Mystery in Space #49

(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

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

A group of kids discover the library.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Sky-High Man! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #18 (septembre 1959) [N&B/B&W]
• in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #9 ([circa 1960])
• in From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #9 (February-March 1971)
• in Monde Futur (Arédit-Artima, 1971 series) #7 (juillet 1972)
• 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.

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Planets of Wonder! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Morris Waldinger

Inks

Tommy Nicolosi

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The planet Mercury is so small...

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Reprints

• in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #9 ([circa 1960])
• in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #333 (November 1964) [2nd panel only, reconfigured]
which is reprinted
• in Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #15 ([July 1966])
• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #227 (November-December 1970)
• in Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #80 ([December 1971])

Just One Second! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Our Strange Universe / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Morris Waldinger

Inks

Tommy Nicolosi

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If space is curved...

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Reprints

• in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #30 (September 1964) [top half only]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

The 24,000-Hour Day! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Manny Stallman

Inks

John Giunta

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Brad Stanton; Jerome Baxter; Jim Kirby

Synopsis

Brad Stanton and Jim Kirby answer an ad for space-miners promising to pay them $1000 a day. When they sign on they learn that one day on this asteroid is 24,000 hours long.

Reprints

• in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #17 (août 1959) [N&B/B&W]
• in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #9 ([circa 1960])
• in From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #10 (April-May 1971)
• in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #17 (mai 1974)

Indexer Notes

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

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

Tootsie Roll Pop / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[Frederick Wilhelm Bessel] (Table of Contents: 10)

Giants of the Telescope / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mort Drucker

Pencils

Mort Drucker

Inks

Mort Drucker

Colors

?

Letters

Mort Drucker

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Reprints

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #17 (February 1952) [recolored & art altered]
• in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #9 ([circa 1960])

Indexer Notes

Information for this sequence from Arthur Lortie.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Wonders of Space / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz (Science Editor)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Science Editor: In the 'Wonders of Space' feature...

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #9 ([circa 1960])
• in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #17 ([1964])

Indexer Notes

Letters from P.M. and L.S.

Dummy That Saved the Earth (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #17 (août 1959) [N&B/B&W]
• in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #9 ([circa 1960])

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll Fudge / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Can an Invulnerable Gorilla with Kryptonite Vision Defeat Superman? (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Meteorites! (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Morris Waldinger

Inks

Tommy Nicolosi

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #26 (January 1964)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

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

Jowett Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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