([March 1960])
- Price
- 2/- [0-2-0 AUP]
- Pages
- 116
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd
- Brand
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Colour Comics Pty Ltd
- Editing
- ?
I Was Captive of the Bird-Men!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dick Dillin
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I Was Captive of the Bird-Men!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
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from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #38 (December 1959)
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Indexer Notes
Thought balloon deleted, and title repositioned.
We Were Captives of the Bird-Men
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Roussos
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Letters
- Stan Starkman ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bill Landers; Van Neff; Professor Creel; Marcus Vern; Charles Franklin
- Synopsis
- While searching for four missing scientists, Bill Landers is captured by winged giants who are under the control of the scientists he is seeking, who are planning to build a destructive invention.
- Reprints
- from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #38 (December 1959)
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- Keywords
- Bird-men; Lenses; solar
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “My Greatest Adventure” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. pp. 1: Word “southward” changed to “northward”. pp. 6: word “maneuver” changed to “manoeuvre”.
Challenge of the Robot Knight!
Knights of the Galaxy / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited original editor); Julius Schwartz (actual original co-editor); Mort Weisinger (actual original co-editor)
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- R-41; Lyle; Ora; Commader Artho
- Synopsis
- Ora disguises herself as a robot on the theory that even a robot will face less discrimination than a woman, when she applies to join the Knights of the Galaxy.
- Reprints
- from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #7 (April-May 1952)
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Indexer Notes
DC logos and “Mystery in Space” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. pp. 4: words “blast you” changed to “curse you”. pp. 8: word “gotten” changed to “reached”.
The Mystery of the Teen-Age Swami
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Roussos
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Ray Weede
- Synopsis
- Ray Weede, a safecracker, discovers that a child has a device that predicts the future. He tries to use it to become rich and gets caught in the process.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #92 (November 1959)
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- Keywords
- comets; horse racing; rockets; Tibet
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 6.0 pages instead of 5.67. pp. 1: word “dollar” changed to “penny”. pp. 2: word “program” changed to “programme”.
Secret of the Tick-Tock World!
Space Museum / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Carmine Infantino
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Drake; Tommy Parker; Howard Parker
- Synopsis
- The story of how an old wrist watch saved the planet Shalador.
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #109 (October 1959)
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- Keywords
- Space Museum; watches
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from every page of story. pp. 2, 4: word “rocketted” changed to “rocketed”. pp. 6: word “program” changed to “programme”. pp. 8: words “Strange Adventures” deleted from closing caption.
The Secret of Keating Castle
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Howard Purcell (signed as H. P.)
- Inks
- Howard Purcell (signed as H. P.)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
- Characters
- Ed Farnsworth; Dekobra the Magician; Dekobra’s Creature
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #92 (November 1959)
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- Keywords
- magic; Winter Solstice
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 6.0 pages instead of 5.67. pp. 2: word “jail” changed to “gaol”.
Trouble on Earth!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Manny Stallman
- Inks
- John Giunta
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ertan Vo; Prulx; Commander Korvus Tarn
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #104 (May 1959)
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- Keywords
- earthquakes; floods; tornados
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from each page of story. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. pp. 2: words “flat Kansas plains” changed to “flat desert plains” and “Kansas sky” changed to “clear sky”. pp. 3: words “fog-bound Newfoundland banks” changed to “fog-bound coast”. pp. 4: word “labor” changed to “labour”. pp. 5: caption “In Cactus Bend, a small southwestern town close by the Mexican border --” changed to “In Dusty Bend, a small northwestern town ----”. pp. 5: word “mebbedo” changed to “maybeso”; “Cactus Bend” changed to “Dusty Bend”; and “the San Francisco area” changed to “New Zealand”. pp. 6: words “the huge Golden Gate bridge” changed to “the huge newly built bridge” and “The Golden Gate bridge lifts upwards!” changed to “The shattered bridge lifts upwards!”
The Riddle of Hazard Isle!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Ely
- Inks
- Bill Ely
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bob Southey; Rolfe Andrews; Sam Andrews
- Synopsis
- Three cousins must embark upon a strange treasure hunt to receive an inheritance from their eccentric uncle after his death.
