My Greatest Adventure #28

(February 1959)

The Magic Card! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

advocacy

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

I Stalked the Camouflage Creatures (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Doug Wildey

Inks

Doug Wildey

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Weird enough were the strange disappearances of our country's most guarded secrets...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Doctor Munston; Special Agent Blake

Synopsis

Munston cannot find out who is stealing from the missile testing base so calls in help. Blake arrives but finds nothing wrong with security and so sets up cameras to trap the thief. The film shows furniture coming to life and stealing items. They approach a couch which fights and almost defeats them until it is stunned when it falls onto a generator. Outside more creatures come to life and the captured creature shrinks out of sight. The creatures are followed to a crevice caused by a recent earthquake. They send a signal down the crevice which blows up some explosive in a stolen warhead.

Reprints

• in Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #21
• in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #10 ([circa 1960])
• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #40 (January 1960)
• in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #23 (mai 1975) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]

Keywords

shape shifters; underground aliens

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

Professor Eureka / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yes, Dr. Floogle, I'm retiring at last!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Colossal Comic (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #35 ([November 1965])

We Battled the Microscopic Menace! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At first, it was a tiny speck--almost a nothingness--seen only through a powerful microscope!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Professor Elliott Saunders; Marcus Drake; Tom (caretaker); newspaper reporter

Synopsis

Saunders and Drake find a microscopic animal that has been destroying their mineral specimens. They try to kill it and after many attempts leave it overnight under a positive ion beam. Next morning the lab is destroyed and footsteps lead through a hole in the wall. They follow the trail to a town under construction. The town caretaker escapes and warns them but then a ray from the creature melts their Jeep. Bullets also melt but then they notice that the windscreen of the jeep hasn't melted. They use a portable negative ion generator behind glass to shrink and destroy the creature.

Reprints

• in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #10 ([circa 1960])
• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #40 (January 1960)
• in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #23 (mai 1975) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in The Jack Kirby Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([October] 2011)

Keywords

ion generator; negative ions; positive ions

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Newspaper Items / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Mort Drucker

Pencils

Mort Drucker

Inks

Mort Drucker

Colors

?

Letters

Mort Drucker

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The modern newspaper is believed to have had its origin almost 400 years ago...

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Big Town (DC, 1951 series) #11 (November 1951)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

The Dust Demon (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Even my closest co-workers were puzzled, as the three of us gazed across the dry, barren valley where I was about to launch the experiment.

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Scientist tries to make dry soil extract moisture with an injection of an experimental chemical. This creates a mud creature which grows in size sucking water out of trees and plants in its path. He defeats this first creature by creating a second creature which is attracted to the first creature and then they destroy each other.

Reprints

• in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #10 ([circa 1960])

We Wore the Forbidden Masks (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

To me, they appeared to be three odd, but rather interesting fiesta masks--

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Martin; Parker; Ellis; Jose

Synopsis

In South America Martin buys three fiesta masks from a street hawker. Jose tells Martin that his mask is the Mask of Mastery and there were two more masks, of Fear and Doom, made at the same time. Martin dons his mask and finds he can control animals. He sees Parker wearing the Mask of Fear and surrounded by fearful demons. He trips Parker up and the mask falls off and then he stamps it to pieces. They then see a train accident and a cart on fire caused by Ellis wearing the Mask of Doom. Martin dons his mask and orders animals to remove the other mask. Later all masks are destroyed.

Reprints

• in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #10 ([circa 1960])
• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #40 (January 1960)
• in All Favourites Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #17 (March 1960)
• in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #20 (1974) [N&B [B&W]]

Keywords

fiesta; mask

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Superstitious Mine Owner! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Morris Waldinger

Inks

Tom Nicolosi

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oll Sparks was only an ordinary prospector--till something happened in Cripple Creek, Colorado, that turned him into one of the most extraordinary gold-hunters of all time...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Oll Sparks

Synopsis

Miner Oll Sparks finds plenty of gold after making a lucky charm from a piece of iron pyrites (Fools Gold). Then one day it is smashed and Sparks finds no more gold. Eventually he loses his fortune and retires.

Reprints

• from All Star Western (DC, 1951 series) #80 (December 1954-January 1955)
• in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #10 ([circa 1960])

Keywords

Fools Gold; gold mine; iron pyrites

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Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)