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Issue: Colossal Comic Annual #5
Publication Date: August 1958
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Issues: #5 of 5 Issues
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Publisher: FlagK. G. Murray
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Indicia Publisher: The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd
On Sale Date: (not set)
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Pages: 148
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: 42.0 pence GBQ 0-3-6
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Content Items: 17 (16 stories, 1 cover)
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First Line: 148 pages!
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Lois Lane - Queen of the Amazons!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): A tribe of Amazons (introduction); Manya
Synopsis: Under a mysterious spell, Lois joins a tribe of Amazon women in the Amazon jungle.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Previously credited to Bill Woolfolk, but not in his pay records according to Martin O'Hearn.
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The Isle of Menace!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; the Planner; Joyce; Paul
Synopsis: A crime boss creates a secret identity as the Planner in order to get other racketeers to pay him to get rid of Superboy.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: DC logos and “Superboy” banner removed from every page of story. Screentone textures and shades added to all pages. pp2: wording “One Million Dollars” changed to “£100,000”; “Here’s Fifty G’s!” changed to “Here’s fifty”; “We are ten grand over the million” changed to “We are ten thousand over”; and word balloon “You guys are pikers. Here’s $200,000” deleted. pp3: wording “And this was my favorite rod!” changed to “And this was my favorite gun!”. pp7: wording “I have a hunch whoever learns who he is won’t live long!” changed to ““I have a hunch whoever learns it will be sorry!” pp9: wording “It’s that same gang committing a crime.” changed to “It’s that same gang”.
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The Walking Mummy!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Andrews (villain, introduction); Kiron (villain, introduction, flashback); Professor Brink; unnamed gem shop owners; Punchy Pete
Synopsis: An ancient mummy comes to life and goes on a crime spree in Gotham.
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The Invisible Bandit of Grizzly Gulch!

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Genres: western
Character(s): Matt; Milo; Tex Larkin
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Pages: 6
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Lois Lane Loves Clark Kent!

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Genres: superhero
Synopsis: Lois' doctor advises her to try to transfer her love for Superman to a normal human, but her attempt to fall in love with Clark fails.
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When Superboy Was a Superbaby

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Genres: superhero
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The Origin of the Bat-Cave!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): unnamed museum curator; Professor Carter Nichols; Jeremy Coe (doubles as an Indian); a tribe of Indians (villains)
Synopsis: When the Caped Crusaders discover an ancient piece of pottery in the Bat-Cave, they have Professor Nichols send them back in time to see if they can discover the origin of this artifact.
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Disclose Notes: This story claims that Bruce Wayne bought Wayne Manor after he became Batman. Later stories contradict this account of events.
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The Two Baffling Clues!

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Genres: western
Character(s): Nappy Nelson; Pete Bellew
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Disclose Notes: Original story title: “Two Clues to Crime!”
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The Seventh Wonder of the World!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ali; Mä-Kläk (General of the King's soldiers); King Cheops; General Isen-Ho; Jo-Milla (court scribe); Na-Tse (villain, a high priest, dies)
Synopsis: On a way back from a case, Superman stops over in Egypt to admire the pyramids and is swept back into time by way of a time bridge to aid the forces of King Cheops against an evil high priest AND to actually build one of the pyramids!
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The Hobby Robber!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Humpty Dumpty (first appearance); The Hobby Robber (first appearance)
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: DC logos and “Superboy” banner removed from every page of story. Screentone textures and shades added to all pages. Page printed out of order: original pp6 as pp3. pp2: wording “Two Cents!” changed to “Sixpence!”. pp7: wording “the kind most Americans are used to!” changed to “the kind most of us are used to!”.
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The Synthetic Man

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Adam Newman [Johnny Marden] (athlete, introduction); Professor Vilmer (villain, introduction); Vilmer's men (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: A miffed college professor decides to get revenge on his former employer by creating what is believed to be a synthetic man and using him as a weapon, But Batman discovers that this creature is actually a human being being used by Vilmer, stops Vilmer and restores the athlete to his former self.
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Disclose Notes: Original story title: “The Synthetic Crime-King!”
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The Sweetheart of the Seven Seas!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Esther Grable
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Pages: 7
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Ellen, are you there? I found the door open!
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Super-Cowboy!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Slim Dawson; Norman Burwick; Paul Strong; Mr. Dunhill
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Pages: 12
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The Ghost of Gotham City!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Judge Whipple; District Attorney Robert J. Pierce; Judge Whipple; Dr. Paul Visio [as Rifle Rafferty] (villain, introduction); Lefty (villain)
Synopsis: A clever doctor uses a phony "ghost" of executed mobster Rifle Rafferty and a group of stool pigeons within Gotham City's mobs in order to convince the Police and the Dynamic Duo that Rafferty has come back from the dead to exact revenge.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Danny the Errand Boy
First Line: Sure, son! Presto's staying here!
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