Issue | #1 |
Published | October-December 1965 |
Frequency | quarterly |
Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Don Arneson |
Characters | Nukla [Matthew Gibbs] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Rocco Mastroserio |
Inks | Sal Trapani |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Cover touts the Origin of Nukla. |
Synopsis | Information about the U-2 plane. |
Genre | fact |
Pencils | Sal Trapani ? |
Inks | Sal Trapani ? |
Notes | Art appears to be the same as the main story. Inside front cover. |
Characters | Nukla [Matthew Gibbs]; General Mu; Loli; "Poodles" |
Synopsis | CIA agent Matthew Gibbs is transformed into Nukla when he is obliterated by an atomic blast while on mission over China. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Gill |
Pencils | Sal Trapani |
Inks | Sal Trapani |
Notes | Similarly to the later origin of Dr. Manhattan in The Watchmen, Matthew Gibbs reconstitutes himself by manipulating atoms, using his consciousness after he is physically obliterated. |
Characters | Nukla [Matthew Gibbs]; Soviet pilots; Colonel Williams; Jim Clarke; Janie; Linda; Luis De Mal (photo) |
Synopsis | Matthew Gibbs reports to his CIA chief, Jim Clarke, and is given a first assignment for his new persona as Nukla. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Gill |
Pencils | Sal Trapani |
Inks | Sal Trapani |
Characters | Nukla [Matthew Gibbs]; Luis De Mal; Dr. Schmidt; Queen Louise Helena Elizabeth De Varigny Y Montesa |
Synopsis | Matthew Gibbs assumes the name of Laszlo Von Haarte to visit Luis De Mal and learn his plans, but is poisoned and imprisoned before he can inform anyone. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Gill |
Pencils | Sal Trapani |
Inks | Sal Trapani |
Characters | Nukla [Matthew Gibbs]; Luis De Mal; Linda; Jim Clarke |
Synopsis | As Nukla, Matthew Gibbs destroys all the instruments of De Mal's plot to detonate a nuclear bomb in a small country's harbor, including De Mal. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Gill |
Pencils | Sal Trapani |
Inks | Sal Trapani |
Notes | Nukla uses his atomic powers to change fissionable material into silica. |
Synopsis | Ad for poster. |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | inside back cover |
Synopsis | Ad for rings. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | inside back cover |
Synopsis | Ad for Christmas card sales. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | back cover |