Comic Title: Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #16
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jul/Aug 1954
On Sale Date: May 7, 1954 Copyright Date May 5, 1954
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1954
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Newsstand Date May 7, 1954
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V9 #3

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Day the Sun Vanished"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Rex the Wonder Dog (of Earth-1)

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Bernard Sachs

Feature Character(s)

• Rex the Wonder Dog (last appearance in Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #16; next appearance in Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #17)

Supporting Character(s)

• Danny Dennis (last appearance in Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #16; next appearance in Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #17)

Villain(s)

• Three unnamed convicts (disguised as ghosts; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Malcolm Barrett (last appearance in Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #14; next appearance in Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #18)
• Mr. Webb, an unnamed mother, her child, and several villagers (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Danny joins Professor Barrett on a trip to the backwoods of Tennessee to view an eclipse. The local villagers are all afraid to go up the mountain they call Big Spooky. After Danny and the Professor climb the mountain to view the eclipse, the Professor is attacked by the ghosts of confederate soldiers. After fighting off a lynx, Rex comes to the rescue. The ghosts are exposed as escaped convicts using the villagers own superstitions to hide themselves from capture.