My Greatest Adventure #44
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeMy Greatest Adventure #44 is a representative mid-run entry in one of DC's defining Silver Age science-fiction anthology titles — a series that ran from 1955 to 1964 and eventually evolved into the home of the Doom Patrol. At the time of this issue, the book was a purely non-superhero showcase of short sci-fi and adventure yarns, demonstrating the breadth of DC's output during an era when superhero comics were only beginning their Silver Age resurgence. Its significance lies partly in what surrounds it: house advertisements within its pages cross-promoted DC's rapidly expanding superhero line, meaning characters like Aquaman, Rip Hunter, Green Lantern, The Flash, Wonder Woman, and Amazo likely make their appearances here only in promotional spots — a reminder of how anthology titles served as crucial distribution channels for the wider DC universe during this period.
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During 1960, My Greatest Adventure was edited by Jack Schiff, with associate editors Murray Boltinoff and George Kashdan, under the National Comics Publications, Inc. indicia — DC's formal publishing name at the time. The series had transitioned from bi-monthly to monthly publication by issue #23, and by 1960 was firmly in its Silver Age stride as a genre anthology. Cover art for issue #44 was supplied by the regular team of penciller Dick Dillin and inker Sheldon Moldoff, who handled the covers of virtually every issue in this stretch of the run.
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- Cover date: June 1960; on-sale date: April 12, 1960. Published by National Comics Publications, Inc. (DC Comics).
- The series My Greatest Adventure ran as a sci-fi/action anthology from 1955 to 1964, changing to a monthly schedule with issue #23; by issue #44 it was fully in its Silver Age anthology phase with no regular superhero cast.
- Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, cover inks by Sheldon Moldoff — the consistent cover art team across the surrounding issues of the run.
- Edited by Jack Schiff, with associate editors Murray Boltinoff and George Kashdan — the editorial trio responsible for the series throughout this period.
- One confirmed story title in the issue is 'Beasts of Petrified Island,' consistent with the first-person sci-fi/adventure story format that defined the anthology at this stage.
- Characters indexed — including Aquaman, The Flash/Barry Allen, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman/Princess Diana, Amazo, and Rip Hunter — appear in this issue almost certainly as house advertisement cross-promotions rather than as story protagonists, reflecting standard DC anthology practice of the era; DC regularly used house ads in MGA to promote its superhero titles (e.g., nearby issues carried ads for Showcase, Batman, and Superman titles).
- The series would not shift its focus to superheroes until issue #80 (1963), when the Doom Patrol debuted; it was officially retitled The Doom Patrol with issue #86 (1964).
- The issue was printed under Comics Code Authority approval, standard for all DC titles of the period.
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↩ Reprints Strange Adventures #58 (1955)
Reprinted in Big Boss #51 (1960), Sidéral #36 (1961), Mi Gran Aventura #133 (1971), Big Boss #26 (1975), Superman Supacomic #192 (1975)
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