My Greatest Adventure #36
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- October 1959
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/15269
Credits
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (editor)
Murray Boltinoff (associate editor)
George Kashdan (associate editor)
Issue contents
Cover
I Battled The Volcano Man!
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Anton Belfors; Lt. Morales
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- Bob Brown
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Reprint history
1Featuring
- Feature
- Honor House Products Corp.
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
? (photo) - Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
Notes
Two half-page ads. One for equipment to record and cut your own records, and one for a toy army tank large enough for a kid to play in.
On inside front cover
2Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure; fantasy
- Characters
- Jim; Isadora; Peter
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- Howard Purcell
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #22 (February 1960) — I Was Bewitched by Lady Doom
Synopsis
Jim suffers partial amnesia after an injury and creates mental images of his love, Isadora, in fantasies. In these fantasies he is bedeviled by a god, Erwald, who has the image of Peter. Jim is finally reunited and remembers all.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Colorfoto
- Characters
- Ricky Nelson
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ? (photo)
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
Notes
Ad for natural color photos of your favorite stars, with five stars pictured.
4Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
Notes
Ad for toy cars from unnamed company.
5Featuring
- Genre
- Advocacy
- Characters
- Steve; Billy; Ted
Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Art
- Bernard Baily
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Editing
- ?
Synopsis
Ted teaches Billy and Steve about levers while they are cleaning up a vacant lot, touting the value of science class.
Notes
Credits from a list by Lionel English.
Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
6"There are supposed to be some rare fish in these waters!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Peter Puptent, Explorer
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Peter Puptent; Mrs. Puptent; sea monster
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Reprint history
Synopsis
Peter hooks a sea monster while fishing, but his wife cuts it loose because she refuses to have it mounted and hanging on her wall.
7Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Johnny Blore; Gordon; Omid
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- Mort Meskin (signed)
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
Gordon is actually a Sakinian interplanetary policeman after Omid, a Basian pirate, and has tracked him to Earth. Gordon enlists the aid of Johnny Blore, a treasure hunter, to stall Omid with a get rich scheme until the remainder of the police can capture the other pirates.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Scientific Word Origins...
- Genre
- Non-fiction; math & science
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #10 ([March 1959?]) — Untitled
-
Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #27 ([July 1967]) — Untitled
Synopsis
Information about the origins of the words: planets, climate, and vitamin.
9"Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey."
Featuring
- Feature
- Palisades Amusement Park
- Characters
- Superman
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- ?
Notes
Ad for amusement park, with coupons.
10"The cleaning woman straightened out my laboratory."
Featuring
- Feature
- Professor Eureka
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Profesor Eureka; Profesor Eureka's assistant
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Synopsis
After the cleaning woman has rearranged his lab, the professor has his assistant look for something...and an explosion results.
11Featuring
- Feature
- Wilson Chemical Co.
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
Notes
Ad for sales people for Wilson's Cloverine Brand Salve.
12Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Mr. Belding; Sansharl; Sheriff
Credits
- Author
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Synopsis
Belding meets Sansharl, a Venusian, who provides his alibi against a shooting.
13Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Lt. Morales; Anton Belfors; Sgt. Mayo
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- George Roussos
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #22 (February 1960) — I Battled the Volcano Man
Synopsis
Anton Belfors escapes from the police by parachuting from a plane and falls into a volcano. There he gains mastery over flame and begins to rob banks until captured by Lt. Morales.
14Featuring
- Feature
- Zenith Company
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ? (photo)
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
Notes
Ad for stamps, an album, hinges, and the Midget Encyclopedia of Stamp Collecting.
15Featuring
- Feature
- Stephens Credit Sales
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
Notes
Ad for sales people for patriotic and religious mottoes.
16Featuring
- Feature
- Joe Weider
- Characters
- Joe Weider; Andre Lepine; Jack Deliinger; Rau Schaffer; Clarence Ross; Reg Lewis; Doug Strohl; Leo Robert
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
Notes
Ad for body building course, with photos of successful students.
On inside back cover.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Josely Company
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
Notes
Ad for toy soldiers set.
On back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
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