Super DC Giant #S-13
Super DC Giant #S-13 holds a specific place in DC's Bronze Age publishing history as the launch issue of a quirky, double-sized anthology reprint series — and notably, it is dedicated entirely to DC's teen-humor line rather than superheroes, spotlighting Binky Biggs and his circle at a moment when that whole corner of the DC universe was only about a year away from cancellation. The issue also documents an unusual editorial practice: source stories drawn from multiple series (Leave It to Binky, Buzzy, and even Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis) were not merely reprinted but actively redrawn and retooled to consolidate characters under the Binky banner, giving collectors a rare look at 1970 DC's willingness to revise older material rather than simply photograph it. As the first issue of the Super DC Giant run — a series that would go on to collect key superhero and romance material across its remaining installments — S-13 establishes the eclectic ambition of the format even if its particular subject matter kept it off most collectors' radar for decades.
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Super DC Giant launched in the summer of 1970 under DC's reprint-anthology umbrella, part of a broader company strategy of packaging older material in larger, cheaper-to-produce formats that had characterized DC's 80-Page Giants and DC Special lines throughout the 1960s. The series began with #S-13 — the 'S' prefix and the skip from #1 to #13 both remain unexplained in any editorial documentation found online. Issue S-13's cover and the bulk of its interior redrawing work was handled by Henry Scarpelli, who also served as the primary artist on the concurrent ongoing Binky title; short-strip filler content ('On the Planet Og,' 'Professor Eureka,' 'Peter Puptent, Explorer,' 'Moolah the Mystic,' and 'Dr. Floogle') came from Henry Boltinoff, a DC utility cartoonist whose single-page gag strips appeared across dozens of DC titles during this era.
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- S-13 is the debut issue of the Super DC Giant series, which ran from 1970 to 1976 with an unexplained 'S-' prefix and an equally unexplained starting number of 13 rather than 1.
- The issue is a 68-page, all-reprint anthology dedicated to DC's teen-humor line, centering on Binky Biggs (real name Bertram Biggs) and cast members including Peggy Baxter, Allergy, Benny Howe, and Buzzy.
- Several reprinted stories were not only collected but actively rewritten and redrawn to substitute Binky characters for the originals: two stories sourced from Buzzy (#42 and #74) replaced their Coby and Buzzy leads with Binky/Benny, and a story from Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis #5 replaced the 'Rusty' character with Binky.
- All reprinted stories had their artwork updated to reflect contemporary (1970) clothing and hairstyles, work attributed primarily to Henry Scarpelli, who also supplied the cover.
- Additional source material was drawn from Leave It to Binky #34, #37, and #38.
- Short filler strips by Henry Boltinoff — 'On the Planet Og,' 'Professor Eureka,' 'Peter Puptent, Explorer,' 'Moolah the Mystic,' and 'Dr. Floogle' — rounded out the issue alongside activity pages (puzzles and an Annie Gram page by Martin Naydel).
- Listed contributing artists include Henry Scarpelli (cover and interiors), Bob Oksner, Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydel, Mort Drucker, and Graham Place.
- DC's entire teen-humor line — including Binky, Leave It to Binky, Buzzy, Date with Debbi, and Adventures of Jerry Lewis — was cancelled between 1971 and 1972, making S-13 one of the last dedicated teen-humor anthology publications DC produced.
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Peggy is adamant about believing the fortunes dispensed by a penny scale, until Sherwood gets one she doesn't like.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).