Issue | #15 |
Published | July 2009 |
Cover Price | 2.50 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Rachel Gluckstern |
Characters | Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry] (inset; head shot); Batman [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent] (head shot); The Flash [Wally West] (head shot); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana] (head shot); Green Lantern [John Stewart] (head shot) |
Synopsis | J. Bone confirmed on 2009 April 27 that he colors his covers to this series. |
Genre | All-Ages; Superhero |
Pencils | J. Bone |
Inks | J. Bone |
Colors | J. Bone |
Letters | ?; typeset |
Notes | Ads for the book series The Mysterious Benedict Society from Little Brown on inside front cover, with word search; for Lego's Glatorian Bionicle sets after Pg. 4 of Seq. 2; for the book series Rumblewick's Diary from Little Brown on inside back cover; and for Toxic Waste Candy from Candy Dynamics on back cover. |
Characters | Super Friends [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]]; The Unknown (first appearance in this identity); Robin [Tim Drake] (see notes); Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); Bat-Hound (cameo); Bat-Mite |
Synopsis | As his fellow Super Friends disappear one by one, Batman is presented with one of the strangest mysteries of his career. |
Genre | All-Ages; Superhero |
Script | Sholly Fisch |
Pencils | J. Bone |
Inks | J. Bone |
Colors | ? [as Heroic Age] |
Letters | Travis Lanham |
Notes | Story is broken into three chapters. Title is initially given as "?" and later revealed to be "The Case of the Baffling Birthday". // Kaye Daye (of Earth-One's Mystery Analysts of Gotham City) is referenced as a mystery novelist. Robin is not formally identified as Tim Drake in-story but he appears younger than The Flash, who has been established as Wally West, Dick Grayson's contemporary. |
Characters | Wonder Woman; Bat-Mite; Batman |
Synopsis | Wonder Woman asks readers to identify the real Batman among close copies made by Bat-Mite. |
Genre | All-Ages; Superhero |
Script | Sholly Fisch |
Pencils | J. Bone |
Inks | J. Bone |
Letters | Travis Lanham |
Notes | This sequence appears after Pg. 5 of Seq. 2. |
Notes | House ads for the DC Kids website and the Jonny DC series Tiny Titans, Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Scooby-Doo, Cartoon Network Action Pack (featuring Ben 10 Alien Force), Cartoon Network Block Party, and Looney Tunes printed before Pgs. 9, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 of "Man's Best Super-Friend". |
Characters | Green Lantern [John Stewart]; The Flash [Wally West] |
Synopsis | Readers are invited to cut out a figure of Wally West in his civilian clothes and outfit him in his Flash costume. |
Genre | All-Ages; Superhero |
Script | Sholly Fisch |
Pencils | J. Bone |
Inks | J. Bone |
Letters | Travis Lanham |
Notes | This sequence appears after Pg. 10 of Seq. 2. |
Characters | Superman; Aquaman; Batman; Robin |
Synopsis | Readers are informed that this year marks Batman's 70th anniversary, and presented with a cut-out illustration. |
Genre | All-Ages; Superhero |
Script | Sholly Fisch |
Pencils | J. Bone (see notes) |
Inks | J. Bone |
Letters | Travis Lanham |
Notes | This sequence appears after Pg. 17 of Seq. 2. Illustration homages Carmine Infantino & Murphy Anderson's classic rooftop scene of the Dynamic Duo -- seen, among other places, on the dustjacket of Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown, 1971 series). |
Characters | Mister Mxyzptlk; Super Friends [Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Green Lantern; The Flash; Aquaman] |
Genre | All-Ages; Superhero |
Script | Sholly Fisch |
Pencils | Ty Templeton |
Inks | Ty Templeton |
Letters | ?; typeset |
Notes | This sequence appears immediately after Seq. 6. |
Synopsis | Jonny DC answers readers' mail and displays artwork. Page also includes the Super Friends Secret Code key. |
Notes | Letter writers are Jonah Eves, age 5; Cole H., age 11; Eve P., age 6; and Keira Stoeckig, age 6. Artwork is from Mohanad Huthyfa, age 8; Eves; Cole H.; and Stoeckig; plus a photo from Eve P. |
Synopsis | The last interior page hypes this month's Jonny DC releases with blurbs and cover art. DC Comics masthead and indicia are at bottom of page. |
Notes | The releases in question are Super Friends #15, Cartoon Network Block Party #57, Looney Tunes #174, Batman: The Brave and the Bold #5, Cartoon Network Action Pack #37, Tiny Titans #16, Scooby-Doo #144, and Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade #6. |