(December 1970-January 1971)
DC,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-10-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from the Direct Currents page of From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #8 and from copyright registration.
Station Mars on the Air!
cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-588
- Genre
- science fiction
- Keywords
- Statue of Liberty
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Pencils previously credited to Neal Adams.
Station Mars on the Air!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S-594
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ag-Var; Bu-Marn; Willis; Dr. Benton
- Synopsis
- Martians travel to Earth but find it destroyed.
- Reprints
-
from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #25 (April-May 1955)
-
- Keywords
- Mars; time travel
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Riddle of the Counterfeit Earthmen!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- S-585
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Hal Burton; Gil Hardy; Ku-Li-Ix; Zo-Ik-Ux; Ij-Ko-Un; Zu-Ok-Qu
- Synopsis
- Two astronauts reach Titan for the first time only the aliens that live there do not believe they are actually from Earth.
- Reprints
- from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #54 (September 1959)
-
- Keywords
- Saturn; Titan
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Scienti-Fact / comic story / 0.33 page
- Job Number
- S-601
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Though a mile and a half of snow covers the South Pole...
- Genre
- math & science; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Information on snowfall on the South Pole and the distribution of rodents on the Earth.
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #116 (May 1960) [middle tier only]
-
- Keywords
- rodents; South Pole
Across the Ages!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S-596
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Columbus; Napoleon; Cleopatra; Julius Caesar; Time Conductor
- Synopsis
- While transporting three famous people from the past to the future the Time Conductor's time machine breaks down in the 20th century.
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #60 (September 1955)
-
- Keywords
- time travel
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Dreams of Doom!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- S-597
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Valkan Var; General Mark Daley; Carew
- Synopsis
- An alien arrives to conquer the Earth with the weapons he dreams while sleeping.
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #132 (September 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Scienti-Fact / comic story / 0.33 page
- Job Number
- S-602
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The average speed with which meteors travel around the sun...
- Genre
- math & science; non-fiction
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #117 (December 1960) [bottom tier only]
-
Earth Shall Not Die! [Part II]
Glenn Merritt / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Job Number
- S-600
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Glenn Merritt; Senator Archibald Beauregard; Sgt. Kevin Tempest; Captain Quasar [K-Way-Zzr]
- Synopsis
- Merrite and Tempest discover the aliens who plan to invade the Earth and also find an ally in Captain Quasar.
- Keywords
- Cape Kennedy Florida
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. The records show that this story was originally meant to be a part of the Matt Mason feature, based on the popular action figure, but the feature was later changed.
Story continues from the previous issue.
[no title indexed]
Scienti-Fact / comic story / 0.33 page
- Job Number
- S-603
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Some nebulae (cloudlike, luminous masses composed of gaseous matter or stars far beyond our solar system)...
- Genre
- math & science; non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #51 (December 1954) [bottom tier only]
-
The Incredible Eyes of Arthur Gail!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S-598
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Arthur Gail; Mr. Bliss; Fairlie
- Synopsis
- An accident causes Arthur Gail to lose the ability to see anything that is not organic which allows him to clear himself when charged with stealing his companies secret formula.
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #77 (February 1957)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Meet Your Masters-- the Ants!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- S-599
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Tolax; Roccz; Frank Kuhl; Bill Vance
- Synopsis
- In the past giant ants are destroyed by humans but they send their eggs into space to return 10,000 years later.
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #23 (August 1952)
-
- Keywords
- ants
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Scienti-Fact / comic story / 0.33 page
- Job Number
- S-604
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The total weight of the entire insect family...
- Genre
- math & science; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- The weight of all the insects on the Earth is greater than the weight of all other animals combined.
- Reprints
- from The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #1 (June-July 1962) [top tier only]
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Station Mars on the Air!
-
1.
Station Mars on the Air!
-
2.
Riddle of the Counterfeit Earthmen!
-
3.
["Though a mile and a half of snow covers the South Pole..."]
Scienti-Fact -
4.
Across the Ages!
-
5.
DC Takes Top Honors at Comic Art Convention!
Daily Planet -
6.
The Dreams of Doom!
-
7.
["The average speed with which meteors travel around the sun..."]
Scienti-Fact -
8.
Earth Shall Not Die! [Part II]
Glenn Merritt -
9.
["Some nebulae (cloudlike, luminous masses composed of gaseous matter or stars far beyond our solar system)..."]
Scienti-Fact -
10.
The Incredible Eyes of Arthur Gail!
-
11.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
12.
Meet Your Masters-- the Ants!
-
13.
["The total weight of the entire insect family..."]
Scienti-Fact -
14.
[no title indexed]
Messages from Beyond
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Bill Devine
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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