Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1957-07-21
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
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Prisoners of the Atom Universe!
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  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You won't keep us imprisoned in this safety deposit box for long, Jenkins!
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On-sale date from copyright registration.

Yogi Berra Homers in the 9th - Wins Big Game!
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Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Prisoners of the Atom Universe!
(Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Am I dreaming? These men took off into outer space minutes ago...
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Ken Travis; Jay Jenkins
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Danger: Prejudice at Work!
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public service announcement / 1 page

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  • Genre:advocacy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gee Pete, where's all your old gang I met when I visited your last summer?

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The PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format.

The Radioactive Invasion of Earth!
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comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Our tests show this "Martian soldier" and "Birdman of Neptune" are made of a metal unknown on Earth.
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Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

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DeLuxe Photo Service / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page

Riddle of the Walking Robots!
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Darwin Jones / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Those creatures keep walking -- walking -- walking -- no matter what obstacle stands in their way!
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100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page

Bent Light!
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Spotlight on Science / text article / 1 page

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  • Genre:non-fiction; math & science
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:We when talk about the 186,000 miles-per-second speed of light it is not generally realized that this speed is...
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The Toy That Saved the World!
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comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It'll take 50 more hours before my giant electronic brain can solve the problem of how to save Earth from cosmic doom!
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Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

Automatic Firing Tripod Machine Gun
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Automatic Firing BB Machine Gun / advertisement / 1 page

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Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page

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Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Prisoners of the Atom Universe!
  2. Yogi Berra Homers in the 9th - Wins Big Game!
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  3. Prisoners of the Atom Universe!
  4. Danger: Prejudice at Work!
  5. The Radioactive Invasion of Earth!
  6. ["Free! Hard-to-get Royal Family stamps!"]
    Garcelon Stamps
  7. ["631 movie & TV star pictures 25¢"]
    DeLuxe Photo Service
  8. ["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey."]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  9. Riddle of the Walking Robots!
    Darwin Jones
  10. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers
  11. Bent Light!
    Spotlight on Science
  12. The Toy That Saved the World!
  13. ["Do you want spending money? Sell these popular patriotic and religious mottoes"]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  14. Automatic Firing Tripod Machine Gun
    Automatic Firing BB Machine Gun
  15. ["Are you skinny like I was?"]
    Jowett Institute of Physical Training
  16. ["Hey, Kids! ... Ride a Schwinn Mark II Jaguar"]
    Schwinn Bicycles
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Alan Hutchinson
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Brian Stewart
  • Jim Van Dore
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