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Issue: Mystery in Space #16
Publication Date: October 1953
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Issues: #16 of 117 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/17/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Pencilling in masthead.
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Tow us in faster! A giant meteor is going to hit us!
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In Content Item: FlagTitanes Planetarios #9 published July 1954
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Novelty Mart
First Line: Uncle Bernie's fun shop buy now at our low low prices!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Honeymoon in Space

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Genres: science fiction
First Line: "Honeymoon in Space" --your favorite teevee show--presents this week's lucky couple...
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Cover story.
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Scripto
First Line: Scripto guarantees the best...in writing!
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Pages: 0.33
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Lunar Craters

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: It has been estimated that the total number of craters visible on the moon exceeds...
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Pages: 0.5
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Feature(s): Sky Bar
First Line: You can have this real space compass!
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Pages: 0.5
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Christiaan Huygens

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
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Pages: 0.67
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First Line: Who cares about oil - we've struck lanolin!
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Pages: 0.25
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Interplanetary Insurance, Inc.

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Genres: science fiction
First Line: My examination of the creatures on this planet shows they can never die--except by accident!
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #218 published May 1969
as Interplanetary Insurance, Incorporated [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Genres: childrens
First Line: Now that we're at the North Pole, let's go exploring.
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Gamma globulin- obtained from human blood- protects for a few weeks.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for polio research.
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Binky Says: "Give Your Pet All the Breaks!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Character(s): Binky; Sport (dog); Allergy; Jim
First Line: Gee, Binky, what's wrong with Sport?
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Pages: 1
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The Earthman and the Robot!

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Genres: science fiction
First Line: Your brain's secrets are now mine, Earthman!
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Pages: 5.67
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First Line: A delicious chocolaty.. long-lasting Tootsie Roll.
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Pages: 0.33
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Stars?

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): What Do You Know About
First Line: 1. The first astronomer to form any true idea of the tremendous distances of stars was Isaac Newton.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Two pages of quiz questions and answers about stars.
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The Line of Stars Presents Tomahawk

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Planet in Reverse!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
First Line: When you consider the strange series of coincidences that have marked scientific progress on Earth...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Pencils previously credited to Frank Giacoia.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Friendship Studios, Inc.
First Line: Want extra money to spend as your please?
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Motor's Auto Repair Manual
First Line: How to fix any part of any car!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cracker Jack
First Line: Cracker Jack's magnetic car
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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