Colossal Comic Annual #2
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
- Published
- April 1957
- Page count
- 148
- Cover price
- 3/6 [0-3-6 AUP]
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
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Colour Comics Pty Ltd
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- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/579361
Credits
- Editing
- , editor
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
Cover, 1 page
"148 pages!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Batman; Robin; Hopalong Cassidy
Credits
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Hiram Brownlee; Mayor Hawkins; Perry White
Credits
- Writing
- Joe Samachson, scripter
- Art
- Ira Yarbrough, penciller
- George Roussos, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original Managing Editor
- Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #52 (May-June 1948) — Superman Turns On the Heat!
- Also printed
-
Superman All Color Comic (Colour Comics, 1948 series) #14 ([July 1948?]) — Superman Turns on the Heat!
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Mighty Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #47 ([June 1965?]) — Superman Turns on the Heat
Synopsis
A small town farmer asks Superman for a favor which results in unforeseen consequences.
Notes
DC logos and “Superman” banner removed from every page of story.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman and Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Thorson (a psychologist, introduction); Hatchet Marley (villain, introduction); Marley's gang (villains, introduction for all); Dr. Rinely (villain, introduction); The Gulden Mob (villains, introduction for all)
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
- Art
- Dick Sprang, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Text
- Pat Gordon, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #83 (April 1954) — The Testing of Batman!
- Also printed
-
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #53 ([October 1954]) — The Testing of Batman!
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Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #53 ([January 1955]) — The Testing of Batman
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Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #15 ([July 1966]) — The Testing of Batman
Synopsis
Batman agrees to help a psychologist with some of his experiments, but a crime boss learns of this and replaces the psychologist with a phony, captures the Dynamic Duo and puts them through a series of horrific tests while the gang seeks to rob the Gotham Mint.
Notes
DC logos and “Batman” banner removed from every page of story. pp9: All 6 panels reduced in size, with first two panels of pp10 added. Panel two of pp10 incorrectly appears before panel one of pp10 when both panels placed on pp9. pp10: only the last two panels of original pp10 appear - rest of page taken up with reprinted ‘Casey the Cop’ strip.
3"Officer, quick! There's a burglar trying to get into my house!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Casey the Cop
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer [signed]
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #151 (December 1950) — Untitled
4Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Johnny West; Mrs. Green
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- John Sikela, penciller
- Ed Dobrotka, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #4 (September-October 1949) — Super Safety Boy!
- Also printed
-
Superboy Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1953 series) #1954-55 (1954) — Super Safety Boy
Notes
DC logos and “Superboy” banner removed from every page of story. “Green Cross For Safety” logo changed to “Safety First”. Wording: “In Cooperation With The National Safety Council and The Advertising Council” deleted. Screentone textures and shades added to all pages.
5"There, it's mailed!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Varsity Vic
- Genre
- Humour; teen
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
Notes
All instances of wording “US Mail” changed to “Mail”. Screentone textures and shades added to all pages.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Genre
- Western-frontier
- Characters
- Hopalong Cassidy; Lee Perry; Spike; Mosley Tex; Matt Eggers; Judge Cole; Betty Lewis; Luke Larrabee; Dexter Fox
Credits
- Writing
- Don C. Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Gene Colan, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
Notes
DC logos and “Hopalong Cassidy” banner removed from every page of story. pp10: original version was four panels with an advertisement beneath it - in this version the advertisement is deleted and artwork extended in all four panels to fill the page. Word “Jail” changed to “Gaol” in story.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Mrs. Edwards; Mr. Cooper; Mr. Smith; Mr. Olsen; Lucy Olsen; Jonathan Kent
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- John Sikela, penciller
- Ed Dobrotka, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [credited] (unoriginal credited editor)
- Mort Weisinger, editor [credited] (unoriginal credited editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #6 (January-February 1950) — Superboy Storekeeper!
- Also printed
-
Superboy Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1953 series) #1954-55 (1954) — Superboy Storekeeper!
Synopsis
Clark takes over the general store when Pa turns his ankle.
Notes
DC logos and “Superboy” banner removed from every page of story. Screentone textures and shades added to all pages.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; "Flying Tiger" Haggerty (introduction); Mr. Lane (airline manager); Colonel Webb; Commissioner James Gordon; The Boley Brothers [Bull Boley; Slats Boley; Dave Boley] (villains, introduction for all); unnamed air traffic controllers; unnamed guards; unnamed yacht captain; unnamed yacht radio operator; unnamed yacht crewmen
Credits
- Writing
- David Vern, scripter
- Art
- Dick Sprang, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
Synopsis
When criminals steal the Batplane to use in crimes, Batman and Robin race to build a new Batplane to stop them.
Notes
Batplane II created in this story. DC logos and “Batman” banner removed from every page of story. Screentone textures and shades added to all pages.
9Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; J. Wilbur Wolfingham; Lois Lane; Perry White; Miracle Jack Muldoon (real estate developer)
Credits
- Writing
- Don C. Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Ira Yarbrough, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original Managing Editor
- Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #116 (January 1948) — The Wizard of Winter
- Also printed
-
Superman All Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1948 series) #11 ([April 1948?]) — The Wizard of Winter
-
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #3 ([July 1965?]) — The Wizard of Winter!
Synopsis
When J. Wilbur Wolfingham tries swindle a real estate developer by selling him tropical land in the artic, Superman out-manuevers Wolfingham by turning the frozen land into a tropical paradise.
Notes
DC logos and “Action Comics” banner removed from every page of story. Last panel of story: word “dime” changed to “sixpence”.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Aquaman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman; Cowboy Charlie; BlackJack
Credits
- Writing
- Joe Samachson, scripter
- Art
- John Daly, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
Synopsis
Cowboy Charlie tries to herd seals.
Notes
DC logos and “Adventure Comics” banner removed from every page of story. Screentone textures and shades added to all pages.
11Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Queen Lucy [Lucy Regent; Supergirl]; Duke Norvello; Elena
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- John Sikela, penciller
- Ed Dobrotka, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [credited] (unoriginal credited editor)
- Mort Weisinger, editor [credited] (unoriginal credited editor)
Reprint history
Synopsis
Queen Lucy of Borgonia enrolls in school in Smallville incognito, where her athletic ability and intelligence alienate her from all of the students except Clark Kent. When she helps Superboy stop some thieves, the mayor asks her to appear in a benefit with Superboy as Supergirl where Superboy makes it appear that she can perform the same sort of feats that he can. Lucy is kidnapped back to Borgonia by Duke Norvello who attempts to discredit her in the eyes of her people. Superboy arrives and reveals Duke Norvello's duplicity and Lucy takes her place as queen of her people.
Notes
No relation to Kara Zor-El Supergirl.
DC logos and “Superboy” banner removed from every page of story. Screentone textures and shades added to all pages. pp4: words “Your America is a marvelous country, Clark!” changed to “Your country is a marvelous place, Clark!”
12Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jack Allen; Daniel Drake; Bushy Barnes [also as Odin]; Thor (imposter); Loki (imposter)
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original Managing Editor
- Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #52 (May-June 1948) — Superman in Valhalla!
- Also printed
-
Superman All Color Comic (Colour Comics, 1948 series) #14 ([July 1948?]) — Superman In Valhalla!
-
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #1 ([May 1965?]) — Superman in Valhalla
Synopsis
Superman goes searching for a lost movie company and ends up seemingly in Valhalla, home of the Norse gods.
13Featuring
- Feature
- Batman and Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Prince Michael Gruyere; Fred Venable (aka The Human Target); Marianne Venable; Turk Vincent; Perry Davison; Moreno the Magician; Jim Lovett; Blinky Grove
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #201 (November 1953) — The Human Target
- Also printed
-
Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #54 ([February 1955?]) — Human Target
-
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #15 (July 1966) — The Human Target
Notes
DC logos and “Detective Comics” banner removed from every page of story. Word “Jail” changed to “Gaol”, words “Fort Knox” changed to “The World”, word “50c” changed to “2/-” in story.
14Featuring
- Feature
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Genre
- Western-frontier
- Characters
- Hopalong Cassidy; Deadshot Derkin; Grandpa Grabble; Curly Clark; Lew Losey; Matt Morgan; Joe Crawford
Credits
- Writing
- Don C. Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Gene Colan, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Sy Barry, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
Notes
DC logos and “Hopalong Cassidy” banner removed from every page of story. pp10: original version was four panels with a ‘Fearless Fosdick’ gag strip beneath it - in this version the gag strip is deleted and artwork extended in all four panels to fill the page. Word “yuh” changed to “you”.
15Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Biff Buller; an actor playing Superman
Credits
- Writing
- Don C. Cameron , scripter
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
- Jack Schiff, editor [credited] (unoriginal credited editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #34 (May-June 1948) — The Un-Super Superman!
- Also printed
-
Superman All Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1948 series) #16 ([September 1948?]) — The Un-Super Superman!
-
All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #49 ([July 1965]) — The Un-Super Superman!
Synopsis
Superman suddenly finds himself without powers and must stop a bomb threat.
Notes
DC logos and “World’s Finest Comics” banner removed from every page of story.
Indicia
Printed by Sungravure Ltd., 21-29 Moreley Ave., Rosebery, for the Proprietors, Colour Comics Pty. Ltd., Sydney, and produced by The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., 56 Young St., Sydney. Gordon & Gotch (Australasia) Ltd., distributors for Australia and N. Zealand.