Holiday Bumper Comic!
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia
- Published
- 1956
- Page count
- 148
- Cover price
- 3/6 [0-3-6 AUP]
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Standard size (195mm x 271mm)
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Square bound
- Format
- Comic
- Branding
-
None
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/1844897
Credits
- Editing
- , editor
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superman, Batman, Robin and Superboy)
Cover, 1 page
"148 pages!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman, Batman, Robin and Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Hart Amos, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
Notes
The cover is signed "Amos" as a sign on a building on the bottom right (under Superman).
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Tiny Trix (Intro, villain)
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Woolfolk, scripter [as William Woolfolk]
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #58 (May-June 1949) — Tiny Trix, the Bantam Bandit!
- Also printed
-
Superman Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1949 series) #31 ([December 1949?]) — Tiny Trix, the Bantam Bandit
Synopsis
Tiny Trix tries to get out of jail by claiming he's a juvenile.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- V: The Gong (I; Ed Peale)
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Charles Paris, line art
- Bob Kane, penciller
- Charles Paris, penciller
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
Reprint history
3Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Mr. Vanderdost; Mrs. Vanderdost; Henry Vanderdost
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- John Sikela, penciller
- Ed Dobrotka , inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #147 (December 1949) — Clark Kent -- Orphan!
- Also printed
-
Superboy Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1953 series) #1954-55 (1954) — Clark Kent -- Orphan!
-
Mighty Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #59 ([June 1967?]) — Clark Kent--Orphan
Synopsis
When Ma and Pa fly to Alaska to attend Aunt Martha's wedding they get lost in a plane crash and Clark is put up for adoption.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Genre
- Western-Frontier
Credits
- Writing
- Don Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Gene Colan, penciller
- Ray Burnley, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original Editor
Reprint history
5Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Andy Parkes (Intro); Greta Lee (Intro); Perry White
Credits
- Writing
- Al Schwartz, scripter [as Alvin Schwartz]
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #64 (May-June 1950) — Professor Lois Lane!
- Also printed
-
Superman Comics (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #38 ([July 1950?]) — Professor Lois Lane
-
Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #10 (January 1951) — Professor Lois Lane
-
Superman Super Library (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #36 ([May 1967?]) — Professor Lois Lane!
6Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Jinx Blakeston; Cyrus Maxon; Evans; Smith
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- John Sikela, penciller
- Ed Dobrotka, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
7Featuring
- Feature
- Aquaman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Thungar of the Valley.
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- John Daly, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #144 (September 1949) — A Martian Adventure
- Also printed
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #42 ([August 1967?]) — A Martian Adventure
Synopsis
Aquaman visits a hidden valley on Earth with canals inspired by those of Mars.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #42 (September-October 1949) — The Alphabetical Animal Adventure!
- Also printed
-
Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #10 (January 1951) — The Alphabetical Animal Adventure
Synopsis
Aliens from Uranus come to Earth in flying saucers to collect two of every kind of animal, including humans.
9Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- John Sikela, penciller
- Ed Dobrotka, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor (uncredited editor)
- Mort Weisinger, editor (uncredited editor)
Reprint history
10Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Olaf Erickson and other un-named Vikings (introduction for all); Indians (villains)
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger , scripter
- Ed Hamilton , scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
- Art
- Bob Kane, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #52 (April-May 1949) — Batman and the Vikings!
- Also printed
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #193 (July-August 1967) — Batman and the Vikings!
-
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #16 ([November 1968?]) — Batman and the Vikings
Synopsis
When Bruce and Dick visit the Gotham City museum, they note an image of a Viking that looks like Bruce Wayne.....and who is labeled a coward, so they visit Carter Nichols to go back in time to discover the truth.
11Featuring
- Feature
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Genre
- Western-Frontier
Credits
- Writing
- Don Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Gene Colan, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original Editor
Reprint history
12Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Arthur Parrish; Lois Lane
Credits
- Writing
- Al Schwartz , scripter [as Alvin Schwartz]
- 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) #115 (December 1947) — The Wish That Came True!
- Also printed
-
Superman All Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1948 series) #11 ([April 1948?]) — The Wish That Came True
Synopsis
A criminal in a fake Superman costume preys upon a little boy's desire to meet Superman.
13Featuring
- Feature
- Aquaman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman; Dan Dunbar
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- John Daly, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
14Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Lana Lang (intro); Prof Lang (intro); Ma Kent; Pa Kent (bald); Superboy
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- John Sikela, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #10 (September-October 1950) — The Girl in Superboy's Life!
- Also printed
-
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #25 ([February 1951?]) — The Girl in Superboy's Life
-
Superboy Adventure Book (Atlas Publishing, 1955 series) #1956-57 (1956) — The Girl in Superboy's Life
Synopsis
Prof Lang asks the Kents if Lana can stay with them while he and his wife go to Africa.
15Details
- Printed
- 1956?
- More...
- That Wonderful Magazine for Little Children [Humpty Dumpty's]
![That Wonderful Magazine for Little Children [Humpty Dumpty's] (1956?)](/image/gallery/1579/that-wonderful-magazine-for-little-children-humpty-dumptys.jpg "That Wonderful Magazine for Little Children [Humpty Dumpty's] (1956?)")
Indicia
Printed by Cumberland Newspapers Ltd., Macquarie Street, Parramatta, for Colour Comics Pty. Ltd., 56 Young Street, Sydney.