Issue | #61 |
Published | March-April 1966 |
Frequency | Bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.12 |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Characters | The Spectre |
Genre | Super-hero; Occult |
Pencils | Murphy Anderson |
Inks | Murphy Anderson |
Script | Jack Schiff |
Pencils | Bernard Baily |
Inks | Bernard Baily |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Notes | This item appears on the inside front cover, in black and white. In the title, the word "You" is underlined. |
Characters | The Spectre; Shathan (villain); Azmodus (flashback) |
Synopsis | The Spectre battles the demonic Shathan the Eternal. |
Genre | Super-hero; Occult |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Murphy Anderson |
Inks | Murphy Anderson |
Notes | Single picture of The Spectre from page 3, panel 1 is reprinted in The Spectre #10 with a background of a business envelope. May have been used as or intended for use as a letter column head. Source and speculation from Ted Watson via the error-list (October 2007) Credits for script, pencils and inks (all of which are given in the splash panel) confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008]. Story is divided into three parts, with page 6, 16 and 24 being 0.66 each, 6 & 24 each having a house ad beneath, while 16 has Sequence 7. |
Reprinted | in Spectre, The (DC, 1967 series) #10 (Spectre figure only); in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #492 (October 1982) |
Synopsis | Promotional capsule descriptions for Blackhawk #219, Hawkman #13, Lois Lane #64, Our Fighting Forces #99, 80 Page Giant--The Flash #160, Sugar and Spike #64, Tales of the Unexpected #94, Star Spangled War Stories #126 and Superboy #128. |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | This feature appears on the bottom half of the page following Sequence 2, p. 6, shared with a paid ad. |
Characters | Cap |
Synopsis | Formerly the humor cartoon Cap's Hobby Shop, the feature turns serious, here giving some general helpful tips to model enthusiasts. It also asks readers to send in their own, with those whose submissions are depicted receiving $5.00 and the original artwork. The vast majority of subsequent entries would be based on readers' submissions. |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Notes | This item appears on the top half of the page following Sequence 3, with Sequence 5 below it. |
Synopsis | A description of the distinctions between the three titular weather phenomena. |
Genre | Fact |
Notes | Appears beneath Sequence 4. |
Synopsis | Four one-panel gag-cartoons, all involving ghost-like angels on clouds. |
Genre | Humor |
Script | Mort Drucker |
Pencils | Mort Drucker (signed) |
Inks | Mort Drucker (signed) |
Letters | Mort Drucker |
Notes | Follows the page with Sequences 4 & 5, between pages 6 & 7 of the main story. |
Synopsis | The annual legal requirement. |
Script | Irwin Donenfeld (signed) |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | This appears on the bottom third of the main story's page 16. |
Synopsis | One reader's letter each, after an editorial introduction, on the two Dr. Fate/Hourman team-ups in Showcase #s 55 & 56, and the Starman/Black Canary ones in Brave & Bold #s 61 & 62. |
Script | Julius Schwartz (?) |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Appears between pages 16 & 17 of the main story. |