([November] 1999)

DC, 1999 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
19.95 USD; 31.00 CAD
Pages
228
On-sale Date
1999-09-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
ISBN
1-56389-494-7 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
761941217192 00111
Editing
Dale Crain (credited) (editor - collected edition); Michael Wright (credited) (assistant editor - collected edition)
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock
Cardstock cover: Glossy interior
Binding
Squarebound
Publishing Format
Collected Edition

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mitch O'Connell (credited) (signed as M. O'C)
Inks
Mitch O'Connell (credited) (signed as M. O'C)
Colors
Mitch O'Connell ?

Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

credit on title page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)


Indexer Notes

Inside front cover and inside back cover are blank.

Pulp Fiction Library Mystery in Space (Table of Contents: 2)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction

Pulp Fiction Library Mystery in Space (Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Book title over dimmed reprint of interior page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Publisher credits and information, indicia.

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 6)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Getting Your Dime's Worth (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Larry Niven (credited)
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Kubert (credited)
Inks
Joe Kubert (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Art taken from pg. 94, splash panel. Art credit from Table of Contents.

Chapter One "A World Liberated by Science" Past Visions of the Future (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stuart Moore (credited)
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Toth (credited)
Inks
Sy Barry (credited as Sy Berry)

Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Art taken from pg. 62, panel 6. Art credit from Table of Contents.

The Rocket Lanes of Tomorrow (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Joe Simon (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Mr Future (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernard Breslauer
Pencils
Dick Sprang (credited) (signed as Dick Sprang)
Inks
Dick Sprang (credited) (signed as Dick Sprang)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
biography; science fiction
Characters
H. G. Wells
Reprints

If the Sun Went Out! (Table of Contents: 13)

Just Imagine / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernard Breslauer
Pencils
Virgil Finlay (credited)
Inks
Virgil Finlay (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction; non-fiction
Reprints

Columbus of Space (Table of Contents: 14)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff; George Kashdan; Bernard Breslauer
Pencils
Virgil Finlay
Inks
Howard Sherman (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Howard Sherman (logo)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Colonel Tommy Tomorrow (featured) (introduction)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script info from Gene Reed (Per Sandell). Reprint incorrectly credits script to Mort Weisinger.
Pencils in reprint incorrectly credited to Howard Sherman.

If an Invading Sun Menaced Earth! (Table of Contents: 15)

Just Imagine / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Virgil Finlay
Inks
Virgil Finlay
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
math & science; non-fiction; science fiction
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How Television Will Change Your Future (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernard Breslauer
Pencils
George Roussos
Inks
George Roussos
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Virgil Finlay (credited)
Inks
Virgil Finlay (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Art taken from pg. 64, first panel. Art credit from Table of Contents.

Chapter Two "Doom Before Us... and Behind Us" The Writer and Artists of DC Science Fiction (Table of Contents: 18)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stuart Moore (credited)
Letters
typeset

Spores from Space! (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (credited)
Pencils
Frank Frazetta (credited)
Inks
Frank Frazetta (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

The Comet Peril! (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Hamilton (credited)
Pencils
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

The Man With 100 Lives! (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Manly Wade Wellman (credited)
Pencils
Jim Mooney (credited) (signed as Jim Mooney)
Inks
Ray Burnley
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Girl in the Golden Flower (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (ghosted for Robert Starr)
Pencils
Alex Toth (credited) (signed as Alexander TOTH)
Inks
Sy Barry (signed as Sy Barry) (credited as Sy Berry)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script credit verified via Julius Schwartz's records. Story page credits a 'Robert Starr' which was a pseudonym Julius Schwartz used to make it look like he had more writers. Bob Hughes via email.

