The Hundred Comic Monthly #13

Published
October 1957
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
, editor

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Show/hide Cover Untitled (The Flash) Cover, 1 page

"Feature story The Flash!"

Featuring

Feature
The Flash
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
Carmine Infantino, penciller
 
Frank Giacoia, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Julius Schwartz, original Editor

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First print
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #8 — The Secret of the Empty Box! (page 1)
Show/hide 1. The Secret of the Empty Box! (The Flash) Comic story, 12 pages
Show/hide 2. The Five Clues to Outlaw X! (The Wyoming Kid) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Wyoming Kid
Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Writing
Gardner Fox, scripter
Art
Frank Giacoia, line art
Text
Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Western Comics (DC, 1948 series) #64 (July-August 1957)
The Five Clues to Outlaw X!
Also printed
Australia
The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #13 ([October 1957?])
 
Australia
The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #33 ([June 1959?])
The Five Clues to Outlaw X
Show/hide 3. A Model Model! (Fraidy Cat) Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Feature
Fraidy Cat
Genre
Humour

Credits

Writing
Sy Reit , scripter
Art
Otto Feuer, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Larry Nadle, original editor [attributed] (actual)

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First print
United States
Movietown's Animal Antics (DC, 1950 series) #48 (January-February 1954)
A Model Model!
Show/hide 4. The Phantom Fire Alarms (John Jones Manhunter from Mars) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
John Jones Manhunter from Mars
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Jack Miller , scripter
Art
Joe Certa, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)

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First print
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #245 (July 1957)
The Phantom Fire Alarms
Also printed
United States
Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
The Phantom Fire Alarms

Synopsis

Gangster Lance Faber discovers Jones is a Martian whose weakness is fire. But then Jones seems to no longer be affected by fire at all!

Show/hide 5. Untitled (Leave It To Binky) Comic story, 8 pages

"Hey! Look at that little guy knocking down that big guy!"

Featuring

Feature
Leave It To Binky
Genre
Humour; Teen
Characters
Binky Biggs; Peggy Baxter; Alergy; Sherwood; Thurston; Susie

Credits

Writing
Hal Seeger , scripter [as Hal Seegar]
Art
Bob Oksner, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Larry Nadle, original editor [attributed] (actual)

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First print
United States
Leave it to Binky (DC, 1948 series) #17 (November-December 1950)
The Bigger They Are the Harder They Fall
Show/hide 6. The Schooner on Wheels! (Tomahawk) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Tomahawk
Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Art
Fred Ray, line art
Text
Pat Gordon, letterer
Editing
Jack Schiff, original Editor

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First print
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #76 (May-June 1955)
The Schooner on Wheels
Show/hide 7. Untitled (Ollie) Comic story, 1 page

"Why so sad Bill?"

Featuring

Feature
Ollie
Genre
Humour

Credits

Writing
Henry Boltinoff, scripter
Art
Henry Boltinoff, line art
Text
Henry Boltinoff, letterer
Editing
Jack Schiff, original Managing Editor
 
Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
 
George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
Management
Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor-in-Chief

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First print
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #89 (July-August 1957)
Untitled
Show/hide 8. The Day the Clocks Stopped! (Wonder Woman) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Wonder Woman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman; Steve Trevor

Credits

Writing
Robert Kanigher, scripter [credited as Charles Moulton]
Art
Harry Peter, line art
Text
Jimmy Wroten, letterer
 
Margaret Wroten, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Robert Kanigher, original editor [attributed] (actual)

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First print
United States
Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #87 (January 1957)
The Day the Clocks Stopped

Synopsis

Time stops for everybody except Wonder Woman.

Show/hide 9. Untitled (Shorty) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"Golly, all the boys carry the girls' books home--it must be romantic."

