Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly #35

Published
April 1959
Page count
100
Cover price
2/- [0-2-0 AUP]
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
 
Colour Comics Pty Ltd

Credits

Editing
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Show/hide Cover Untitled (Johnny Thunder) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Johnny Thunder
Genre
Western

Credits

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Jack Adler

Reprint history

First print
United States
All Star Western (DC, 1951 series) #103 (October-November 1958)
Show/hide 1. Duel for the Chief's Bonnet (Johnny Thunder) Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

Feature
Johnny Thunder
Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Script
Robert Kanigher
Art
Gil Kane
Editing
Julius Schwartz

Reprint history

First print
United States
All Star Western (DC, 1951 series) #103 (October-November 1958)
Show/hide 2. I Was the Robinson Crusoe of Space Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 3. Scientific Word Origins (Scientific Word Origins) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"Amoeba--one of the simplist forms of animal life--comes from the Greek word Amoibe..."

Featuring

Feature
Scientific Word Origins
Genre
Non-Fiction
Show/hide 4. The Fantastic Wishing Well Comic story, 6 pages
Show/hide 5. Curious Comets (Curious Comets) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"The Earth passed through the tail of Tebutt's Comet on June 30, 1861..."

Featuring

Feature
Curious Comets
Genre
Non-Fiction
Show/hide 6. The Six Strangest Sleuths (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Charles Paris
Letters
Pat Gordon
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth

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First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #101 (August 1956)
Show/hide 7. Duel of the Indian Chiefs (Pow-Wow Smith Indian Law Man) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Pow-Wow Smith Indian Law Man
Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Script
France Herron
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (editor)
Julius Schwartz (assistant)

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First print
United States
Western Comics (DC, 1948 series) #52 (July-August 1955)
Show/hide 8. The Menace of the Electric Man (Aquaman) Comic story, 6 pages
Show/hide 9. Solar System Sizes (Solar System Sizes) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"Asteroids are small planet-like bodies whose orbits lie mostly between Mars and Jupiter..."

Featuring

Feature
Solar System Sizes
Genre
Non-Fiction
Show/hide 10. The Spaceman Who Came to Dinner Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Genre
Science fiction

Credits

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Manny Stallman
Inks
John Giunta
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Julius Schwartz (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #98 (November 1958)
Also printed
United States
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #236 (May-June 1972)
 
Australia
Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #93 ([January 1973?])
Show/hide 11. Scientific Word Origins (Scientific Word Origins) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"When the German chemist Kloproth discovered a new element in 1789 he named it Uranium..."

Featuring

Feature
Scientific Word Origins
Genre
Non-Fiction

Credits

Editing
Whitney Ellsworth

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First print
United States
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #26 (February 1958)
Show/hide 12. Peg (Peg) Comic story, 1 page

"Hello Peg, how was school today?"

Featuring

Feature
Peg
Genre
Humour

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Show/hide 13. The Four Seeds of Destiny Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
Fantasy

Credits

Art
George Roussos
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth

Reprint history

First print
United States
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #8 (December 1956)
Show/hide 14. The King of Cages (Congo Bill with Janu the Jungle Boy) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Congo Bill with Janu the Jungle Boy
Genre
Jungle

Credits

Script
Jack Miller
Art
Howard Sherman
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Mort Weisinger (actual)

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First print
United States
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #246 (November 1958)
Show/hide 15. A Date with Disaster Comic story, 6 pages

Credits

Art
Lou Cameron
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth

Reprint history

First print
United States
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #79 (October 1958)
Show/hide 16. The Mystery of the Fantastic Footprints (The Adventures of Rex The Wonder Dog) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Adventures of Rex The Wonder Dog
Genre
Animal

Credits

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Bernard Sachs
Editing
Julius Schwartz

Reprint history

Also printed
United States
The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog (DC, 1952 series) #42 (November-December 1958)

Synopsis

Rex and his reporter friend Paul Henley travel to the himalayas to find the abominable snowman.

Show/hide 17. Amazing Ratios (Amazing Ratios) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"Atoms are so tiny that if an ordinary room were magnified to the same degree..."

Featuring

Feature
Amazing Ratios
Genre
Non-Fiction
Show/hide 18. The Pied Piper of the Sea Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
Fantasy

Credits

Script
Otto Binder
Art
Bill Ely
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth

Reprint history

First print
United States
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #32 (November 1954)
Show/hide 19. The Unknown Hero of Rocky City (The Trigger Twins) Comic story, 10 pages

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Spiros Xenos

AusReprints ID

  • 37823

Entry created

  • 25/12/2009

Cover added

  • 21/01/2014

Index completed

  • 25/04/2010

Last updated

  • 21/01/2014