The Mad Planet (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sid Gerson (credited)
Pencils
Virgil Finlay (credited) (signed as Virgil Finlay [big G long-Y])
Inks
Virgil Finlay (credited) (signed as Virgil Finlay [big G long-Y])
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
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I Was a Cop from Outer Space! (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ruben Moreira (credited) (signed as Ruben Moreira [big RMO])
Inks
Ruben Moreira (credited) (signed as Ruben Moreira [big RMO])
Colors
?
Letters
Pat Gordon

Genre
science fiction
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I Hunted Big Game in Outer Space (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Nick Cardy (credited)
Inks
Nick Cardy (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

I Found the City Under the Sea (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Jack Kirby (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

The Counterfeit Earth! (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder (credited)
Pencils
Joe Kubert (credited)
Inks
Joe Kubert (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Tommy Tomorrow / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Mooney (credited) (see note)
Inks
Jim Mooney (credited) (see note)
Colors
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood

Indexer Notes

Art taken from pg. 120, first panel. Art credit from Table of Contents.

Chapter Three "What Faith! What Courage" DC's Futuristic Heroes (Table of Contents: 29)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stuart Moore (credited)
Letters
typeset

The Exile of Space (Table of Contents: 30)

Chris KL-99 / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Hamilton (credited)
Pencils
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Chris KL-99
Reprints

The Day the World Melted (Table of Contents: 31)

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

Script
Robert Kanigher (credited)
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (credited)
Inks
Joe Giella (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Knights of the Galaxy: Commander Artho; Lyle; Ora
Master of Doom (antagonist)
Synopsis
The Master of Doom timeports Lyle back to the 20th century.
Reprints

The Hotrods of Space! (Table of Contents: 32)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder (credited)
Pencils
Jim Mooney (credited)
Inks
Jim Mooney (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood
Reprints

Lights, Camera -- Invasion! (Table of Contents: 33)

Captain Comet / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome (credited)
Pencils
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Inks
Joe Giella (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Captain Comet [Adam Blake] (featured)
Reprints

The Robinson Crusoe of Space! (Table of Contents: 34)

Space Cabbie [Space Cabby] / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited)
Inks
Bernard Sachs (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Space Cabby
Reprints

The Case of the Counterfeit Credits! (Table of Contents: 35)

Star Hawkins / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome (credited)
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky (credited)
Inks
Bernard Sachs (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction; detective-mystery
Characters
Star Hawkins; Ilda (supporting)
Synopsis
A trio of gangster-counterfeiters try to force Ilda to use her mathematical abilities to predict the winner of a horse race.
Reprints

The Weapon That Swallowed Men! (Table of Contents: 36)

Adam Strange / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (credited)
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (credited)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Alanna; Adam Strange
Reprints

The Lost City of Los Angeles! (Table of Contents: 37)

The Atomic Knights / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome (credited)
Pencils
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
The Atomic Knights: Bryndon; Gardner Grayle; Douglas Herald; Marene Herald; Hollis Hobard; Wayne Hobard
Reprints

What Happened on Sirius-4? (Table of Contents: 38)

Star Rovers / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (credited)
Pencils
Sid Greene (credited)
Inks
Sid Greene (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Star Rovers [Rick Purvis; Karel Sorensen; Homer Glint]
Reprints

The Valley of 1,000 Dooms (Table of Contents: 39)

The Space Ranger / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils
Howard Purcell (credited)
Inks
Howard Purcell (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Feature Logo
The Space Ranger
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Space Ranger [Rick Starr] (featured)
Reprints

Ultra the Multi-Alien (Table of Contents: 40)

Ultra the Multi-Alien / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Wood (credited)
Pencils
Lee Elias (credited)
Inks
Lee Elias (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Ultra, the Multi-Alien [Ace Arn]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Murphy Anderson (credited) (see note)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (credited) (see note)
Colors
?

Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Art taken from pg. 40, splash panel. Art credit from Table of Contents.

