Issue | #1 |
Published | March-April 1946 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | F. W. Ellsworth |
Notes | Indicia states "published bi-monthly by World's Best Comics Co". Most of the cover appears to be by Jack Kirby, inset picture of Houdini is from the last panel of the inside story by Sprang. |
Characters | Jean Laffite; Harry Houdini; Raffles |
Genre | Fact |
Pencils | Jack Kirby; Richard Sprang |
Inks | Jack Kirby; Richard Sprang |
Notes | Indicia states "published bi-monthly by World's Best Comics Co". Most of the cover appears to be by Jack Kirby, inset picture of Houdini is from the last panel of the inside story by Sprang. |
Synopsis | Table of contents, plus the editorial advisory board for "Superman DC Comic Magazines", including Pearl S. Buck and Gene Tunney. Also includes a list of all DC Comics being published at the time. |
Characters | Harry Houdini |
Synopsis | Biography of Houdini with emphasis on how he learned magic. |
Genre | Fact |
Pencils | Dick Sprang [as Richard Sprang] |
Inks | Dick Sprang [as Richard Sprang] |
Characters | Raffles; Bob Hope; Gracie Allen; Don Ameche; Zetta Wells; Tojo; Fred Allen; Dorothy Lamour |
Synopsis | Raffles is a mynah bird who became famous in the 1940's. |
Genre | Fact |
Synopsis | Ad for Wheaties breakfast cereal with big game hunters leading a group of natives packing Wheaties. |
Pencils | Rolland Coe (signed) |
Inks | Rolland Coe (signed) |
Synopsis | Tales of what the future will hold, from personal rocketpacks to a tunnel drilled right through the center of the earth. |
Genre | Science Fiction |
Script | Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed) |
Pencils | Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed) |
Inks | Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed) |
Letters | Howard Ferguson |
Reprinted | in Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #23 (August 1958); in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #69 (December 1957); in Hawkman (DC, 1964 series) #26 (June-July 1968); in New Gods, The (DC, 1971 series) #6 (December 1971-January 1972); in My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #43; in Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #4; in Green Lantern (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #8 |
Synopsis | Stories of brave firefighters in the woods. |
Genre | Fact |
Pencils | George Roussos (signed) |
Inks | George Roussos (signed) |
Synopsis | Page 1 has a magic trick involving which hand a coin is under, page 2 has three famous people to guess based on two clues each, page 3 has a mystery to solve on how to get to an island with two planks that are too short and page 4 has the answers to everything. |
Genre | Fact |
Pencils | Jon Small (signed) |
Inks | Jon Small (signed) |
Synopsis | Four facts including that if all the gold in the oceans was extracted, everybody in the world would have half a million dollars worth. |
Genre | Fact |
Synopsis | Six famous moments in history as captured in photographs (with the photographs re-drawn). |
Genre | Fact |
Pencils | George Russos [as Geo Russos] |
Inks | George Russos [as Geo Russos] |
Characters | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Synopsis | Article about stamp collecting and famous stamp collectors. |
Genre | Fact |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Pete Gray |
Synopsis | Facts about St. Louis Browns player Pete Gray who only had one arm. |
Genre | Fact |
Pencils | Phil Berube (signed) |
Inks | Phil Berube (signed) |
Synopsis | Facts about the beaver, told funny animal style. |
Genre | Fact |
Characters | Jean Lafitte |
Synopsis | Facts about a Jean Lafitte who warned the Americans that the British planned on invading New Orleans. |
Genre | Fact |
Script | Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Jack Kirby |
Reprinted | in Mister Miracle (DC, 1971 series) #4 (October 1971) |
Synopsis | Facts about the building and use of Madison Square Gardens, using large pictures on every page. |
Genre | Fact |
Pencils | Phil Berube (signed) |
Inks | Phil Berube (signed) |
Characters | Tom Jones |
Synopsis | Facts about Tom Jones, track and field coach at the University of Wisconsin. |
Genre | Fact |
Pencils | Rolland Coe ? |
Inks | Rolland Coe ? |
Characters | George Tweed |
Synopsis | The story of George Tweed, an American soldier who hid out on the island of Guam and caused trouble for the Japanese soldiers. |
Genre | Fact |
Script | ? [as B/S] |
Pencils | Fred Ray [as Fred Ray Jr.] |
Inks | Fred Ray [as Fred Ray Jr.] |
Notes | Signed "B/S Fred Ray Jr." |