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Issue: Cosmo the Merry Martian #1
Publication Date: September 1958
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Issues: #1 of 6 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Radio Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 4 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob White (signed)
Inker(s): Bob White (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Cosmo the Merry Martian
Character(s): Cosmo; Orbi
First Line: How does it feel, Orbi, to know that in ten minutes we’ll be the first Martians to blast off for Earth?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie Double Digest #23 [Newsstand] published January 2013
as [untitled] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie Double Digest #24 [Direct Edition] published February 2013
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie Double Digest #25 [Direct Edition] published March 2013
as [untitled] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie Double Digest #26 [Direct Edition] published April 2013
as [untitled] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie Double Digest #27 [Direct Edition] published May 2013
as [untitled] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie Double Digest #28 [Direct Edition] published June 2013
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Destination: Earth! (Chapter 1)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sy Reit
Penciller(s): Bob White
Inker(s): Bob White
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Cosmo the Merry Martian
Character(s): Cosmo; Orbi; Astra; Professor Thimk
Synopsis: Cosmo and his cowardly pal Orbi are chosen to man the first Martian expedition to Earth, but the rocket crash-lands on the Earth's moon instead.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie Double Digest #23 [Newsstand] published January 2013
as Destination: Earth! (Chapter 1) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Moon Merriment! (Chapter 2)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sy Reit
Penciller(s): Bob White
Inker(s): Bob White
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Cosmo the Merry Martian
Character(s): Cosmo; Orbi; Moonlings
Synopsis: Cosmo and Orbi meet the creatures who live on the Earth's moon, all of whom are named "Oog." The Moonlings show the visitors their civilization, and explain that they are invisible to Earth people.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie Double Digest #23 [Newsstand] published January 2013
as Moon Merriment! (Chapter 2) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Planet Playmates! (Chapter 3)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sy Reit
Penciller(s): Bob White
Inker(s): Bob White
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Cosmo the Merry Martian
Character(s): Cosmo; Orbi; Moonlings
Synopsis: After spraying Cosmo and Orbi with "comet dust" so they, too, will be invisible on Earthlings, the Moonlings take the Martians to Earth, where they observe the planet's most fascinating and complex activity: a baseball game.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie Double Digest #23 [Newsstand] published January 2013
as Planet Playmates! (Chapter 3) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: The issue ends by teasing the events of the next issue's story, a format that would continue throughout the series.

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