Mystery in Space
#66
(March 1961)
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Jan., April, July, and October
- On-sale Date
- 1961-01-17
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor)
Issue Notes
Space-Island of Peril!
Adam Strange / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Adam Strange; Alanna; alien Corytrix
- Reprints
-
in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #40 (juillet 1961) [Modifiée/Edited] -
in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #130 (15 de febrero de 1962) -
in The Adam Strange Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2006 [January 2007]) - in Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
- in Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) ([September] 2017)
-
- Keywords
- monsters; space helmets
Indexer Notes
Pencil and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics credit inks to Sid Greene. Discussion on GCD Main agree that Joe Giella should be credited.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How to gain up to 50 lbs. of mighty muscles!
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Space-Island of Peril!
Adam Strange / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Adam Strange; Alanna; a Corytrix (alien, villain)
- Synopsis
- Adam and Alanna must stop a Corytrix from destroying Rann.
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #130 (15 de febrero de 1962)
-
in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #93 ([June 1975]) - in The Adam Strange Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2006 [January 2007])
- in Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
- in Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) ([September] 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencil and inks credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
The Flash; Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the very best...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]
Indexer Notes
House ad for Green Lantern (DC, 1960 Series) #5 (March-April 1961) and The Flash (DC, 1959 Series) #119 (March 1961), with covers shown, and both advertised as "Now On Sale".
[Walter Baade]
Giants of the Telescope / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #130 (15 de febrero de 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Information for this sequence from Arthur Lortie.
Who Is Hawkman--
Hawkman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Byth
Indexer Notes
House ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 Series) #34 (February-March 1961), with cover shown, and advertised as "On Sale Everywhere!"
Beauty and the Robot!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Edward "Doc" Emerson; Steve Crandall; Irilene; Robotrol man
- Synopsis
- In the first contact with an alien ship, two explorers discover hibernation chambers: one with a beautiful girl, the other with a robot - who shouldn't need to hibernate. Waking the girl, she claims to be a space policewoman, while the robot is a prisoner. But her odd queries about "Earth's rarest treasures" raise red flags as the explorers escort her to her home planet...
- Reprints
- in All Favourites Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #25 ([June 1961])
- in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #45 (décembre 1961) [N&B/B&W]
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #130 (15 de febrero de 1962)
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #42 (1979) [N&B [B&W]]
-
Indexer Notes
Pencil and inks credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Strange Satellites! / cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The two satellites of Mars...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
Indexer Notes
Two panels with text regarding moons Phobos, Deimos, and Amalthea.
[no title indexed]
Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $5 weekly...
[no title indexed]
Wonders of Space / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Science Editor: I read with considerable interest...
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Jerome Clark, and "Bob (Unsigned)".
[no title indexed]
Our Amazing Universe! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With the exception of about 30 stars...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #130 (15 de febrero de 1962)
-
Who Caught the Loborilla?
Star Rovers / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- The Star Rovers (introduction) [Homer Glint; Karel Sorensen; Rick Purvis]
- Synopsis
- Three famed adventurers compete for a $10,000 prize to capture the one-and-only loborilla on a distant planet. Each one captures the unique creature (they think) and claims the prize. But their varied accounts conflict, and soon all three are surprised about who really caught the beast!
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #130 (15 de febrero de 1962)
- in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #232 (September-October 1971)
-
- Keywords
- Star Rovers
Indexer Notes
1) Pencil and inks credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. 2) Sid Greene's usual depiction of Julius Schwartz as a character occurs twice here, on page two panel five and page seven panel five. 3) This story's narrative conceit is similar to that of Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film Rashomon, in which the same incident (in this case, the capture of the Loborilla) is recounted by four different characters (including the Loborilla) as well as four different perspectives. Ingeniously, writer Gardner Fox also makes all four accounts internally consistent. 4) This is the first "Star Rovers" story, although their group name "Star Rovers" does not appear. 5) The Rovers are, oddly, not a team, because, in every story, all three are in competition for some prize or goal. 6) The Rovers continued in Mystery in Space and later switched to Strange Adventures.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you want spending money?
-
0.
Space-Island of Peril!
Adam Strange -
1.
["How to gain up to 50 lbs. of mighty muscles!"]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
2.
Space-Island of Peril!
Adam Strange -
3.
["For the very best..."]
The Flash; Green Lantern -
4.
[Walter Baade]
Giants of the Telescope -
5.
Who Is Hawkman--
Hawkman -
6.
Don't Sell Nature Short!
-
7.
Beauty and the Robot!
-
8.
["The two satellites of Mars..."]
Strange Satellites! -
9.
["Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $5 weekly..."]
Grit Newspaper -
10.
["Dear Science Editor: I read with considerable interest..."]
Wonders of Space -
11.
["With the exception of about 30 stars..."]
Our Amazing Universe! -
12.
Who Caught the Loborilla?
Star Rovers -
13.
["Do you want spending money?"]
Stephens Credit Sales -
14.
["Everything you need to enjoy stamp collecting..."]
Zenith Company -
15.
["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
American Seeds
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Clayton Emery
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Paul Robinson
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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