Mystery in Space #90

(March 1964)

Reward $11,750.00 for this Coin! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Planets in Peril! (Table of Contents: 2)

Adam Strange; Hawkman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (pages 1-8, 19-25); Murphy Anderson (pages 9-18)

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

adventure; science fiction; superhero

Characters

Adam Strange; Alanna; Hawkman [Carter Hall; Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall; Shayera Hol]; Sardath; Oran Dargg (first appearance, villain)

Synopsis

Adam and Hawkman must team up to prevent Earth and Rann from destroying each other.

Reprints

• in DC Super Stars (DC, 1976 series) #2 (April 1976), #2 (April 1976), #2 (April 1976)
• in The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) (1989 [January 1990]), (1989 [January 1990]), (1989 [January 1990])
• in The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) ([June] 1990), ([June] 1990), ([June] 1990)
• in The Hawkman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1 ([November] 2000)
• in Showcase Presents: Hawkman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2007)
• in The Adam Strange Archives (DC, 2004 series) #3 ([June] 2008)
• in Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) ([September] 2017)

Keywords

Absorbascon; Lake Superior; Mount Everest; Roche's Limit

Indexer Notes

Crossover between Adam Strange and Hawkman; this was the first of several. Pencil credits listed in the letter column in this issue. Pages 8, 18 & 25 are all 0.67 pages of comic story and 0.33 pages of ads. Story is broken down as follows: Page 1, splash page; Pages 2-8, "Planets in Peril -- Chapter One Starring Adam Strange"; Pages 9-18, "Planets in Peril -- Chapter Two Starring Hawkman"; Pages 19-25, "Planets in Peril! Chapter Three -- Co-Starring Adam Strange and Hawkman".

You Demanded It, and Here It Is... (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Doom Patrol / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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Sgt. Rock / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

213 Stamps (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Justice League / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

Via Rocket Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

? (logo illustration)

Inks

? (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Phil Cetrone, Gary D. Wolley, Thomas M. Batiuk (creator of the Funky Winkerbean syndicated comic strip).
On the page immediately preceding page 19 of the previous story sequence.

Electrifying Announcement! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Hawkman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Our Strange Universe / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Zeta Aurigae is a double star system...

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Make Money Get Prizes (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Command a Naval Fleet (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

102 Ships of All Nations / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

D-Day (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

D-Day Soldier Set / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

We Dare You to Enter This Contest! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)