Mammoth Comic Annual
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superman, Superboy, Batman, Robin)
Cover, 1 page
"All the champions in one volume!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman, Superboy, Batman, Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Hart Amos, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Dave Studham suggests the cover represent Olympic rings, indicating the 1956 Olympic games, held 22 November-8 December 1956.
1"Pencils ready? Well, then it's your assignment to draw a continuous line…"
Featuring
- Feature
- Block Busters
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
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![Mammoth Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956?) — Untitled [General] (page 1)](/image/128840/page-1-mammoth-comic-annual-colour-comics-1956-untitled-general.jpg "Mammoth Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956?) — Untitled [General] (page 1)")
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Mike Foss (villain)
Credits
- Writing
- Al Schwartz, scripter [as Alvin Schwartz]
- Art
- Al Plastino, penciller
- , inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original Managing Editor
- Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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3Featuring
- Feature
- Johnny Quick
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Johnny Quick; Otto Baybridge; Jim Logan
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Charles Sultan, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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- First print
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Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #140 (May 1949) — The Man Who Hated Water
- Also printed
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Batman Comics (Color Comics, 1950 series) #2 ([July 1950?]) — The Man Who Hated Water
Synopsis
Johnny Quick tries to bring two men together, one who hates water, and one who can't stand being without it.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Matt Briggs
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Al Wenzel, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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- First print
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Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #138 (March 1949) — Around the World in 80 Minutes!
- Also printed
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #40 ([February 1967?]) — Around the World in 80 Minutes
Synopsis
Mr. Briggs hates kids, but the only job he can find is as a school bus driver.
5"Isn't he terrific, Peg"
Featuring
- Feature
- Peg
- Genre
- Humour
- Characters
- Peg
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
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- First print
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #57 (February-March 1950) — Untitled
6Featuring
- Feature
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Genre
- Western-frontier
Credits
- Writing
- Don C. Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Gene Colan, penciller
- Ray Burnley, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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7Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Superboy (flashback); Brandar the Great; Margo Griffiths
Credits
- Writing
- Don C. Cameron , scripter
- Art
- John Sikela, penciller
- Ed Dobrotka , inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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- First print
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Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #1 (March-April 1949) — The Man Who Could See Tomorrow!
- Also printed
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #42 ([August 1967?]) — The Man who Could See Tomorrow
-
Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) (February 2001) — The Man Who Could See Tomorrow!
Synopsis
Brandar the Great predicts the future. At a party attended by young Clark Kent he predicted that Margo Griffiths, now a young nurse in Metropolis, would cease to exist on her 21st birthday.
Notes
Really a Superman story with the Superboy segment as a flashback.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; President Jose Camaran; Colonel Morenos; VILLAINS: El Papagayo (intro); Bat-hombre [Luis Peraldo] (intro; dies).
Credits
- Writing
- David Vern, scripter [as David Vern Reed]
- Art
- Dick Sprang, penciller [signed as Bob Kane]
- Charles Paris, inker
- Text
- Joe Letterese , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
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- First print
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #56 (December 1949-January 1950) — Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride!
- Also printed
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Batman Comics (Color Comics, 1950 series) #2 ([July 1950?]) — Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #193 (July-August 1967) — Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride!
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Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #16 ([November 1968?]) — Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride
Synopsis
The sickly Presidente of a Latin American nation implores the Caped Crusaders to come to his nation and train a Batman to keep law and order in his country.
9Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Peggy Wilkins (introduction, Lois Lane's roommate); Lois Lane; Bill Smith; Perry White
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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- First print
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Superman (DC, 1939 series) #61 (November-December 1949) — The Courtship of the Three Lois Lanes!
- Also printed
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Superman Comics (KGM, 1950 series) #35 ([April 1950?]) — The Courtship of the Three Lois Lanes
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Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #14 (May 1951) — The Courtship of the Three Lois Lanes
Synopsis
Lois decides Superman might be more likely to fall in love with her if she changed her hair color.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Mr. Baxter; Mr. X
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- John Sikela, penciller
- Ed Dobrotka, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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11Featuring
- Feature
- Aquaman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman; Ark the Seal; Frank Fogarty; Duke
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- John Daly, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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12Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; VILLAIN: Specs Rose (intro)
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Jim Mooney, line art
- Jim Mooney, penciller (verified by Mooney)
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
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13Featuring
- Feature
- Johnny Quick and His Magic Formula
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Johnny Quick; Tubby Watts; Judge Dragg; Flash Grogan
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Charles Sultan, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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- First print
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #135 (December 1948) — The Slowdown of Johnny Quick!
- Also printed
-
Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #10 (January 1951) — The Slowdown of Johnny Quick
Synopsis
In Turtle Town, USA, speed is against the law!
14Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent] (origin retold); Jor-El; Lara; Pa Kent (unnamed); Ma Kent (unnamed); Swami Riva [Dan Rivers] (introduction, villain); Lois Lane; Perry White
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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- First print
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Superman (DC, 1939 series) #61 (November-December 1949) — Superman Returns To Krypton!
- Also printed
-
Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #14 (May 1951) — Superman Returns To Krypton
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Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) ([October] 2005) — Superman Returns to Krypton
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The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) (1990) — Superman Returns to Krypton
Synopsis
Superman tails Lois as she investigates Swami Riva. When the swami hexes Superman, he appears to weaken, and the swami begins to sell his ability to hex Superman to members of the underworld. Superman does some investigating of his own and traces the gem in the swami's turban to a meteorite. He follows the path of the meteorite back in time and across space to the planet Krypton, which he surveys as a phantom. There, he learns how Jor-El failed to convince his people of their impending down and sent his son to Earth where he was adopted by the elderly Kents. Superman returns to the present and armed with the knowledge that Swami Riva's power is actually in the gem on his turban puts him out of business.
Notes
This sequence reprints the story where Superman learns his origin for the first time. Kryptonite is also introduced in this story, though colored red in the original printing.
15Featuring
- Feature
- Zatara the Master Magician
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- Joe Samachson , scripter
- Art
- W. F. White, line art
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
- Jack Schiff, original Editor [attributed]
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16Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; The Smash and Grab Gang
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Hamilton, scripter
- Art
- Al Wenzel, penciller
- Stan Kaye , inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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- First print
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Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #1 (March-April 1949) — The Boy Vandals!
- Also printed
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #42 ([August 1967?]) — The Boy Vandals
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Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) (February 2001) — The Boy Vandals!
Synopsis
Superboy teaches some young vandals a lesson.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Genre
- Western-Frontier
Credits
- Writing
- Don Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Gene Colan, penciller
- Sy Barry, inker
- Joe Giella, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original Editor
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18"Which is the only large city in the world situated on two continents?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Quick Quiz
Credits
- Writing
- Horace Elmo, scripter [signed as H. T. Elmo]
- Art
- Horace Elmo, line art [signed as H. T. Elmo]
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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- First print
-
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #14 (May-June 1951) — Untitled
Notes
The top two tiers are the feature from Superboy #14. The source of the bottom tier ("Is the Red Sea actually Red?") is unknown.
19Details
- Printed
- 1956
- More...
- Daddy Forgot Humpty Dumpty
Notes
This Mammoth comic is similar to the later Colossal series, rather than the later Mammoth rebound editions.