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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published June-July 1966
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Miller; Barbara Friedlander (Associate Editor)

Cover Details

Characters Scooter; Cynthia; Penny; Cookie; Sylvester; Malibu; Kenny
Genre teen
Script Jack Miller ?
Pencils Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks Joe Orlando
Letters Ira Schnapp

1 page advertisement "The Top TV Stars Come From DC"

Genre superhero
Notes Inside front cover; ad for DC superhero adaptations in other media, including the television series of Batman and The Adventures of Superman, and the Broadway musical "It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman."

8 page Swing with Scooter story "Here Comes Scooter! [part 1]"

Characters Scooter; Sylvester; Kenny; Malibu; Cookie; Penny; Cynthia; Aunt Hatta; Mr. Otis (cameo)
Synopsis British pop star Scooter leaves his band behind and comes to Plainsville, USA to stay with his Aunt Hatta, where he wants to live a normal, quiet life. But his fame has spread too far and the girls just won't leave him alone.
Genre teen
Script Jack Miller; Barbara Friedlander
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Joe Orlando

1 page public service announcement "Your Free Trip Around the World!"

Synopsis After telling the boys some tales, the sea captain takes them to the library where they can travel anywhere just by reading.
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated December 1963.

Half page Superman promo (ad from the publisher) "A Super-Scoop!"

Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes House ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #187 [80 Page Giant G-23], on sale April 14

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Said a cat suffocating in Squaresville..."

Script E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes House ad for DC comics, written in limerick form, promoting the "go-go checks" cover design.

1 page Scooter Scoops text article

Synopsis anecdotes about several teen idols, including Elvis Presley and David McCallum
Genre fact; celebrity
Script Barbara Friedlander ?
Pencils Joe Orlando ? (logo illustration)
Inks Joe Orlando ? (logo illustration)
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Swing with Scooter (DC, 1966 series) #4 (December 1966-January 1967)

7 page Swing with Scooter story "Scooter Go Go Home! [part 2]"

Characters Scooter; Penny; Sylvester; Kenny; Malibu; Cookie; Cynthia
Synopsis Scooter decides to go back to England because things are too crazy, but Penny kidnaps him with her helicopter as he is returning to the airport and takes him to her private amusement park.
Genre teen
Script Jack Miller; Barbara Friedlander
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Joe Orlando

Half page Inferior Five promo (ad from the publisher) "A Showcase Disgrace --"

Synopsis House ad for The Inferior Five (DC, 1966 series) #1.
Genre superhero; horror
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Mike Esposito
Letters Ira Schnapp

6 page Swing with Scooter story "Scooter's Here to Stay! [part 3]"

Characters Scooter; Cynthia; Sylvester; Kenny; Malibu; Cookie; Penny
Synopsis When Cynthia, a cute English girl, arrives at the airport, Scooter decides to stay after all. All the girls get makeovers to look like Cynthia (and all the boys to look like Scooter) but it turns out she's Scooter's sister.
Genre teen
Script Jack Miller; Barbara Friedlander
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Joe Orlando

1 page Swing with Scooter promo (ad from the publisher) "Scooter? Who He?"

Genre teen
Script E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Joe Orlando
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes House ad for Swing with Scooter (DC, 1966 series) #1

Half page Batman and Robin promo (ad from the publisher) "Batman and Detective Comics Started Something New..."

Genre superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes House ad promoting two-page centerfold pin-ups to be appearing in several DC comics, which began with Batman #181 and Detective Comics #352 (both June 1966).

1 page Cookie's Tiger Bait text article

Synopsis fashion and makeup tips
Script Barbara Friedlander ? [as Cookie]
Pencils Joe Orlando (illustrations)
Inks Joe Orlando (illustrations)
Letters typeset

1 page The Quiet Man cartoon

Genre gags
Pencils Mort Drucker ?
Inks Mort Drucker ?
Notes five gag cartoons