Featuring

Feature
Shorty
Genre
Humour
Characters
Shorty

Credits

Writing
Henry Boltinoff, scripter
Art
Henry Boltinoff, line art
Text
Henry Boltinoff, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)

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First print
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #149 (July 1949)
Untitled
Show/hide 10. The Man Who Stole the Truth Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
Adventure

Credits

Art
Sheldon Moldoff, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor

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First print
United States
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #5 (July-August 1957)
The Man Who Stole the Truth
Show/hide 11. The X-Y-Z Ray (Roy Raymond TV Detective) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Roy Raymond TV Detective
Genre
Detective-Mystery
Characters
Roy Raymond; Karen; Harry Horner (introduction, villain)

Credits

Art
Ruben Moreira, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #245 (July 1957)
The X-Y-Z Ray
Also printed
Australia
The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #13 ([October 1957?])
Show/hide 12. Space Dreams for Sale (Tommy Tomorrow) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Tommy Tomorrow
Genre
Science fiction
Characters
Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood

Credits

Writing
Otto Binder, scripter
Art
Jim Mooney, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, original Managing Editor
 
Mort Weisinger, original Assistant Editor
 
George Kashdan, original Assistant Editor

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First print
United States
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #228 (May 1957)
Space Dreams for Sale
Show/hide 13. Code of the Trigger Twins! (The Trigger Twins) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Trigger Twins
Genre
Western-Frontier
Characters
Trigger Twins; Sheriff Walt; Wayne

Credits

Writing
Robert Kanigher, scripter
Art
Ross Andru, penciller
 
Mike Esposito, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual)

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First print
United States
All Star Western (DC, 1951 series) #94 (April-May 1957)
Code of the Trigger Twins
Also printed
United States
Trigger Twins (DC, 1973 series) #1 (March-April 1973)
The Code of the Trigger Twins
 
Australia
Bumper Western Comic (KG Murray, 1973 series) #62 ([April 1975?])
Code of The Trigger Twins
 
Australia
Bumper Western Album (Murray, 1978 series) #75 ([December 1980?])
Code of the Trigger Twins

Synopsis

Sham Sheriff Walt tells kids that nothing should stop a law officer from fighting for law and order. But when storekeeper Wayne is kidnapped, Walt won't shoot, shocking the kids. Walt tracks the bandits who use Wayne as a shield. Rushing, Walt plows into them as Wayne fights bound. Together they parade the captured bandits past the grinning kids.

Show/hide 14. Untitled (Lem 'n' Lime) Comic story, 1 page

"Nice day for hunting!"

Featuring

Feature
Lem 'n' Lime
Genre
Humour

Credits

Writing
Henry Boltinoff, scripter
Art
Henry Boltinoff, line art
Text
Henry Boltinoff, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
 
Jack Schiff, original Managing Editor
 
Mort Weisinger, original Story Editor
 
George Kashdan, original Story Editor

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First print
United States
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #238 (July 1957)
Nice day for hunting
Show/hide 15. Master of the Unknown Comic story, 6 pages
Show/hide 16. The Home-Made Arrows (The Green Arrow) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Green Arrow
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Green Arrow; Speedy; unnamed crooks

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
George Papp, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, original Managing Editor
 
Mort Weisinger, original Story Editor
 
George Kashdan, Story Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #237 (June 1957)
The Home-Made Arrows
Show/hide 17. The Anti-Invasion Machine! Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
Science fiction
Characters
Jul Van; Ralph Baxter

Credits

Writing
Gardner Fox, scripter
Art
Carmine Infantino, line art
Text
Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #80 (May 1957)
The Anti-Invasion Machine
Also printed
United States
From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #5 (June-July 1970)
The Anti-Invasion Machine

Synopsis

An invasion fleet from Pluto approaches Earth, but Ralph Baxter knows how to stop them.

Show/hide 18. Untitled (Word Hunt) Activity, 1 page

"Key-words Wood Thrush"

Featuring

Feature
Word Hunt

Credits

Writing
Martin Naydel, scripter
Art
Martin Naydel, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
, editor

Reprint history

Printed in
United Kingdom
Super Adventure Comic (KGM, 1952 series) #74 ([November 1956])
Untitled [Wood Thrush]

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 358

Entry created

  • 28/11/2003

Cover added

  • 14/04/2010

Index completed

  • 14/04/2010

Last updated

  • 05/09/2019