Mystery in Space #8

(June-July 1952)

Hop On the Welfare Wagon (Table of Contents)

Superman / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

It's A Woman's World! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome [as John Osgood]

Pencils:

Bob Oksner

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Greg Dexter; Martha Thawn; Nora; Captain Stella Wyle

Synopsis:

Greg Dexter lives in a time when women were in charge and men were fit only for housework. He battles to become the first Rocket Cadet and heroically saves a mission to stop the wandering planet Thebor.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #11 (June-July 1971)
• in Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1980 series) #[nn] (October 1980)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).

["Boy He's Excited!"] (Table of Contents)

Pud / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Double Bubble gum ad

Earth--The Forbidden Planet (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox (signed)

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Sy Barry

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Rand Tal, an archaeologist from the planet Slann, accidentally lands on Earth, which has been forbidden to all space explorers for some unknown reason.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #148 (January 1963)

The Crossed-Up Car Crook (Table of Contents)

Jim Wise / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

PF Flyer ad

The Rotation of Stars (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Drucker

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Colors:

?

Letters:

Mort Drucker

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #23 (March 1958)

Venus? (Table of Contents)

What Do You Know About / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

Raymond Perry

Inks:

Raymond Perry

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Lives of A Rocket Lancer (Table of Contents)

Knights of the Galaxy / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher [as Dion Anthony]

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Sy Barry

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Lyle; Ora: Commander Artho; Zal-Du

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #85 (November-December 1970)
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G77 (November-December 1970)

Meteor Menace In Space (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Drucker

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Colors:

?

Letters:

Mort Drucker

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #8 (January-February 1958)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1.33 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

House ad for Action Comics and House of Mystery. 1/3 page Ad for Superman 76. Superman and Batman together. On sale March 7th.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 3.67 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

ads for Wildroot Creame Oil, Necco Wafers, Wheaties, Daisy Air Rifles.