Mystery in Space #8

(June-July 1952)

Superman Says: "Hop on the Welfare Wagon!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Genre:

advocacy; superhero

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

It's a Woman's World! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script:

John Broome [as John Osgood]

Pencils:

Bob Oksner

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Greg Dexter; Martha Thawn; Nora; Captain Stella Wyle

Synopsis:

Greg Dexter lives in a time when women were in charge and men were fit only for housework. He battles to become the first Rocket Cadet and heroically saves a mission to stop the wandering planet Thebor.

Reprints:

• in From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #11 (June-July 1971)
• in Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1980 series) #[nn] (October 1980)

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

["Boy! He's excited!"] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Earth-- The Forbidden Planet! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script:

Gardner Fox [as Gardner F. Fox] (signed)

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Sy Barry

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Rand Tal, an archaeologist from the planet Slann, accidentally lands on Earth, which has been forbidden to all space explorers for some unknown reason.

Reprints:

• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #148 (January 1963)

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

Out of This World; Necco / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Case of the Crossed-Up Car Crook (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Rotation of Stars (Table of Contents: 10)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Mort Drucker

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Colors:

?

Letters:

Mort Drucker

Genre:

non-fiction

Reprints:

• in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #23 (March 1958)

Indexer Notes

Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Venus? (Table of Contents: 11)

What Do You Know About / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

Raymond Perry

Inks:

Raymond Perry

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

non-fiction

Lives of a Rocket Lancer! (Table of Contents: 12)

Knights of the Galaxy / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script:

Robert Kanigher [as Dion Anthony]

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Sy Barry

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Knights of the Galaxy [Lyle; Ora; Commander Artho]; Zal-Du

Synopsis:

The thirtieth-century Knights of the Galaxy are replaced by their sixth-century counterparts from King Arthur's Camelot, who must fight sn armada of space brigands under the command of Zal-Du.

Reprints:

• in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #85 (November-December 1970)

Keywords:

Camelot; King Arthur

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Meteor Menace in Space... (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Mort Drucker

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Colors:

?

Letters:

Mort Drucker

Genre:

non-fiction; math & science

Reprints:

• in House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #8 (January-February 1958)
• in Miracle Man (Thorpe & Porter, 1965 series) #9

Indexer Notes

Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

["The oldest symbol in comics..."] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Action Comics; House of Mystery / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)