(February 1952)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual)
- Color:
- color comic
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then Modern US
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
Script and art credits for fillers verified from copies of editorial records sent to Gene Reed from Nelson Bridwell in 1986.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #38 (June-July 1957) - in DC Super Stars (DC, 1976 series) #4 (June 1976) [recolored]
-
Beware the Synthetic Men
Captain Comet / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Broome
- Pencils:
- Murphy Anderson
- Inks:
- Joe Giella
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in DC Super Stars (DC, 1976 series) #6 (August 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover story. Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Last Days of Earth
comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Joe Giella
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[Frederick Bessel]
Giants of the Telescope / filler / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Drucker
- Pencils:
- Mort Drucker
- Inks:
- Mort Drucker
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Mort Drucker
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #49 (February 1959) [recolored & art altered]
- in DC Super Stars (DC, 1976 series) #4 (June 1976)
-
Magnetic Attraction
General Science Quiz / text article / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Julius Schwartz
- Pencils:
- Raymond Perry
- Inks:
- Ramonyd Perry
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
The Brain of Dr Royer
comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Manny Rubin
- Pencils:
- Alex Toth
- Inks:
- Bernard Sachs
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[Rain purifies the atmosphere.]
Science Says You're Wrong if You Believe That / filler / 0.67 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Drucker
- Pencils:
- Mort Drucker
- Inks:
- Mort Drucker
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Mort Drucker
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
Why Summer is Hot and Winter is Cold
Science Facts / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Drucker
- Pencils:
- Mort Drucker
- Inks:
- Mort Drucker
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Mort Drucker
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #38 (June-July 1957)
-
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
Beware the Synthetic Men
Captain Comet -
1.
Beware the Synthetic Men
Captain Comet -
2.
The Last Days of Earth
-
3.
[Frederick Bessel]
Giants of the Telescope -
4.
Magnetic Attraction
General Science Quiz -
5.
The Brain of Dr Royer
-
6.
[Rain purifies the atmosphere.]
Science Says You're Wrong if You Believe That -
7.
Why Summer is Hot and Winter is Cold
Science Facts
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Lou Mazzella
- Gene Reed
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Mike Tiefenbacher
- Arthur Lortie
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mark Gordon
- Mike Nielsen
- Ed Boner
- Bob Hughes
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