Mystery in Space
#28
(October-November 1955)
DC,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955-08-14
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Radio Planet!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #40 (1 de enero de 1957)
-
Indexer Notes
Kane pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Sy Barry.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Radio Planet!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #50 (juin 1962) [N&B/B&W] - in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #44 (1979) [N&B [B&W]]
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone
Frontier Fighters; The Legends of Daniel Boone; Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Mysteries in Space! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An average of three eclipses of the sun and two of the moon occur each year.
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
-
in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #93 (December 1959) - in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #43 (March 1966)
-
Journey to the Pygmy World!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #9 (novembre 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Our Strange Universe / cartoon / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- According to astronomical estimates, the mass of our Milky Way galaxy...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #46 (February 1960) which is reprinted
- in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #40 (1º de junio de 1961)
- in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #218 (May-June 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
Space-Flight to Danger!
Space Cabbie / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #219 (July-August 1969) which is reprinted
- in Météor (Arédit-Artima, 1953 series) #176 (août 1970) [N&B [B&W]]
-
in Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Buzzy Asks: "What Are You Getting Out of School?"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown; Jan
- Synopsis
- Buzzy's friend Jan is eager to start school again in the fall because of all the great learning opportunities, even beyond classes and homework.
[Richard Anthony Proctor]
Giants of the Telescope / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #38 (December 1959) [recolored]
- in DC Super Stars (DC, 1976 series) #6 (August 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Information for this sequence from Arthur Lortie.
The Last Television Broadcast on Earth!
comic story / 6 pages
- Reprints
- in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #9 (janvier 1959)
- in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #228 (January-February 1971)
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #38 (1978) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1980 series) ([April] 1980)
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Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Radio Planet!
-
1.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
2.
The Radio Planet!
-
3.
Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone
Frontier Fighters; The Legends of Daniel Boone; Tomahawk -
4.
["An average of three eclipses of the sun and two of the moon occur each year."]
Mysteries in Space! -
5.
Journey to the Pygmy World!
-
6.
["According to astronomical estimates, the mass of our Milky Way galaxy..."]
Our Strange Universe -
7.
[no title indexed]
Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil -
8.
Space-Flight to Danger!
Space Cabbie -
9.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Manufacturing Company -
10.
Buzzy Asks: "What Are You Getting Out of School?"
Buzzy -
11.
The Moons of Mars!
Wonders of Space -
12.
[Richard Anthony Proctor]
Giants of the Telescope -
13.
The Last Television Broadcast on Earth!
-
14.
[no title indexed]
Artistic Card Co., Inc. -
15.
[no title indexed]
Littleton Stamp Co. -
16.
[no title indexed]
Schwinn American
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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