(December 1969-January 1970)
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1969-10-23
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
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Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
Reprints of various science fiction stories from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 Series) and Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 Series) fronted by a new cover.
Giants of the Cosmic Ray!
cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-286
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- various military personnel, scientists; police; civilian onlookers
- Synopsis
- Scientists and the military assess the damage and threat level of a giant alien invader that has left behind massive foot and handprints.
- Keywords
- alien invasion; giants; mystery
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
New cover for an issue of reprints.
Parade of the Planets!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder (credited)
- Pencils
- Frank Giacoia (credited)
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Job Number
- S-299
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If there were an "exhibit" of strange planets, Saturn with its magnificent rings would be a strong candidate to take first prize!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Lloyd Vincent; alien
- Synopsis
- Lloyd Vincent recounts how he solved a mystery and prevented an alien from stealing earth from its orbit for a contest. Story hinges on the geography of King County, Maryland.
- Reprints
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from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #52 (June 1959)
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- Keywords
- aliens; contest; Earth; geography; Maryland; planets
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Meet Murphy Anderson!
The Wonderful World of Comics / text article / 1 page
- Job Number
- N-117
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I walked into one of the rooms that National makes available for its artists to work in, and I see Murphy Anderson, demon illustrator for Hawkman, Atomic Knights, and many other strips, inking a Curt Swan Superman cover...
- Genre
- biography
- Keywords
- background information; biography; creator profile; editorial feature; interview
Indexer Notes
Biography of Murphy Anderson. Also includes Aquaman question from Eliot Wagner.
Per the description in the article, the Curt Swan penciled cover that Murphy Anderson was inking at the time of the interview was for Superman (DC, 1939 Series) #221 (November 1969).
The interviewer of Murphy Anderson is uncredited.
Giants of the Cosmic Ray!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Ed Herron (credited as France E. Herron)
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (credited)
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-300
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- From beyond the unknown comes a solitary alien to make himself a voluntary target of Earth's deadliest weapons!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Xoll (giant alien); Dr. Albert Prentiss
- Synopsis
- As a prelude to invasion, a race of giant aliens send Xoll as a test case to determine the effectiveness of Earth's weapons against them.
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #82 (July 1957)
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- Keywords
- alien invasion; cosmic rays; giants; size differential; weaponry
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
As the story's first line begins with the phrase "From beyond the unknown" (coincidently, the title of this magazine) it is possible that the story's opening caption was rewritten for this reprint.
Micro-Meteors
text article / 0.67 page
- Job Number
- S-302
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Most of the millions of meteors that enter the Earth's atmosphere every day from outer space are too small to be seen...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #13 (April-May 1953) [top 2/3 only]
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- Keywords
- educational feature; meteors; science
Indexer Notes
Text with accompanying illustrations. Top 2/3 of page.
The Brain-Masters of Polaris
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- John Broome (credited)
- Pencils
- Alex Toth (credited as Al Toth)
- Inks
- Sy Barry (credited as Seymour Barry)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-301
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain Reynolds -- skipper of the space dreadnought Starling -- came up against many a startling sight on the far-off world of Polaris!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Dane Reynolds; Stony (second in command); Venusian smugglers; Chieftain of Polaris; Robl (Polarian alien); other Polarian aliens
- Synopsis
- Polaris is preparing to wage war on Earth with the aid of an all-knowing "thought machine".
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #12 (September 1951)
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- Keywords
- espionage; interplanetary war; outer space setting; smuggling
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
SPOILER ALERT - SPOILER ALERT - SPOILER ALERT - SPOILER ALERT
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Captain Reynolds destroys the thought machine (an "Ultimate Computer", if you will) using the same "disorienting question with no true answer" that Star Trek's Captain Kirk would use several times during STAR TREK TOS. Those reading this story when reprinted in 1969 might call it out for ripping-off Star Trek -- until we consider this story was originally published in 1951! ...For good measure Reynolds captains a ship of the "Galaxy Federation"! Writer John Broome looks to have anticipated Star Trek by a decade and a half.
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Giants of the Cosmic Ray!
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Parade of the Planets!
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Meet Murphy Anderson!
The Wonderful World of Comics -
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Giants of the Cosmic Ray!
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Micro-Meteors
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The Brain-Masters of Polaris
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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