My Greatest Adventure #40
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- February 1960
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Silver Age size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/15495
Credits
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, Editor
- Murray Boltinoff, Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, Associate Editor
Issue contents
Cover
We Found the Ice-Age Giant!
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Art
- Bob Brown, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #25 ([May 1960?]) — We Found the Ice-Age Giant!
- Printed in
- Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #46 (1960)
- Mi Gran Aventura (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #18
1Featuring
- Feature
- Frontier Cabin
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Hi-Power Binoculars
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
3Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Howard Purcell, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #25 ([May 1960?]) — We Battled the Storm Creature
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Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #25 ([May 1960?])
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Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #74 ([June 1971?]) — We Battled the Storm Creature
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Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #74 ([June 1971?])
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Haunted Tales (Murray, 1977 series) #31 ([May 1978?]) — We Battled the Storm Creature
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Haunted Tales (Murray, 1977 series) #31 ([May 1978?])
- Printed in
- Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #31 (May 1978)
- Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #46 (1960)
Synopsis
A strange meteorite reacts with rainstorms to create a monstrous creature.
4Credits
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Statement of October 1, 1959
Owner: National Comics Publications, Inc., H. Donenfeld, J. S. Liebowitz, P. H. Sampliner, G. Donenfeld, S. U. Sampliner, F. Iger, I. Donenfeld; S. Iger, A. Donenfeld, J. S. Liebowitz and A.S. Herzog as trustees for I. Donenfeld and S. Donenfeld, I. Rappaport and A. S. Herzog as trustees for L. Liebowitz and J. H. Liebowitz, H. Donenfeld Foundation, Inc., all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.
5Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction; math & science
Credits
- Writing
- Mort Drucker, scripter
- Art
- Mort Drucker, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Mort Drucker, letterer
Reprint history
6Featuring
- Feature
- Continental Schools, Inc.
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
7Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Superboy
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Schiff, scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Synopsis
Superboy shows some children how they can be useful as volunteers in many places.
Notes
published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
8Featuring
- Feature
- Justice League
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Mike Sekowsky, penciller
- Murphy Anderson, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Notes
house ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1956 series) #28 [first Justice League of America], on sale December 29
9Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- George Roussos, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Stan Starkman, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Century Plus Comic (Color Comics, 1960 series) #49 ([June 1960?]) — I Led the Sinister Safari
- Printed in
- Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #30 (septembre 1960)
- Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #41 (1979)
Synopsis
A missing scientist has been captured by aliens who want his latest invention for their own evil purposes, and he pretends to join them, sacrificing his life to defeat them.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Unexpected; House of Mystery; Strange Adventures
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
11"Look at this rare bone I dug up!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Peter Puptent, Explorer
- Genre
- Humour
- Characters
- Peter Puptent
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art
- Henry Boltinoff, penciller [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
Reprint history
12Featuring
- Genre
- Drama
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Miller, author
- Text
- , typeset
Synopsis
A race car driver spots a dangerous situation along the course and sacrifices his lead to save the lives of the drivers behind him.
13Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ruben Moreira, line art
- Ruben Moreira, penciller [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Stan Starkman, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #25 ([May 1960?]) — We Found the Ice-Age Giant
-
Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #25 ([May 1960?])
-
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #76 ([August 1971?]) — We Found the Ice-Age Giant
- Printed in
- Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #46 (1960)
Synopsis
Excavation for a new railroad line revives a giant caveman that was frozen in ice for thousands of years, and revives his nemesis as well -- a giant woolly mammoth!
14Featuring
- Feature
- Batman and Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Notes
house ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #129
15Featuring
- Feature
- Aircraft Carrier
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
16Featuring
- Feature
- 150 Civil War Soldiers
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
17Featuring
- Feature
- Stephens Credit Sales
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
18Featuring
- Feature
- Jowett Institute of Body Building
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
19Featuring
- Feature
- Wilson Chemical Co.
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
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