Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	October-December 1965
Frequency	quarterly
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Don Arneson

Cover Details

Characters	Nukla [Matthew Gibbs]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Rocco Mastroserio
Inks	Sal Trapani
Letters	typeset
Notes	Cover touts the Origin of Nukla.

1 page story "The U-2"

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.

8 page Nukla story "The Origin of Nukla"

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.

8 page Nukla story "The Power of Nukla"

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

6 page Nukla story "Nukla Meets the Evil Prince"

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

10 page Nukla story "Doomsday...minus 2 Minutes"

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.

Half page Alexander Sales advertisement "World's Biggest Life-Size Poster of The Beatles"

Synopsis	Ad for poster.
Pencils	? (photo)
Inks	? (photo)
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside back cover

Half page Empire advertisement "Personalized Identification Rings"

Synopsis	Ad for rings.
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside back cover

1 page Wallace Brown, Inc. advertisement "If You Know Just 10 People..."

Synopsis	Ad for Christmas card sales.
Letters	typeset
Notes	back cover