Fantastic Tales #2

Top the Charts Every Month with Cannon Records (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Lifeboat in Space! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (sourced)

Inks

Joe Giella (sourced)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Captain Daav!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Captain Daav

Reprints

• from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #40 (October-November 1957)

Keywords

Arcturians

Indexer Notes

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Interplanetary Speedway! (Table of Contents: 3)

Space Cabbie [Space Cabby] / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Gil Kane (sourced)

Inks

Bernard Sachs (sourced)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I don't like to boast, but when it comes to rating the best drivers in space, I'm top of the list!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Space Cabbie

Reprints

• from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #40 (October-November 1957)

Keywords

Piloton

Secret of the Star Warriors! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Frank Giacoia (sourced)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (sourced)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

On an island universe a million light years from the Earth-stage footlights he knew so well,

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Andrew Fielding (actor); Zizo (alien)

Reprints

• from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #40 (October-November 1957)

Riddle of the Runaway Earth! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Sid Greene (sourced)

Inks

John Giunta (sourced)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Has our Earth always been the third planet outward from the sun?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Joel Cobb (archeologist)

Reprints

• from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #40 (October-November 1957)

Keywords

Easter Island

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Mysteries in Space! / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Morris Waldinger

Inks

Tom Nicolosi

Letters

Milt Snapinn

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If the Earth and Moon suddenly became completely motionless...

Genre

non-fiction; maths & science

Reprints

• from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #40 (October-November 1957)

Indexer Notes

Four illustrations with captions of facts about space and the earth.

Star-Brightness (Table of Contents: 7)

Wonders of Space / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Raymond Perry

Inks

Raymond Perry

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gazing up at the sky on a very clear night

Genre

non-fiction; maths & science

Reprints

• from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #40 (October-November 1957)

Giants of the Cosmic Ray! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From a far-off planet comes a solitary alien

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #82 (July 1957)

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

The Speed of Light (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Drucker ?

Inks

Mort Drucker ?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; maths & science

Amazing Ratios! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

The Man Who Inherited Mars! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Sid Greene

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Hal Jackson

Amazing Ratios! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Binky Shows "How to Make New Friends!" (Table of Contents: 13)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bob Oksner

Inks

Bob Oksner

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say, Allergy, why don't you ask that youngster, Bob, across the street to go bowling with you?

Genre

advocacy; teen

Characters

Binky; Allergy; Bob; Pete

Synopsis

Binky suggests Allergy make friends with a new kid, Bob, but Pete does instead and then gets Allergy and the rest of the gang interested.

Reprints

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #82 (July 1957)

Indexer Notes

This strip appeared in all DC titles of that time.

Secret of the Silent Spaceman! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Frank Giacoia

Inks

Joe Giella

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What did the little green men from space want on Earth ?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #82 (July 1957)

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Days of Wonder! (Table of Contents: 15)

Spotlight on Science / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset; ?

Reprints

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #82 (July 1957)

Indexer Notes

Article about the various time differences on Earth.

The Day Science Ran Wild! (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Sid Greene

Inks

Joe Giella

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How can invaders from another dimension hope to conquer Earth without firing a shot?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #82 (July 1957)

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Solar System Sizes! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The smallest sunspot visible on the sun...

Genre

non-fiction; maths & science

How Not to Enjoy a Vacation! (Table of Contents: 18)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Ruben Moreira

Inks

Ruben Moreira

Letters

?

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Terry

Private Eye of Venus! (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Carmine Infantino

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Mark Gordon

Don't be Half a Man! (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

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Fear No Man (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

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