klein, inker
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor
- Mort Weisinger, Story Editor
- George Kashdan, Story Editor
- Management
- Jack Schiff, Managing Editor
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- First print
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Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #212 (May 1955) — Superboy's Robot Twin!
- Also printed
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Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #78 ([August 1955]) — Superboy's Robot Twin
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Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #78 ([August 1955]) — Superboy's Robot Twin!
Synopsis
When Superboy disappears for a week Prof Wilson builds a robot to take his place. Superboy, meanwhile, after an encounter with a comet, has lost his memory.
Notes
credits by Bob Hughes 8/05
3Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Joe Samachson , scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- Sy Barry, inker
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Mort Weisinger, editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
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Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #28 (October-November 1953) — The Boy Who Proved the Impossible!
- Also printed
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Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #78 ([August 1955]) — The Boy Who Proved the Impossible!
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Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #78 ([August 1955]) — The Boy Who Proved the Impossible
Synopsis
Alan tries to prove Clark is not Superboy so that Lana will go out with him instead.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Robert Bernstein, scripter
- Art
- Kurt Schaffenberger, line art
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Superman (DC, 1939 series) #131 (August 1959) — Superman's Future Wife
- Also printed
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Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #148 ([November 1959]) — Superman's Future Wife!
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Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #116 ([December 1959]) — Superman's Future Wife
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Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #1 (Summer 1962) — Superman's Future Wife
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Giant Lois Lane Album (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #1 ([June 1964?]) — Superman's Future Wife
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Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — Superman's Future Wife!
Synopsis
In an enchanted cottage, Lois has visions of the future and learns that Superman will marry and father twins...but doesn't learn WHO Superman will marry!
5Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- John Sikela, line art
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Mort Weisinger, editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
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Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #69 (December 1958) — How Superboy Learned to Fly
- Also printed
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Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #130 ([December 1959]) — How Superboy Learned to Fly!
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Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #130 ([December 1959]) — How Superboy Learned to Fly
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Superboy Annual (DC, 1964 series) #1 (Summer 1964) — How Superboy Learned to Fly!
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Giant Superboy Album (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #1 ([June 1965?]) — How Superboy Learned To Fly
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Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #9 ([January 1966?]) — How Superboy Learned to Fly
Synopsis
Flashback to early in his career when Superboy couldn't steer.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #255 (August 1959) — The Bride of Bizarro!
- Also printed
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Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #6 ([October 1959]) — The Bride of Bizarro
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Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #117 ([January 1960]) — The Bride of Bizarro!
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Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) ([September] 2002) — The Bride of Bizarro!
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Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #Vol. One ([September] 2005) — The Bride of Bizarro!
Synopsis
Bizarro keeps the real Superman from revealing to Lois that she has been proposed to by Bizarro's duplicate, whom he calls New Bizarro, with a kryptonite meteorite, but Lois realizes New Bizarro is not the true Man of Steel. But New Bizarro doesn't give up easily, and the duplicates fight each other. Bizarro seeks out Superman's help and destroys the kryptonite, turning it into a dust cloud which destroys New Bizarro. Bizarro resumes courting Lois, until Lois creates a duplicate of herself so that Bizarro can have his own Bizarro-Lois.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger , scripter
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, editor
- Murray Boltinoff, Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, Associate Editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #266 (April 1959) — The Satellite of Gotham City
- Also printed
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Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #6 ([October 1959]) — The Satellite of Gotham City
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Batman (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #115 ([January 1960?]) — The Satellite of Gotham City!
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Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #115 ([January 1960?]) — The Satellite of Gotham City
Synopsis
Batman and Robin face the challenge of Astro's Satellite of Crime.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood, scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff, line art
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, editor
- Murray Boltinoff, Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, Associate Editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #271 (September 1959) — Batman's Armored Rival
- Also printed
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Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #6 ([October 1959]) — Batman's Armored Rival
Synopsis
Batman and Robin are assisted by a new hero, the Crimson Knight. But whose side is the mystery man really on?
Notes
The lettering in the title of this story has been noticably changed from "Armored".
9Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
10Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
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- First print
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #263 (January 1959) — The Secret of the Fantastic Weapons
Synopsis
In a Mayan jungle in Mexico, Batman and Robin confront three criminals with super weapons.
11Featuring
- Feature
- Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Robert Bernstein, scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- John Forte, inker
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger, editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #38 (July 1959) — The MC of the Midnight Scare Theater!
- Also printed
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Giant Jimmy Olsen Album (Colour Comics, 1966 series) #2 ([September 1967?]) — The MC of the Midnight Scare Theatre
Synopsis
Jimmy fills in for Phanto as host of the late night horror movie, but every night he seems to scare someone to death.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger , scripter
- Art
- Dick Sprang, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor
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13Featuring
- Feature
- Johnny Quick and His Magic Formula
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Don Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Mort Meskin, penciller
- George Roussos, inker
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
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Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #127 (April 1948) — Mayhem in the Meal-o-mat!
- Also printed
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Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #71 ([May 1956?]) — Mayhem in the Meal-o-mat
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #25 ([May 1963?]) — Mayhem in the Meal-o-Mat
Synopsis
Johnny gets involved in a war between two restaurants.
14Featuring
- Feature
- Johnny Quick and His Magic Formula
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Charles Sultan, line art
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #137 (February 1949) — Johnny Quick Makes History
- Also printed
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Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #73 ([July 1956?]) — Johnny Quick Makes History
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Super Adventure Comic (KGM, 1952 series) #73 ([October 1956?]) — Johnny Quick Makes History
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #25 ([May 1963?]) — Johnny Quick Makes History
15Featuring
- Feature
- The Green Arrow
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- George Papp, line art
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Mort Weisinger, Story Editor
- George Kashdan, Story Editor
- Management
- Jack Schiff, Managing Editor
Reprint history
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