Chapter Four "Upward and Onward" Modern Space Opera (Table of Contents: 42)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stuart Moore (credited)
Letters
typeset

Brief Encounter (Table of Contents: 43)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Mimai Kin (credited)
Pencils
Trevor Von Eeden (credited)
Inks
Carl Potts (credited)
Colors
Bob LeRose (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)
Editing
Joe Orlando (original managing editor); Jack C. Harris (original associate editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Finally, the fifty-billion-to-one-shot-- mankind's wildest dream-- comes to fruition in a...
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
Aliens from another planet travel to Earth to meet the people living here.
Reprints

Passages (Table of Contents: 44)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Joe Staton (credited)
Inks
Joe Staton (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
science fiction
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Gremlins (Table of Contents: 45)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Joe Kubert (credited) (signed as Joe Kubert)
Inks
Joe Kubert (credited) (signed as Joe Kubert)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
science fiction
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The One That Matters (Table of Contents: 46)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz (credited)
Pencils
Dan Spiegle (credited)
Inks
Dan Spiegle (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Killing Time (Table of Contents: 47)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
Tom Yeates (credited)
Inks
Tom Yeates (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Certified Safe! (Table of Contents: 48)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Arnold Drake (credited)
Pencils
Brian Bolland (credited)
Inks
Brian Bolland (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Dream Boat (Table of Contents: 49)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bruce Jones (credited)
Pencils
Rick Veitch (credited)
Inks
Tom Yeates (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

The Stars of the DC Universe Can Also Be Found in These Books (Table of Contents: 50) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 51)

illustration / 3.63 pages (report information)

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?
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?
Colors
?

Indexer Notes

.33-page filler with spaceship design to replace original promo or ad. Occurs eleven times.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 52) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Pulp Fiction Library Mystery in Space
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. Pulp Fiction Library Mystery in Space
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
  7. 6. Table of Contents
  8. 7. Getting Your Dime's Worth
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
  10. 9. Chapter One "A World Liberated by Science" Past Visions of the Future
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
  12. 11. The Rocket Lanes of Tomorrow
  13. 12. Mr Future
  14. 13. If the Sun Went Out!
    Just Imagine
  15. 14. Columbus of Space
    Tommy Tomorrow
  16. 15. If an Invading Sun Menaced Earth!
    Just Imagine
  17. 16. How Television Will Change Your Future
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
  19. 18. Chapter Two "Doom Before Us... and Behind Us" The Writer and Artists of DC Science Fiction
  20. 19. Spores from Space!
  21. 20. The Comet Peril!
  22. 21. The Man With 100 Lives!
  23. 22. Girl in the Golden Flower
  24. 23. The Mad Planet
  25. 24. I Was a Cop from Outer Space!
  26. 25. I Hunted Big Game in Outer Space
  27. 26. I Found the City Under the Sea
  28. 27. The Counterfeit Earth!
  29. 28. [no title indexed]
    Tommy Tomorrow
  30. 29. Chapter Three "What Faith! What Courage" DC's Futuristic Heroes
  31. 30. The Exile of Space
    Chris KL-99
  32. 31. The Day the World Melted
    Knights of the Galaxy
  33. 32. The Hotrods of Space!
    Tommy Tomorrow
  34. 33. Lights, Camera -- Invasion!
    Captain Comet
  35. 34. The Robinson Crusoe of Space!
    Space Cabbie [Space Cabby]
  36. 35. The Case of the Counterfeit Credits!
    Star Hawkins
  37. 36. The Weapon That Swallowed Men!
    Adam Strange
  38. 37. The Lost City of Los Angeles!
    The Atomic Knights
  39. 38. What Happened on Sirius-4?
    Star Rovers
  40. 39. The Valley of 1,000 Dooms
    The Space Ranger
  41. 40. Ultra the Multi-Alien
    Ultra the Multi-Alien
  42. 41. [no title indexed]
  43. 42. Chapter Four "Upward and Onward" Modern Space Opera
  44. 43. Brief Encounter
  45. 44. Passages
  46. 45. Gremlins
  47. 46. The One That Matters
  48. 47. Killing Time
  49. 48. Certified Safe!
  50. 49. Dream Boat
  51. 50. The Stars of the DC Universe Can Also Be Found in These Books
  52. 51. [no title indexed]
  53. 52. ["Earth fades to a pinpoint behind them..."]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore