Five-Score Comic Monthly #19

([November 1959])

Fishermen from the Sea! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Joe Giella

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (credited original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Concentrate, Helen! Only by our thoughts can we make the fish-like aliens realize we are an intelligent form of life!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Helen Palmer; David Palmer; Sharl San; Drin Dorl

Synopsis

David and Helen Palmer are captured by water-breathing aliens who intend to flood the whole world but they are scared off by an atomic bomb test.

Reprints

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #105 (June 1959)

Keywords

hydrogen bomb

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from each page of story (none on p. 1). p. 2: words “on the outskirts of Los Angeles...” changed to “on the outskirts of the city...”. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 9.0 pages instead of 8.67.

I Fought for Two Planets (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Ely

Inks

Bill Ely

Letters

?

Editing

Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

The Sarge is with a unit attached to a group of government scientists working in the Antarctic, with the task of mapping out crevasses so the scientists can explore freely. Having driven his tractor into a crevasse, Sarge is about to give up hope when he's rescued by little green men from Pluto. Having landed on Earth for repairs, all they need is some uranium so they can head home. After they part ways, Sarge's unit is sent out to "seek and destroy" aliens in the Antarctic raiding uranium storage areas.

Reprints

• from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #33 (July 1959)

Keywords

Aliens; Pluto; Plutonians; Uranium

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “My Greatest Adventure” banner removed from every page of story. p. 1: words “When I signed on in the US Marines” changed to “When I signed on in the Marine Unit”; “Those Marines are my buddies!” changed to “Those men are my friends!”; and “oddest job in the Marines...” changed to “oddest job in the Forces...”. p. 4: wording “craziest campaign in Marine history” changed to “craziest campaign in fighting history”. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67.

The Enchanted Violin (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Doug Wildey

Inks

Doug Wildey

Letters

?

Editing

Jack Schiff (original editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor)

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Paul Drake

Synopsis

Paul Drake wants to be respected as a concert violinist, but due to his average performance skills only gets offers to be a musical clown. When he hears the legend of the violin of Lajos, he decides that it will change his destiny. Little does he know how right he is.

Reprints

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #89 (August 1959)

Keywords

violin

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story. p. 4: word “faucet” changed to “tap”. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 6.0 pages instead of 5.67.

They Called Me a Martian! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bruno Premiani

Inks

Bruno Premiani

Letters

?

Editing

Jack Schiff (original editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor)

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Jay Drews; Sally

Synopsis

Jay Drews, billed as the Man of 1000 Faces, does a quick-change act. After a performance, he's approached by a stranger selling him a realistic Martian costume, claiming he found it in a chest that fell out of the sky. Jay purchases the costume, tries it on, and then finds he can't take it off. The costume seems to have other plans for Jay...

Reprints

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #89 (August 1959)

Keywords

Quick-Change Artists

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story. p. 3: words “$500” changed to “£500”. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 6.0 pages instead of 5.67.

The Cosmic Plant! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Ely

Inks

Bill Ely

Letters

?

Editing

Jack Schiff (original editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor)

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dr. Lerman

Synopsis

A mysterious plant grows up, right through a city street, on a quest to absorb every bit of water it can find. The authorities determine that they can kill the plant if they poison its supply of water. But more plants appear and the plant develops the ability to separate the poison out of the water.

Reprints

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #89 (August 1959)

Keywords

Plants

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story. p. 3: word “Drugstore” changed to “Milk Bar”. p. 6: word “cooperate” changed to “co-operate”. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 7.0 pages instead of 6.67.

Mystery of the Runaway Spaceships! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Sid Greene

Inks

Sid Greene

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (credited original editor)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Colonel Mason

Reprints

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #104 (May 1959)

Keywords

flowers; Mars; Moon; Oxygen; spaceships

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from every page of story. Throughout story: lettering on spaceship changed from “President” to “Silver Moon”; and on sister ship from “First Lady” to “Blue Moon”; and these changes also made to text/captions. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67.

The Man Who Changed History! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lee Elias

Inks

Lee Elias

Letters

?

Editing

Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

General Mark Matthews; Lawrence Decoven [Baron De Koven]

Synopsis

A boastful general believes that he knows how he could have changed the course of history's greatest battles, and a magician gives him the opportunity to prove it by sending him into the past.

