The Big Four #1
Issue contents
Cover
Australia's Biggest Comic!
Cover, 1 page
"Australia's Biggest Comic! Contents equal 4 ordinary comics! Superman. Captain Compass. TV Detective. Man from Mars."
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth
Reprint history
- First print
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Superman (DC, 1939 series) #105 (May 1956)
2Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Compass
- Genre
- Detective
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Joe Certa
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth
Reprint history
3Credits
- Pencils
- Ross Andru
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Editing
- Robert Kanigher
Reprint history
- First print
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #2 (May-June 1956)
4Featuring
- Feature
- The Legends of Daniel Boone
- Genre
- Western
Credits
- Art
- Nick Cardy
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth
Reprint history
5Featuring
- Feature
- Buzzy
- Genre
- Teen
6Featuring
- Feature
- John Jones Manhunter From Mars
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Joe Samachson
- Art
- Joe Certa
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Jack Schiff (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #225 (November 1955) — The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #225 (November 1955)
- Also printed
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Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961)
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Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961) — The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel
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World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #175 (May 1968) (Editors' Round Table)
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World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #175 (May 1968) — The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel
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Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #41 ([September 1968?])
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Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #41 ([September 1968?]) — The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel
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World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #226 (November-December 1974)
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World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #226 (November-December 1974) — The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel
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Super Adventure (KG Murray, 1976 series) #72 ([March 1976?])
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Super Adventure (KG Murray, 1976 series) #72 ([March 1976?]) — The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel
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Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1980 series) (October 1980)
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Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1980 series) (October 1980) — The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel
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Superman (Murray, 1983 series) #1 ([January 1983]) —Superman and Manhunter from Mars
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Superman (Murray, 1983 series) #1 ([January 1983]) —Superman and Manhunter from Mars — The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel
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DC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 (DC, 1992 series) (1992)
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DC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 (DC, 1992 series) (1992) — The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel
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Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) (1998)
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Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) (1998) — The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel
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Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
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Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007) — The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel
Synopsis
A scientist builds a robot brain which teleports a Martian to Earth. After the scientist dies the Martian is trapped here, so he decides to become a police detective.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Wonder Woman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Art
- Harry G. Peter
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
Margaret Wroten - Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Robert Kanigher (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #83 (July 1956) — The Flying Ambulance
- Also printed
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Wonder Woman Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #2 ([January 1977?])
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Wonder Woman Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #2 ([January 1977?]) — The Flying Ambulance
Synopsis
Dr. Cloud works on the first all-woman ambulance crew, and Wonder Woman helps to make sure she's a success.
Indicia
Printed by Mentmore Press for the Propreitors Colour Comics Pty. Ltd Sydney and produced by the K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd, 56 Young Street Sydney. Gordon and Gotch (Australasia) Ltd. distributors for Australia and New Zealand.