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) (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)
• in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #43 (1979) [N&B [B&W]]

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 The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #33 ([June 1959])
• 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)