Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1959-09-01
Editing: Julius Schwartz (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #55 Edit Cover
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The Beast from the Runaway World!
(Table of Contents)

Adam Strange / cover / 1 page

Script:
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Pencils:
Inks:
Jack Adler (wash)
Colors:
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Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; science fiction
Characters:
Adam Strange; Alanna; Zaradak
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Pencils credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. Printed in the U.S.A.

New Stars for "Old Glory"
(Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page

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  • Genre:advocacy; history
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gosh, Dad, our flag looks different with 49 stars -- but I wonder what our first flag looked like?
Synopsis:
P.S.A. in comic-story form. History of the United States flag and the custom of adding one star for each state. Discussion sparked by the new 49-star flag.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Beast from the Runaway World!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Adam Strange / comic story / 8.67 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Adam, if we explode the nuclear bomb that space-missile is carrying -- we ourselves will be caught in its deadly blast!
  • Keywords:Monster; teleportation; zeta-beam
Characters:
Adam Strange; Alanna; Zaradak (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis:
A dangerous beast accidentally intercepts the zeta-beam, arriving on Rann instead of Adam.
Reprints (8)

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics.

Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!
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Strange Adventures; My Greatest Adventure; House of Secrets / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Heinrich Olbers (1758-1840)
(Table of Contents: 4)

Giants of the Telescope / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:non-fiction; math & science
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Following the sensational discovery of the first asteroid (Ceres) in 1802, an intensive search for further asteroids was initiated.
  • Keywords:Asteroids; astronomy

Indexer Notes

Information for this sequence from Arthur Lortie.

[no title indexed]
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American Specialty Co. / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Showcase; Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Day the Earth Surrendered!
(Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5.67 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The colonists are armed with weapons -- but they will no more be able to fire them than did the other earthmen we conquered!
  • Keywords:Aliens; invasion from space
Characters:
Military scientists; alien invaders
Synopsis:
Isolated earth men take advantage of their environment to beat alien invaders.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics.

Coming Super-Attractions...
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Our Amazing Universe! / cartoon / 1 page

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?
Letters:
  • Genre:non-fiction; math & science
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Regardless of how much a star is magnified...
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Wonders of Space / letters page / 1 page

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Letters:
typeset
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear Science Editor:

Behind the Space Curtain!
(Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 9.67 pages

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  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Art Larkin was a theatrical promoter striving to make a solar-dollar and a name for himself -- when he dreamed up the biggest idea of the 22nd century!
Characters:
Art Larkin; Var Cuyosa
Synopsis:
Art Larkin goes broke when his interplanetary beauty contest provokes a riot. He surreptitiously enters the closed planet Athena to spirit put a renowned musician. His success leads to Athena opening relations with the Brotherhood of Planets.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics. The "Space Curtain" takes its name from the contemporary so-called "Iron Curtain," sealing most European communist nations from much outside influence.

Hawk-a-a-a!
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Blackhawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
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Garcelon Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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American Geographical Society's Around the World Program / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Beast from the Runaway World!
    Adam Strange
  2. New Stars for "Old Glory"
  3. The Beast from the Runaway World!
    Adam Strange
  4. Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!
    Strange Adventures; My Greatest Adventure; House of Secrets
  5. Heinrich Olbers (1758-1840)
    Giants of the Telescope
  6. [no title indexed]
    American Specialty Co.
  7. [no title indexed]
    Showcase; Green Lantern
  8. The Day the Earth Surrendered!
  9. Coming Super-Attractions...
  10. ["Regardless of how much a star is magnified..."]
    Our Amazing Universe!
  11. ["Dear Science Editor:"]
    Wonders of Space
  12. Behind the Space Curtain!
  13. Hawk-a-a-a!
    Blackhawk
  14. [no title indexed]
    Garcelon Stamp Co.
  15. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  16. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Co.
  17. [no title indexed]
    American Geographical Society's Around the World Program
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
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