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Issue: Beware the Creeper #1
Publication Date: May 1968
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Issues: #1 of 6 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/26/1968
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano
Disclose Notes: Publication date of 26 March 1968 was reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 22, Part 2, Periodicals, January-December 1968. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B417392.

Copy of this issue with arrival date of March 28 known to exist.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Where Lurks The Menace?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko [as Ditko] (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko [as Ditko] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Creeper
Character(s): The Creeper [Jack Ryder]; The Terror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Creeper by Steve Ditko #[nn] published May 2010
as Where Lurks The Menace? [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Where Lurks the Menace?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Ditko (plot); Denny O'Neil [as Sergius O'Shaugnessy] (script)
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Charlotte Jetter
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Creeper
Character(s): The Creeper [Jack Ryder]; The Terror; Jurgan; Vera Sweet; Bill Brane; "Baldy" Pate; Gerk Kreg; Vance Cleary; Hack Axeley; Ida Horn
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #62 published April 1970
as Where Lurks the Menace? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Creeper by Steve Ditko #[nn] published May 2010
as Where Lurks The Menace? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 21.5
Disclose Notes: Strip continues from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #73. Pages 8, 16, and 23 of the story are 0.5 pages of art each.
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Will Our New Western Hero... Save the West? Or Ruin It?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy ?
Inker(s): Nick Cardy ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Bat Lash
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On bottom half of page 8 of the story.

House ad promoting the upcoming premiere of Bat Lash in Showcase (DC, 1955 series) #76 (August 1968), though neither character nor comic are named; he looks scruffy in silhouette, not well-dressed as Bat Lash would be.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Cap's Hobby Hints
First Line: Mr. Mason, the druggist, gave me some empty medicine capsules to use on my models.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: "Thanks to - Brian Welsh Toronto, Canada" (presumably for idea).
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Giordano
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko; Dick Giordano
Inker(s): Steve Ditko; Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Creeper's Corner
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Editorial by Giordano for upcoming letters section. Creeper illustration by Ditko and Giordano caricature by Giordano.
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Who Are They? What Are They?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Angel and the Ape
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: At the bottom half of page 16 of the story.
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2 Boys as Different and Right and Wrong

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling (Bomba cover); Neal Adams (Spectre cover)
Inker(s): Jack Sparling (Bomba cover); Neal Adams (Spectre cover)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino (Bomba cover ?, Spectre cover)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Bomba; Spectre
Character(s): Bomba; Tina; Spectre; Hamilton Benedict
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: In between pages 16 and 17 of the story.

Promotional advertisement for Bomba the Jungle Boy (DC, 1967 Series) #5 (May-June 1968) and The Spectre (DC, 1967 Series) #4 (May-June 1968).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Billy
Character(s): Billy
First Line: Billy, weren't you supposed to work on the lawn today?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #62 published April 1970
as Billy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6615
Disclose Notes: Appears at the bottom half of page 23 of this issue's story.

This appears to be a comic strip, not an ad, but with "product placement" for the Skittles game by Aurora
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Neal Adams (Action Comics and Adventure Comics covers)
Inker(s): Neal Adams (Action Comics and Adventure Comics covers)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Direct Currents
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional page of upcoming DC comics and their on sale dates. Including Adventure Comics #368 (on sale March 28th), Doom Patrol #119 (on sale March 21st), Strange Adventures #212 (on sale March 28th), Detective Comics #375 (on sale March 28th), and Action Comics #363 (on sale March 28th).
Shows cover art for Adventure Comics #368 and Action Comics #363.

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