(December 1971-January 1972)
DC,
1969 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-10-19
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[The Human Pet of Gorilla Land!]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-1017
- Genre
- science fiction
The Human Pet of Gorilla Land!
comic story / 8.67 pages
- Job Number
- S-1018
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dan Fuller; Klobe; Groster
- Synopsis
- Two Jovian criminals running from a space patrolman encounter a world of intelligent gorillas and convince the gorillas that the patrolman is really a human pet.
- Reprints
-
from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #108 (September 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Scienti-Fact / cartoon / 0.33 page
- Job Number
- S-1038
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To eat his own weight in food...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Synopsis
- How long it takes different kinds of people to eat enough food to equal their body weight.
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #129 (June 1961) [bottom tier only]
-
The Planet Nobody Wanted!
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Job Number
- S-1019
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- John Sleamer
- Synopsis
- John Sleamer and his crew find a habitable planet to take over for Earth. When the natives are only to eager to leave Sleamer won't listen to why they want to leave.
- Reprints
- from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #13 (April-May 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Scienti-Fact / cartoon / 0.33 page
- Job Number
- S-1039
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the initial moments that an elevator rapidly descends...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Synopsis
- Facts about the perceived change in weight that occurs when an elevator starts or stops.
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #125 (February 1961) [top tier only]
-
Raiders of the Waterless World!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- S-1022
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Carr Malcolm
- Synopsis
- Carr Malcom stops an invasion by hostile aliens with condensed water.
- Reprints
- from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #56 (December 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Scienti-Fact / cartoon / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- About 80% of the Earth's ocean area...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Synopsis
- Information about the depth of the oceans vs. the height of mountains.
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #113 (February 1960) [top tier only]
-
Secret of the Dinosaur Skeleton!
comic story / 8.67 pages
- Job Number
- S-1020
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Kandar; Jim Hanson; Oarda
- Synopsis
- Explorer Jim Hanson accidentally frees the evil Kandar, who has been in suspended animation for 150 million years and now intends to conquer the world with the help of an animated brontosaurus skeleton.
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #138 (March 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Scienti-Fact / cartoon / 0.33 page
- Job Number
- S-1040
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A snowflake falls more slowly than a raindrop...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Synopsis
- Why a snowflake falls slower than a raindrop.
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #120 (May 1961) [bottom tier only]
-
[no title indexed]
Messages from Beyond / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-1037
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Dennis W. Dawson, Stephen Barry and Dan Gheno.
I Delivered Mail from Mars!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S-1021
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Joe Smith; Wilson; Vaggo Xat
- Synopsis
- Mailman Joe Smith finds a mysterious letter from Mars as part of his delivery.
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #42 (March 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[The Human Pet of Gorilla Land!]
-
1.
The Human Pet of Gorilla Land!
-
2.
["To eat his own weight in food..."]
Scienti-Fact -
3.
The Planet Nobody Wanted!
-
4.
["In the initial moments that an elevator rapidly descends..."]
Scienti-Fact -
5.
Raiders of the Waterless World!
-
6.
["About 80% of the Earth's ocean area..."]
Scienti-Fact -
7.
Secret of the Dinosaur Skeleton!
-
8.
["A snowflake falls more slowly than a raindrop..."]
Scienti-Fact -
9.
[no title indexed]
Messages from Beyond -
10.
I Delivered Mail from Mars!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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