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Issue Details

Issue #27
Published May-June 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Cover pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (29 August 2007)

Cover Details - "The Mystery of the Midget Sub!"

Characters Rex; Danny; a dolphin
Genre animal; adventure
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Gil Kane
Notes Cover pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (29 August 2007)

9 page Rex story "The Mystery of the Midget Sub"

Genre animal; adventure
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Bernard Sachs
Reprinted in Superboy Adventure Book 1957-8 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd. (London), 1958 series) #1

6 page Detective Chimp story "A Whistle for Bobo"

Synopsis Bobo becomes a traffic cop after finding a whistle in a box of cereal
Genre animal; detective
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Carmine Infantino
Reprinted in Tarzan (DC, 1972 series) #234 (December 1974-January 1975)

8 page Rex story "Trail of the Phantom Cat"

Genre animal; adventure
Script John Broome
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Bernard Sachs
Reprinted in Superboy Adventure Book 1957-8 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd. (London), 1958 series) #1