([September 1958])
K. G. Murray,
1958 Series
- Price
- 2/- [0-2-0 AUP]
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd
- Brand
-
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
- Editing
- ? (original editor)
The Heart of Space!
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Gil Kane
- Inks
- Gil Kane
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor); Julius Schwartz (actual original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The mechanical heart-beat is slowing down!
- Genre
- science fiction
Heart of the Solar System!
comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Joe Millard
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor); Julius Schwartz (actual original editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bob Crane; Dan Nolan; Mike Carewe; Zerda; Sszo; Mayor Wlx; Agent XOL-3
- Reprints
-
from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #93 (June 1958)
-
- Keywords
- circus; hearts
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from every page of story.
The Secret of the Black Abyss!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily
- Inks
- Bernard Baily
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Tom; Bert; Paul; Juan Lorca; Ted
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #75 (June 1958)
-
- Keywords
- caves; Lemuria; mountains; spelunkers
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story.
The Dangerous Coat of Dan Brewster!
Big Town / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Manny Stallman
- Inks
- John Giunta
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor); Julius Schwartz (actual original editor)
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Dan Brewster; Steve Wilson; Wyn; Lt. Greggory
- Reprints
- from Big Town (DC, 1951 series) #48 (November-December 1957)
-
- Keywords
- Trench Coats
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “Big Town” banner removed from every page of story. pp3: words “Station Agent” changed to “Station Master”.
Space-Rescue by Proxy!
Darwin Jones / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- John Giunta
- Inks
- John Giunta
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor); Julius Schwartz (actual original editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bart Smithers; Krylxt; Darwin Jones
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #93 (June 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from every page of story.
The Magnetic Prison
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy
- Inks
- Nick Cardy
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dan Clayton
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #26 (June 1958)
-
- Keywords
- force fields
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “Tales of the Unexpected” banner removed from every page of story.
Invaders of the Dark
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lou Cameron
- Inks
- Lou Cameron
- Letters
- Pat Gordon
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Jerry Boyle; Stokes
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #76 (July 1958)
-
- Keywords
- carnivals; fluoroscopes; phosphorescence
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story.
Congo Bill, Stone Age Man
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Howard Sherman
- Inks
- Howard Sherman
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor); Mort Weisinger (actual original editor)
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Chota (chimpanzee); cavemen
- Synopsis
- Bill and Janu stumble into a zoo of prehistoric animals.
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #220 (September 1956)
-
- Keywords
- brontosaurids; dimetrodons; photographs; plateosaurids; pterodactyls; volcanos
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “Action Comics” banner removed from every page of story. pp3: words “out-maneuver” changed to “out-manoeuvre”.
Movie Men from Mars!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- Henry Sharp
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor); Julius Schwartz (actual original editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mark Randall
- Synopsis
- Eiffel Tower; Niagara Falls; The Sphinx; The Great Pyramid; Empire State Building; Mount Rushmore; London; film making
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #55 (April 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from every page of story. pp2: words “In New York, Mark Randall” changed to “...Later, Mark Randall”.
The Mirage Beneath the Sea
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Ely
- Inks
- Bill Ely
- Letters
- Pat Gordon
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Frank Barston; Dick; King Neptune
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #76 (July 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story.
The Secret Life of Badge #22
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Howard Purcell
- Inks
- Howard Purcell
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
- Characters
- Detective Barry Denton; Bart Darrows
- Reprints
- from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #59 (August-September 1957)
-
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “Gang Busters” banner removed from every page of story.
The Anti-Gravity Menace
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily
- Inks
- Bernard Baily
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor); Jack Schiff (actual original editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Seth Parker; Fred Lane (Scientist)
- Synopsis
- A strange spacecraft flying through Earth's atmosphere emits anti-gravity rays that cause anything they touch to float away.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #74 (May 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story. pp3: word “fueled” changed to “fuelled”.
The Flying Prison
Mr. District Attorney / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks
- Ray Burnley
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
- Genre
- detective-mystery; drama
- Characters
- Mr. District Attorney; Len Harrington; Denton; Brett; Fullson; Mighty Feather
- Reprints
- from Mr. District Attorney (DC, 1948 series) #63 (May-June 1958)
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- Keywords
- Cherokees
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “Mr. District Attorney” banner removed from every page of story. pp1-2: word “jail” changed to “gaol”, and word “tire” changed to “tyre”. pp7: word “gotten” changed to “got”.
Menace of the Falling Moon!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- John Giunta
- Inks
- John Giunta
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor); Julius Schwartz (actual original editor)
- Characters
- Burt Barton; Hiram Oakley; Art Forrest; Jed Jackson
- Synopsis
- moon; aliens
- Reprints
- from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #44 (June-July 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “Mystery in Space” banner removed from every page of story. pp2: price ticket lettering changed from “59c ea” to “10/- ea). pp6: words “we could trust Americans” changed to “we could trust your people”.
The Frozen City
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Howard Purcell
- Inks
- Howard Purcell
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Colonel Fred Carter; Dr. Bill Dean; Xydias the Tyrant
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #26 (June 1958)
-
- Keywords
- freezing; ice; Uranus
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “Tales of the Unexpected” banner removed from every page of story.
[no title indexed]
Warden Willis / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your mother asked me to show you around the prison.
- Genre
- humour
- Reprints
- from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #58 (June-July 1957)
-
- Keywords
- handcuffs
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “Gang Busters” banner removed from above story.
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Table of Contents
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0.
The Heart of Space!
-
1.
Heart of the Solar System!
-
2.
The Secret of the Black Abyss!
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3.
The Dangerous Coat of Dan Brewster!
Big Town -
4.
Space-Rescue by Proxy!
Darwin Jones -
5.
The Magnetic Prison
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6.
Invaders of the Dark
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7.
Congo Bill, Stone Age Man
Congo Bill -
8.
Movie Men from Mars!
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9.
The Mirage Beneath the Sea
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10.
The Secret Life of Badge #22
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11.
The Anti-Gravity Menace
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12.
The Flying Prison
Mr. District Attorney -
13.
Menace of the Falling Moon!
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14.
The Frozen City
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15.
["Your mother asked me to show you around the prison."]
Warden Willis
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- Mark Muller
- James Zee
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