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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published December 1975
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Gerry Conway; Paul Levitz (assistant editor)

Cover Details

Characters Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]
Genre superhero; occult
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Cover colors and letters credits from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker, July 2010.
Reprinted in Immortal Doctor Fate, The (DC, 1985 series) #1 (January 1985)

1 page Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies advertisement "Batman and the Captive Commissioner"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; the three Svengali brothers (criminals)
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes Inside front cover. Comics ad for Hostess Fruit Pies from ITT Continental Baking Company.

18 page Dr. Fate story "Dr. Fate"

Characters Anubis (flashback); Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Dr. Magill; Inza Nelson; Khalis (priest); Nabu (wizard, flashback); Prof. Anderson (museum curator); Sven Nelson (Kent Nelson's father, archeologist, flashback)
Genre superhero; occult
Script Martin Pasko
Pencils Walter Simonson [as Walt Simonson]
Inks Walter Simonson [as Walt Simonson]
Notes Set in Boston, with flashback to ancient Egypt.
Reprinted in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #3 (July-August 1980); in Immortal Doctor Fate, The (DC, 1985 series) #1 (January 1985); in Art of Walter Simonson, The (DC, 1989 series) #1 (September 1989)

1 page Tournament of Thrills advertisement "Tournament of Thrills"

Characters Daredevil Dan
Genre sports
Notes Comics ad for the Tournament of Thrills toy from Kenner.

2 page Tarzan; Aurora toys; Pom Poms advertisement "Tarzan Discovers the Land of the Prehistoric Animals"

Characters Tarzan; Tyrannosaurus Rex
Genre jungle; period
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)
Notes Comics ad for the Aurora prehistoric animal toys offered in Pom Poms candy from Nabisco.

1 page text article "The Story Behind the Story"

Script ?; Martin Pasko
Pencils Walter Simonson (self-portrait, signed)
Inks Walter Simonson (self-portrait, signed)
Colors ? (portrait)
Letters typeset