Mystery in Space
#68
(June 1961)
DC,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Jan., April, July and October
- On-sale Date
- 1961-04-18
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Fadeaway Doom!
Adam Strange / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Adam Strange; Alanna
- Reprints
-
in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #137 -
in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #44 (novembre 1961) -
in The Adam Strange Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2006 [January 2007]) - in Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
- in Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) ([September] 2017)
-
- Keywords
- jetpacks; tigrabars (animal)
Indexer Notes
Pencil credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Fadeaway Doom!
Adam Strange / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; Kaskor (villain); Dust Devils (villains, first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Kaskor uses a modified version of the zeta-beam to conquer Rann. Adam must first find a way to stop the Dust Devils before going after Kaskor.
- Reprints
- in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #44 (novembre 1961) [N&B/B&W]
- in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #228 (January-February 1971)
- in Monde Futur (Arédit-Artima, 1971 series) #13 (mars 1974)
- in The Adam Strange Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2006 [January 2007])
- in Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
- in Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) ([September] 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Dust Devil also in #70, #84. Pencil and ink credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Readers' Choice!
The Brave and the Bold; Hawkman; Showcase; Aquaman and Aqualad / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
The Sleeping Peril of Mars!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Only the earth-colony of Mars stood between the super-weaponed warriors from a distant world and the conquest of Earth!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Alan Woods. The Klurr [Alien race]
- Reprints
- in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #46 (janvier 1962) [N&B/B&W]
-
in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #49 (May 1962?)
-
- Keywords
- Mars
Indexer Notes
Pencil and ink credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Our Amazing Universe! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Certain stars -- known as Cepheid Variables...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
Captain Baboon's Space-War!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Commander Evans; Gordon Walters; Ektinor; Koko (baboon)
- Synopsis
- Gordon Walters transfers his brain into the body of Koko, the pet baboon of the alien Ektinor who plans to destroy the Earth.
- Reprints
- in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #46 (janvier 1962) [N&B/B&W]
- in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #15 (February-March 1972)
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #42 (1979) [N&B [B&W]]
-
- Keywords
- baboon
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[Sir Harold Spencer Jones]
Giants of the Telescope / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science; biography
Indexer Notes
Information for this sequence from Arthur Lortie. Includes banner at the bottom of the page reading: "The Best Comics Are Still 10¢."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Fadeaway Doom!
Adam Strange -
1.
Test Your Talent
Art Instruction, Inc. courses -
2.
The Fadeaway Doom!
Adam Strange -
3.
Parents Have Rights, Too!
-
4.
The Readers' Choice!
The Brave and the Bold; Hawkman; Showcase; Aquaman and Aqualad -
5.
The Sleeping Peril of Mars!
-
6.
["For the very best..."]
Strange Adventures; Green Lantern -
7.
["Certain stars -- known as Cepheid Variables..."]
Our Amazing Universe! -
8.
["Be my guest at the Clyde Beatty & Cole Bros. 3-ring circus..."]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
9.
[no title indexed]
Wonders of Space -
10.
Captain Baboon's Space-War!
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11.
[Sir Harold Spencer Jones]
Giants of the Telescope -
12.
Bicycle Windshield
Honor House Products -
13.
["Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!"]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
14.
204 Revolutionary War Soldiers
Revolutionary War Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Brian Stewart
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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