Reprints

• from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #22 (July 1959)

Keywords

Battle of Bosworth; Battle of Tours; Richard III; time travel

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “House of Secrets” banner removed from every page of story. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67.

Artist of Other Worlds! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Alex Toth

Inks

Sy Barry

Letters

?

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor); Julius Schwartz (actual original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The world acclaimed young John Rowe as a brilliant artist because of his imaginative paint-ings of beasts of other planets.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

John Rowe [Jhal Khar]; Arlene Merton; Merril; Doctor Martin Rains; George Grey (FBI agent)

Reprints

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #13 (October 1951)

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from every page of story. p. 4: words “of the FBI” changed to “Army HQ’s”. pp. 4-5: words “New York” changed to “Australia”.

The Secret of the Bronze Man (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks

Mort Meskin

Letters

?

Editing

Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mr. Evans; Vorgas; Doctor WInters

Synopsis

A jungle explorer finds a spring whose water temporarily changes his skin into bronze metal. Returning home, he decides to use this ability to fight crime, but robbers try to steal the secret of his transformation and his doctor warns him that his skin could remain metallic forever.

Reprints

• from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #22 (July 1959)

Keywords

Bronze

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “House of Secrets” banner removed from every page of story. p. 7: word “leveling” changed to “levelling”. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67.

The Space Musketeers (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Letters

?

Editing

Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Lark; Odar; Gel; James Blane; Professor Lugo Berks; Webbas

Synopsis

Lark, Odar, and Gel are the three Space Musketeers, hired to track down a scientist who crashed on an alien planet with his latest invention. Gel's people can fly and ride wind currents; Odar's people can generate heat and melt their way through mountains; and Lark's people have super-strength. Using these abilities, the three manage to recover the scientist, his weapon, and capture the criminals trying to get to the weapon first.

Reprints

• from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #39 (July 1959)

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “Tales of the Unexpected” banner removed from every page of story. p. 2: word “theater” changed to “theatre”. p. 5: word “dwelled” changed to “dwells”. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67.

I Scout Earth's Strangest Secrets! (Table of Contents: 11)

Mark Merlin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller ?

Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks

Mort Meskin

Letters

Ira Schnapp ?

Editing

Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; adventure; science fiction

Characters

Mark Merlin (introduction); Elsa (introduction); Mrs. Phipps; Mr. Wakely; Mr. Cole; Joss; Mr. Lemmon

Synopsis

Mark Merlin describes three recent cases that he took on in his job as a supernatural investigator.

Reprints

• from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #23 (August 1959)

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “House of Secrets” banner removed from each page of story (none on p. 1). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

On the Planet Og / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Letters

?

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We are all ready for our flight to Earth!

Genre

humour; science fiction

Reprints

• from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #16 (January 1959)

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “House of Secrets” banner removed from above story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Planets of Wonder! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Morris Waldinger

Inks

Tom Nicolosi

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor); Julius Schwartz (actual original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The planet Mercury is so small that it could fit into the Atlantic Ocean without touching any continental land area...

Genre

non-fiction; maths & science

Reprints

• from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #49 (February 1959)

Keywords

Jupiter; Mercury; Saturn; Uranus

The Creatures from the Space Globe (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Nick Cardy

Inks

Nick Cardy

Letters

?

Editing

Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Arnald Arnaldo; Manduu

Synopsis

Arnald Arnaldo finds a replica of a long lost planet in a Venusian curio shop. While studying it back on Earth, two figures come to life and go on a rampage. After they return to the globe, Arnaldo takes the globe to Mercury, thinking Earth's atmosphere has awakened them, but the process repeats itself there with four creatures coming to life. Arnaldo discovers that the globe isn't a model of Krx, but is the planet itself. Scientists had decided to shrink Krx in size to eliminate the problems it created, but it had drifted off in space before the process was complete.

Reprints

• from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #39 (July 1959)

Indexer Notes

The Year 2275. DC logos and “Tales of the Unexpected” banner removed from each page of story (none on p. 1). p. 4: words “those blasted things” changed to “those hideous things”. p. 6: words “their blasted destruction” changed to “their deadly destruction”. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67.