([December 1959])

K. G. Murray, 1958 Series
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Price
2/- [0-2-0 AUP]
Pages
100
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd
Brand
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
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?

The Runaway Bronc from Venus! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Editing
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Unless I figure out how to control this strange creature, he'll tear the town apart!
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The Runaway Bronc from Venus! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ruben Moreira (signed)
Inks
Ruben Moreira (signed)
Letters
?
Editing
Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
Characters
Ben Martin; José; Frank; alien
Synopsis
In a South American town, photographer Ben Martin discovers an alien "bronc," a flying four-legged creature. Ben also finds a crashed spaceship with an injured pilot, who lets him know that Ben needs to ride the "bronc" back to the old corral, i.e., spaceship.
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Keywords
aliens; helicopters; photographers; rodeos

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story. pp. 7: words “blasted creature” changed to “wretched creature”, and word “leveled” changed to “levelled”. pp. 8: word “maneuver” changed to “manoeuvre” and words “blast it” changed to “curse it”.

The Supernatural City (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
Inks
Mort Meskin; George Roussos ?
Letters
?
Editing
Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
Characters
Lucy Wayne; Gregory Martel
Synopsis
At the 1000-year anniversary of the founding of a European city, events documented in the town's history, The Crimson Folio, begin happening again, and the city realizes that the book is actually a book of prophecies. This is bad news for the descendent of the person who dies on the last page of the book.
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Indexer Notes

DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story. pp. 7: words “you’re all right” changed to “you’re alright”.

Space-Scoop-- 2159 A.D.! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Manny Stallman
Inks
John Giunta
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?
Editing
Julius Schwartz (credited original editor)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is one story you won't scoop me on, Adams!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Jim Barnes; Chuck Adams; Alvin Harrison; Doctor Franz Bergstrom
Synopsis
Two interplanetary news reporters keep coming up with new scientific ways of beating each other to print.
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Keywords
Moon of Callisto; newspapers; Pluto; reporters

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “Strange Adventures” 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. pp. 2-3: words “New York” changed to “Metropolis”. pp. 7: words “all right” changed to “alright”.

The Case of the Stolen Earth-Faces! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Sid Greene
Inks
Sid Greene
Letters
?
Editing
Julius Schwartz (credited original editor)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Every man in town has turned into an alien being!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Elsa Norman; Jim Norman; Betty Allen
Synopsis
An alien transforms all the men in a town into duplicates of himself so that no one can spot him among the others while he searches for an element that his invading army needs.
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Indexer Notes

DC logos and “Strange Adventures” 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. pp. 6: word “fuelled” changed to “fuelled”. pp. 8: word “favorite” changed to “favourite”.

The Battle of the Colossal Creatures (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller ?
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Letters
?
Editing
Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dave Appleton
Synopsis
Two aliens conduct a scavenger hunt.
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Keywords
Aliens; scavenger hunts

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “Tales of the Unexpected” 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. pp. 8: word “neighboring” changed to “neighbouring”.

The Strange Case of the Earth-Spy! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Manny Stallman
Inks
John Giunta
Letters
?
Editing
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Lar Martin; Jon Everett; Alis Marsh; Jay Fredericks; Moors
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Indexer Notes

DC logos and “Strange Adventures” 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.

The Martian Who Ran for Mayor (Table of Contents: 7)

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
John Trenton; Yoy; Mr. Ripple; Zannu
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Keywords
Mars; Martians

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “Tales of the Unexpected” banner removed from every page of story. pp. 1: word “marvelous” changed to “marvellous”. pp. 4: words “blast it” changed to “curse it”. pp. 5: word “honor” changed to “honour”.

The Curse of the Prophetic Pencil (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Letters
Stan Starkman
Editing
Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dwight Henslow; Dorothy Fay; Sam Collins; Arthur Fothergill; Koj
Synopsis
A pencil inexplicably writes messages to a group of scientists, warning them that their experiments in teleportation will draw an other-dimensional creature to Earth.
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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. pp. 4: words “blast it” changed to “curse it”.

The Gorilla Genius (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Letters
?
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor)
Characters
Travers; Professor Minor; Mr. G/G-400 (Gorilla); Doctor Lang
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Keywords
Gorillas; Rockets

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. pp. 4: words “blast it” changed to “curse it”. pp. 5-6: words “$200,000” changed to “£200,000”, and pp. 5: “program’s” changed to “programme’s”.

The Invasion of the Energy Creatures! (Table of Contents: 10)

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)
Characters
Lee; Josh; Captain Wok
Synopsis
Engineers hired to help a developing country's mining industry find an army of subterranean creatures wreaking havoc on the countryside.
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Keywords
radioactive

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from each page of story (none on p. 1).

The Experimental Man (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Letters
?
Editing
Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
Characters
Thor Larkin; Luga; Rab; Doctor Kura; Professor Sog; Professor Bok; Gur
Synopsis
Thor Larkin has to eject from his ship when trouble arises. He makes a water landing and is captured by fishermen who believe him to be some ancient ancestor of their own people. Taken to scientists, he is used as a test animal for a matter transporter beam.
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Keywords
teleportation

Indexer Notes

The Year 2150. DC logos and “Tales of the Unexpected” 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.

I Was a Wizard of the Past (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howard Purcell (signed)
Inks
Howard Purcell (signed)
Letters
?
Editing
Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Roy Stevens; Mrs. Stevens; Herr Hermann; Prince Arnold; Duke Leopald
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Keywords
Time travel

Indexer Notes

DC logos and “My Greatest Adventure” banner removed from every page of story.

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

Professor Eureka / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters
Henry Boltinoff
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm contacting the satellite sent up by the army!
Genre
humour
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Indexer Notes

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Runaway Bronc from Venus!
  2. 1. The Runaway Bronc from Venus!
  3. 2. The Supernatural City
  4. 3. Space-Scoop-- 2159 A.D.!
  5. 4. The Case of the Stolen Earth-Faces!
  6. 5. The Battle of the Colossal Creatures
  7. 6. The Strange Case of the Earth-Spy!
  8. 7. The Martian Who Ran for Mayor
  9. 8. The Curse of the Prophetic Pencil
  10. 9. The Gorilla Genius
  11. 10. The Invasion of the Energy Creatures!
  12. 11. The Experimental Man
  13. 12. I Was a Wizard of the Past
  14. 13. ["I'm contacting the satellite sent up by the army!"]
    Professor Eureka
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