Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	February-March 1969
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Joe Orlando

Cover Details

Characters	Scooter; Cookie; Penny; Sylvester; Malibu; Kenny
Genre	teen
Pencils	Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Inks	Henry Scarpelli ?

9 page Swing with Scooter story "TV Is Not TV!"

Characters	Scooter; Cookie; Sylvester; Penny; Kenny (cameo); Malibu (cameo); Cynthia (cameo)
Synopsis	Scooter "stars" in his first TV commercial.
Genre	teen
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Doug Crane
Inks	Henry Scarpelli

1 page Cookie story "Scooter, I'm on a cooking kick."

Characters	Scooter; Cookie
Synopsis	Cookie's cooking goes for naught.
Genre	teen
Pencils	Doug Crane ?
Inks	Henry Scarpelli ?

1 page Sylvester story "How do you like living at prep school, Sylvester?"

Characters	Scooter; Sylvester
Synopsis	Is Sylvester really so popular at school?
Genre	teen
Pencils	Doug Crane (signed)
Inks	Henry Scarpelli (signed)

5 page Swing with Scooter story "Smarty Party"

Characters	Scooter; Penny; Cookie; Sylvester (cameo)
Synopsis	Penny tries to keep Scooter and Cookie apart.
Genre	teen
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Doug Crane (signed)
Inks	Henry Scarpelli (signed)

1 page Penny story "Hi, Scooter! Would you like some help..."

Characters	Scooter; Penny
Synopsis	Penny is foiled again!
Genre	teen
Pencils	Doug Crane ?
Inks	Henry Scarpelli ?

1 page Dates 'n' Mates illustration "Bury the hatchet... and pass the peace pipe..."

Synopsis	fashion page
Pencils	Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Inks	Henry Scarpelli

1 page Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales promo (ad from the publisher) "The Big One Is Here!"

Genre	war
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
Letters	Gaspar Saladino
Notes	house ad for Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #203 [80 Page Giant #G-56], on sale December 10

6 page Kenny story "Date Bait!"

Characters	Kenny; Cookie; Shelly; Penny; Malibu; Sylvester; Kitty Ferl
Genre	teen
Pencils	Bob Oksner
Inks	Bob Oksner ?
Notes	This appears to be a story reprinted from Leave it to Binky (DC, 1948 series) which has been relettered and altered to approximate the Swing with Scooter characters.
Reprinted	from ?

1 page Leave It to Binky promo (ad from the publisher) "Don't Be Left Out in the Cold!"

Genre	teen
Pencils	Bob Oksner
Inks	Bob Oksner
Letters	Gaspar Saladino ?
Notes	house ad for Leave It to Binky (DC, 1968 series) #65, on sale December 10

1 page The Wonderful World of Comics text article "What Makes DC Run?"

Synopsis	Explanation of the creation process for a comic book from the initial discussion with the editor through production.
Genre	fact
Script	Mark Hanerfeld ?
Letters	typeset
Notes	number eight in a series

1 page Penny story "Sigh! There goes Scooter!"

Characters	Penny; Scooter; Penny's dad
Synopsis	Dad's advice backfires when Penny goes after Scooter.
Genre	teen
Pencils	Doug Crane ?
Inks	Henry Scarpelli ?

1 page Witching Hour promo (ad from the publisher) "Naturally... It Goes on Sale at Midnight"

Genre	horror
Pencils	Nick Cardy
Inks	Nick Cardy
Letters	Gaspar Saladino ?
Notes	house ad for Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #1, on sale December 19