Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly #27

Published
August 1958
Page count
100
Cover price
2/- [0-2-0 AUP]
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Square bound
Format
Comic series
Branding
100 pages
 
100 pages
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
 
Colour Comics Pty Ltd

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Superman's New Face! (Superman) Cover, 1 page

"Superman, confess! Admit that you're wearing that mask because you now resemble the alien in this sketch!"

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superman

Credits

Art
Curt Swan, penciller
 
Stan Kaye, inker
Colours
, colourist
 
, colourist
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, original Managing Editor
 
Mort Weisinger, original Assistant Editor
 
George Kashdan, original Assistant Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #239 (April 1958)
Superman's New Face
Show/hide 1. Stamps on Approval (Seven Seas Stamps) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Seven Seas Stamps
Show/hide 2. Superman’s New Face (Superman) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
 
Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
Art
Wayne Boring, penciller
 
Stan Kaye, inker
 
Wayne Boring, penciller
 
Stan Kaye, inker
Editing
Mort Weisinger, editor
 
Mort Weisinger, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #239 (April 1958)
Superman's New Face
Also printed
United States
Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3 (Summer 1961)
Superman's New Face
 
Australia
Giant Superman Album (KG Murray, 1973 series) #22 ([November 1973?])
Superman's New Face
Show/hide 3. The Creature from the Green Lagoon (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Cory Blane (film producer); Professor Carter (technical producer); Charles Devon (big-game hunter, technical producer); Tod Martin (villain, Blane's assistant, introduction); Locto [mechanical creature] (villain, death)

Credits

Writing
David Wood, scripter [as Dave Wood]
 
David Wood, scripter [as Dave Wood]
Art
Sheldon Moldoff, penciller [as Bob Kane]
 
Charles Paris, inker
 
Sheldon Moldoff, penciller [as Bob Kane]
 
Charles Paris, inker
Text
, letterer
 
, letterer
 
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
 
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #252 (February 1958)
The Creature from the Green Lagoon
Also printed
United States
Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #6 (Winter 1963-64)
The Creature from the Green Lagoon
 
Australia
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #6 ([December 1964?])
The Creature from the Green Lagoon
 
United States
DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([August] 2010)
The Creature From the Green Lagoon

Synopsis

A film producer friend of Batman's on Skull Island sends for the Dynamic Duo and shows them a set he has built for a movie in production...a wall to keep out a creature that is wrecking his production equipment and preventing the movie from being completed for some unknown reason.

Show/hide 4. The Timid Sheriff of Elkhorn! (Pow-Wow Smith) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Pow-Wow Smith
Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Writing
Gardner Fox, scripter
 
Gardner Fox, scripter
 
Gardner Fox, scripter
Art
Carmine Infantino, penciller
 
Joe Giella, inker
 
Carmine Infantino, penciller
 
Joe Giella, inker
 
Carmine Infantino, penciller
 
Joe Giella, inker
Text
Gaspar Saladino, letterer
 
Gaspar Saladino, letterer
 
Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual)
 
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual)
 
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Western Comics (DC, 1948 series) #69 (May-June 1958)
The Timid Sheriff of Elkhorn!
Show/hide 5. Untitled (Casey the Cop) Comic story, 1 page

"Hello, Bill I've got the afternoon off and a couple of free passes with me. Care to join me?"

Featuring

Feature
Casey the Cop
Genre
Humour
Characters
Casey the Cop; Bill

Credits

Writing
Henry Boltinoff, scripter
 
Henry Boltinoff, scripter
 
Henry Boltinoff, scripter
Art
Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
 
Henry Boltinoff, line art
 
, inker [signed ]
 
Henry Boltinoff, line art
Text
Henry Boltinoff, letterer
 
Henry Boltinoff, letterer
 
Henry Boltinoff, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #76 (April-May 1953)
Untitled
Also printed
Australia
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #43 ([January 1954])
Untitled
 
United Kingdom
Super Adventure Comic (KGM, 1952 series) #43 (April 1954)
Untitled
 
United States
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #239 (April 1958)
Traffic Cop Relaxes by Going to the Auto Races

Notes

Henry Boltinoff's signature has been removed from this reprint.

Show/hide 6. Get Big Husky Muscles! (Gym Supplies Co.) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Gym Supplies Co.
Code
C 1/8/58

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