Mystery in Space #72

(December 1961)

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Joe Weider / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Multiple Menace Weapon! (Table of Contents: 2)

Adam Strange / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Adam Strange; Alanna; Traffic Patrolman (first appearance); Janna (first appearance); Julan (first appearance); Tedi (first appearance); the Klanf (first appearance, villains)

Synopsis

Adam is pulled to Rann... 100,000 years in the future. He helps them defeat the Klanf.

Reprints

• in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #50 (juin 1962) [N&B/B&W]
• in All Favourites Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #32 ([August 1962])
• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #232 (September-October 1971)
• in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #21 (janvier 1975) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #44 (1979) [N&B [B&W]]
• 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

The traffic patrolman shows up a few times, with Adam disappearing each time. Pencil and ink credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story is in two parts of 8.67 and 5.67 pages.

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

People Are People! (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Lou Cameron ?

Inks

Lou Cameron ?

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Indexer Notes

This has been credited to both Don Cameron and Lou Cameron by other indexers. The art is not by Bernard Baily.

On the page immediately following page 9 of the previous story sequence.

Re-Live the Adventures of Superman When He Was a Boy! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

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

Richard C. Carrington (Table of Contents: 7)

Giants of the Telescope / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Indexer Notes

Information for this sequence from Arthur Lortie.

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Wonders of Space via Rocket Mail / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Bill Sarill, Mike Donnelly, G.B. Love (RBCC fanzine publisher), Richard West, Steve Rettig, and Ken Gentry (who was awarded all 17 pages of the original Adam Strange art from MIS #71 for his letter).

Doom-Trap for Earth! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Sid Greene

Inks

Sid Greene

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #51 (juillet 1962) [N&B/B&W]
• in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #9 (February-March 1971)
• in Monde Futur (Arédit-Artima, 1971 series) #8 (octobre 1972)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks, and page count, confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. This issue's letter column confirms Sid Greene as the artist and adds that editor Julius Schwartz was used as a model for a Venusian on page 5, second panel.

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Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Big - Big - Big News About a Small - Small - Small Super-Hero (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

The Atom; Showcase / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Best Values Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)