1950 saw Edmond Hamilton settle into his regular schedule of writing comics. Each month he would produce several scripts for different DC titles, jumping from Batman to Superman to Superboy.
“Fake Superboy” (Adventure Comics #149, February 1950)
“Superboy’s Initiation” (Adventure Comics #150, March 1950)
“Achilles Vs. Superman” (Superman #63, March-April 1950) Ed loved the idea of bringing heroes out of the past, such as “Armies of the Past” in Weird Tales in 1939. He would use it many times in the comics.
“The Thousand and One Trophies of Batman” (Detective Comics #158, April 1950)
“The Isle of Giant Insects” (Superman #64, May-June 1950) Islands where Science has gotten out of hand was a staple for Hamilton, from his first stories like “Evolution Island” back in 1927.
“The Micro-Race” (Weird Science #13, July-August 1950) This story was inspired by “Fessenden’s World” (Weird Tales, April 1937). The writer who adapted it is not known but art was by Jack Kamen.
“Superman Becomes Miss Lovelorn” (Action Comics #147, August 1950)
“Heroes Out of the Past” (Action Comics #147, August 1950) You would think a space hero like Tommy Tomorrow was created by Edmond Hamilton but this not the case. Tommy first appeared in 1947 and was written by Jack Schiff, George Kashdan and Bernie Breslauer.
“Superman, Indian Chief!” (Action Comics #148, September 1950)
“The Gypsies of Space” (Action Comics #148, September 1950)
“The Flying Peril” (Adventure Comics #156, September 1950)
“The Menace of the Green Nebula” (Strange Adventures #1, September 1950) saw Ed finally create his own space hero in Chris KL99. Based largely on Captain Future, he would dominate the early issues of the new SF anthology comic, Strange Adventures. For more on the history of this comic series, click here.
“The Second Deluge” (Strange Adventures #1, September 1950) This script was attributed to Gardner F. Fox but Hamilton actually wrote it.
“World of the Giant Robots” (Strange Adventures #2, October-November 1950)
“The Strange Costumes of Batman!” (Detective Comics #165, November 1950)
“The Metal World” (Strange Adventures #3, December 1950)
“Superman’s Super-Magic Show” (Action Comics #151, December 1950)
“The Great Space Mirror” (Action Comics #151, December 1950)
Next time, 1951, of course.