The Hundred Comic Monthly #21

Published
June 1958
Page count
100
Cover price
2/- [0-2-0 AUP]
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Square bound
Format
Comic series
Branding
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
 
Colour Comics Pty Ltd

Credits

Editing
?

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Around the World in 80 Minutes! (The Flash) Cover, 1 page

""No matter how fast I go, this pirate torpedo follows me!" The fastest man alive in ... "Around the World in 80 Minutes!""

Featuring

Feature
The Flash
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Frank Giacoia

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #13 (March-April 1958)

Notes

The cover image appears to have been partly redrawn or re-inked.

Show/hide 1. Around the World in 80 Minutes (The Flash) Comic story, 14 pages
Show/hide 2. The Frontier Baron (Tomahawk) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Tomahawk
Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Art
Fred Ray
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (Jack Schiff, Murray Boltinoff, George Kashdan)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series) #50 (August 1957)
Show/hide 3. Earth for Sale Comic story, 7 pages
Show/hide 4. Mysteries in Space (Mysteries in Space) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Mysteries in Space
Genre
Non-Fiction

Notes

Information on the Moon; Earth from Venus; comet striking the Earth; and starlight on Earth.

Show/hide 5. The Fossil Man (Roy Raymond TV Detective) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Roy Raymond TV Detective
Genre
Detective-Mystery

Credits

Art
Ruben Moreira
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth

Reprint history

First print
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #253 (March 1958)
Show/hide 6. The Indian Sign of War (Foley of the Fighting 5th) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Foley of the Fighting 5th
Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Script
John Broome
Art
Howard Sherman
Editing
Julius Schwartz

Reprint history

First print
United States
All Star Western (DC, 1951 series) #100 (April-May 1958)
Show/hide 7. Charlie Cannonball (Charlie Cannonball) Comic story, 1 page

"And here is the big gun that shoots Charlie Cannonball!"

Featuring

Feature
Charlie Cannonball
Genre
Humour

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff

Notes

Begins: "And here is the big gun that shoots Charlie Cannonball!"

Show/hide 8. The Brain Thief Comic story, 6 pages
Show/hide 9. Prisoner of the Time Capsule (Wonder Woman) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Wonder Woman
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Script
Robert Kanigher
Art
Harry G. Peter
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Robert Kanigher (Actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #96 (February 1958)
Show/hide 10. Chief Hot Foot (Chief Hot Foot) Comic story, 1 page

"Medicine man practicing with his new drum."

Featuring

Feature
Chief Hot Foot
Genre
Humour

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff

Notes

Begins: "Medicine man practicing with his new drum."

Show/hide 11. The Rainbow Archer (The Green Arrow) Comic story, 6 pages
Show/hide 12. Leave it to Binky (Leave It To Binky) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Leave It To Binky
Genre
Teen

Notes

Your fortune and your weight.

Show/hide 13. Sheriff for Hire (The Trigger Twins) Comic story, 13 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Trigger Twins
Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Editing
Julius Schwartz

Reprint history

First print
United States
All Star Western (DC, 1951 series) #100 (April-May 1958)
Sheriff for Hire
 
United States
All Star Western (DC, 1951 series) #100 (April-May 1958)
Also printed
Australia
Trail Blazers of the West (Murray, 1981?) ([1981?])
Sheriff for Hire!
Show/hide 14. Funny Facts (Funny Facts) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Funny Facts
Genre
Non-Fiction

Notes

Information on cat's vision; rubbing noses; death of trees; owls; and lifting rabbits.

Show/hide 15. The Menace of the Super Weapons (John Jones, Manhunter from Mars) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
John Jones, Manhunter from Mars
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Script
Jack Miller
Art
Joe Certa
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth

Reprint history

First print
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #252 (February 1958)
Also printed
United States
Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
Show/hide 16. Marooned in the Fourth Dimension (Tommy Tomorrow) Comic story, 6 pages
Show/hide 17. Casey the Cop (Casey the Cop) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"Casey! How did you let these cars get into such a tie-up?"

Featuring

Feature
Casey the Cop
Genre
Humour

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff

Notes

Begins: "Casey! How did you let these cars get into such a tie-up?"

Show/hide 18. Daffy & Doodle (Daffy & Doodle) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"Hey, Doodle, look... No hands!"

Featuring

Feature
Daffy & Doodle
Genre
Humour

Credits

Script
Lit-win?
Art
Lit-win?

Notes

Begins: "Hey, Doodle, look... No hands!"


Notes

The cover image appears to have been partly redrawn or re-inked.

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Michael F

AusReprints ID

  • 35311

Entry created

  • 19/12/2007

Cover added

  • 13/02/2010

Index completed

  • 08/04/2009

Last updated

  • 28/08/2015