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Issue: The Amazing World of DC Comics #1
Publication Date: July 1974
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
On Sale Date: 07/04/1974
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
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Price: $1.50 USD
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Content Items: 20 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Carl Gafford (managing); Allan Asherman (contributing); Paul Levitz (contributing); Guy H. Lillian III (contributing); Steve Mitchell (contributing); Bob Rozakis (contributing)
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Publication Type: Fanzine
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: magazine
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; smooth white interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Infantino's Characters

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Carmine Infantino (signed)
Carmine Infantino (signed)
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Amazing World of DC Comics
Swamp Thing (inset); Wonder Woman (inset); The Shadow (inset); Sgt. Rock (inset); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (inset); Superman (inset); Batman; Kamandi (inset); The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Cain (inset); Aquaman (inset); Tarzan (inset); Adam Strange; Black Canary; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kid Flash; Johnny Thunder; Detective Chimp; Elongated Man; Captain Boomerang
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Adventures of Superman

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Amazing World of DC Comics
Superman; Lois Lane
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Photo still of George Reeves and Noel Neill from early 1955 as Superman and Lois Lane from "Adventures of Superman," the 1952 TV show. Inside front cover.
Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Amazing World of DC Comics
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Miscellaneous
1
The Celebrated Mr. K: Joe Kubert

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Guy H. Lillian III
Joe Kubert
Joe Kubert
typeset
Subject Matter
Amazing World of DC Comics
Joe Kubert; Tarzan; Enemy Ace; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Firehair; Easy Company [Sgt. Rock; Bulldozer; Ice Cream Soldier; Zack; Wee Willie; Sunny; Nick; Junior; Archie]; Rip Hunter; Viking Prince; Nightmaster
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Miscellaneous
8
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Direct Currents
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Miscellaneous
7
July and August comic listings.
Wonder Woman: TV Super-Agent

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Gafford
typeset
Subject Matter
Amazing World of DC Comics
Wonder Woman; Queen Hippolyta
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Article on the "Wonder Woman" ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week.
The Adventures of Superman

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Allan Asherman
typeset
Subject Matter
Amazing World of DC Comics
Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen
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Miscellaneous
4
Article on "Adventures of Superman" TV show from 1952.
Meet the Woodchucks

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
biography
Amazing World of DC Comics
Carl Gafford; Steve Mitchell; Paul Levitz; Sol Harrison; Allan Asherman; Bob Rozakis; Guy H. Lillian III; E. Nelson Bridwell
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Miscellaneous
1
The Shadow

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Kaluta (signed)
Mike Kaluta (signed)
Subject Matter
superhero
Amazing World of DC Comics
The Shadow
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Miscellaneous
2
Centerfold illustration of the Shadow, originally intended for The Shadow (DC, 1973 series), probably #5. It was never printed because interior artist Frank Robbins was inspired to do the cover as well.
Sol Harrison

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Allan Asherman
Sergio Aragones (Artist's Nightmare panel); ?
Sergio Aragones (Artist's Nightmare panel); ?
typeset
Subject Matter
informational
remembering...
Sol Harrison
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Miscellaneous
2
Sol Harrison remembers the early years of comic book publishing. Includes a small gag panel called "Artist's Nightmare" by Sergio Aragones on the second page.
William Finger (1914-1974)

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
E. Nelson Bridwell
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?
typeset
Subject Matter
biography, superhero
In Memoriam
Batman; Bill Finger
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Miscellaneous
1
Biography of Bill Finger, accompanied by an illustration of Batman.
Sergio Takes a Look at DC

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Amazing World of DC Comics
Batman
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Miscellaneous
1
The Letter Column All-Stars of Tomorrow

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Rozakis
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Amazing World of DC Comics
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Letters to DC from younger fans.
Yesteryear

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
E. Nelson Bridwell
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Amazing World of DC Comics
Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Batman; Robin; Superman; Julius Schwartz; Jimmy Olsen
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Miscellaneous
1
Murder, Inc!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Mike Royer
?
Jack Kirby
Subject Matter
crime
In the Days of the Mob
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Miscellaneous
10
Unpublished story intended for In the Days of the Mob (DC, 1971 series) #2.
How a Comic Is Created

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Levitz
Joe Kubert; ?
Joe Kubert; ?
typeset
Subject Matter
Amazing World of DC Comics
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2.5
Article continues in next issue.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
The Amazing World of Letters
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Miscellaneous
0.5
A call for letters, as well as an index to the characters on the cover.
It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman... in Technicolor

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Steve Mitchell
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Amazing World of DC Comics
Superman
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
A guide to the Superman cartoon series by the Fleischer studio.
[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Rozakis
typeset
Subject Matter
Amazing World of Puzzles
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
Hawkman

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Kubert (signed)
Joe Kubert (signed)
Subject Matter
superhero
Amazing World of DC Comics
Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkman [Shiera Sanders]
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Miscellaneous
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Artwork from one of Joe Kubert's first DC assignments. Back cover.

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