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #27 (December 1959)
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- Keywords
- treasure hunts
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “House of Secrets”banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. pp. 2: words “blasted” island” changed to “cursed island”.
The Prisoners of Mechanical Island!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily
- Inks
- Bernard Baily
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
- Characters
- Charlie; Al; Sanders; Don Morgan
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #25 (October 1959)
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Indexer Notes
DC logos and “House of Secrets” banner removed from each page of story (none on p. 1). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. pp. 2: word “yeah” changed to “yes”. pp. 3: word “blasted” changed to “cursed”. pp. 8: words “all right” changed to “alright”; words “Years of labor... millions of dollars’ worth of machinery...” changed to “Years of labour... millions of pounds worth of machinery...”; “marvelous” changed to “marvellous” and “jail” changed to “gaol”.
Menace of the Golden Globule
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Ely
- Inks
- Bill Ely
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
- Synopsis
- The inventions of Albertus Magnus, the Alchemist, recreated in modern times wreak havoc.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #92 (November 1959)
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- Keywords
- Alchemists; gold
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from each page of story (none on p. 1). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 6.0 pages instead of 5.67. pp. 3: word “canceled” changed to “cancelled”. pp. 5: word “center” changed to “centre”. pp. 6: word “dollars” changed to “pounds”.
The Secret of the Sea Monsters
Mark Merlin / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin
- Inks
- Mort Meskin
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Characters
- Mark Merlin; Elsa; Mr. Stevens
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #25 (October 1959)
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- Keywords
- Depth Chargers; Diving; Sea Monsters
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “House of Secrets” banner removed from every page of story.
Interplanetary Skip-Tracer
A Spaceman-at-Work Feature / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy
- Inks
- Nick Cardy
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Stan Hale; Corb; Rom; Edna; Zando; RR. Stevens; James Dren
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #43 (November 1959)
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- Keywords
- skip-tracers
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “Tales of the Unexpected” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67.
The Human Cyclotron
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Tod Philips
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #93 (December 1959)
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- Keywords
- Astronomers; Cyclotrons; Observatory
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67.
The Warning from One Million B.C.!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Sid Greene
- Inks
- Sid Greene
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Clyde Harrison; Professor Beatty
- Synopsis
- Clyde Harrison and Professor Beatty uncover seven robots while digging in the desert. The robots come to life and start to build some mechanism, but is it for good or evil?
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #109 (October 1959)
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- Keywords
- atomic bomb; helium; missiles; robots
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “from Strange Adventures” banner removed from each page of story. pp. 2: words “”Southwestern United States” changed to “Northwestern desert”. pp. 5: word “airplanes” changed to “aeroplanes”. pp. 7: words “America’s missile program” changed to “our missile programme” and “Swiftly, Clyde contacts the Space Agency in Washington” changed to “Swiftly, Clyde contacts the Space Headquarters with his plan” and “at Vandenberg Field” changed to “at the launching field”.
Prisoners of the Robot Factory
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy
- Inks
- Nick Cardy
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Police Chief James Wills; Mr. Harvey; Marcus Lake
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #93 (December 1959)
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- Keywords
- robots
Indexer Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67.
The Sleepers from the Past!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy
- Inks
- Nick Cardy
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor); Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor); George Kashdan (original associate editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Hal Manning; Ray Elton; Professor Bradley; Cedric of Wiltshire
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #92 (November 1959)
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Indexer Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story. pp. 4: word “jail” changed to “goal”.
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I Was Captive of the Bird-Men!
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We Were Captives of the Bird-Men
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Challenge of the Robot Knight!
Knights of the Galaxy -
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The Mystery of the Teen-Age Swami
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4.
Secret of the Tick-Tock World!
Space Museum -
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The Secret of Keating Castle
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6.
Trouble on Earth!
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7.
The Riddle of Hazard Isle!
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8.
The Prisoners of Mechanical Island!
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Menace of the Golden Globule
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10.
The Secret of the Sea Monsters
Mark Merlin -
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Interplanetary Skip-Tracer
A Spaceman-at-Work Feature -
12.
The Human Cyclotron
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13.
The Warning from One Million B.C.!
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14.
Prisoners of the Robot Factory
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15.
The Sleepers from the Past!
- Mark Muller
- James Zee
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