Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1956-11-18
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]

Automatic Firing BB Machine Gun / advertisement / 1 page

The Amazing Cube!

comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:science fiction
Characters:
Harvey Hacker
Synopsis:
Harvey Hacker meets a fellow gambler who has made his own dice from a meteor and with which he cannot lose. Following him, Hacker is able to snatch one when the other gambler crashes his car outside an atomic station. Planning to analyze the cube later, Hacker finds that it is apparently getting larger and larger through the night, nearly crushing him in his own house. But when scientists arrive from the atomic station, Hacker realizes it is he and his house that have been shrinking due to the combination of the radiation and meteor the cube was made of.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from the index for the World's Finest Comics issue reprinting this story.

Meet the League of Death-Cheaters!

Showcase; Challengers of the Unknown / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Talking Head!

comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; historical
Reprints (1)

The Carbon Copy Man

comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:detective-mystery
Synopsis:
Frank Dorne has been faking teleportation with the help of his twin brother George, whose existence is unknown to the outside world since the brothers were brought up in separate orphanages. When a trick goes wrong and George is killed, Frank figures the gig is over until it appears that George has fulfilled his part of the act once again. Investigating, Frank is fatally wounded, but not before being meeting a third brother -- triplets all separated at birth -- who was trying to join in the scam.
Reprints (6)

Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page


  • Genre:non-fiction; advocacy; humor; teen

[no title indexed]

Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That's great, Swordo!
Reprints (1)

The Day Nobody Died

comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Dr. Tom Morgan; Jim; Dr. Sampson; Death
Synopsis:
Dr. Tom Morgan is worried about performing his first surgery, but he notices an odd man about who seems to be able to ensure no one dies. He tries to get him to his surgery the next day, but Death's vacation is over.
Reprints (5)

Mystery of the Talking Mongoose

text article / 2 pages


  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; historical

The Man Who Ate Fire

comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:science fiction
Synopsis:
Tommy Briggs discovers that Edward Hermes is really an alien from Mercury and sent to Earth to prepare an invasion, but Tommy and his father alert the authorities and prevent it, with the help of the Statue of Liberty.
Reprints (2)

[no title indexed]

All-American Sports Club Photos / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

Nutty Putty / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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