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Issue: Mystery in Space #20
Publication Date: June 1954
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Issues: #20 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: 04/07/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Adult Image
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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The Man in the Martian Mask!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: You will wear that mask forever, Earthman!
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In Content Item: FlagMystery in Space #1 published January 1955
as The Man in the Martian Mask! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagTitanes Planetarios #17 published March 1955
as ¡El hombre de la máscara marciana! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Binky Says: "Act Your Age!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
First Line: An exciting baseball game...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside front cover PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
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The Man in the Martian Mask!

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: I can't get this mask off my face!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Tootsie Roll America's favorite candy
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Planets of Wonder!
First Line: The American astronomer, William Pickering, was 'robbed'...
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Pages: 1
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The Planet of No Return!

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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: A gigantic solar prominence, leaping up from the sun to engulf us!
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

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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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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Let's go see the lions and tigers now...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: sequential art ad for Fleer's Dubble Bubble gum
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Mysteries in Space!
First Line: When the first earthman reaches the moon...
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Pages: 1
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The Boomerang Meteors

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: A giant spaceship hovering high above Earth--drawing up the meteors from our planet!
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Three Exciting New Adventures

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 0.33
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Invisible Planets!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Wonders of Space
First Line: Will it ever be possible to build a telescope on earth which will show any planets that may revolve around other stars?
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This feature contains three text articles:
1. Invisible Planets!
2. Riddle of the Martian Canals!
3. Weightlessness in Space!
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William Lassell

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: A telescopic craftsman of such extraordinary ability, that some of the...
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Pages: 1
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Interplanetary Insomnia, Inc.!

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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Help! Get me out of this!
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mutt & Jeff
First Line: Step right up, folks and get the greatest laugh-show on Earth!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: In 10 minutes of fun a day I changed myself from this bloodless, pitiful skinny shrimp to this...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Underseas Treasure

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
First Line: Heck no! There's no treasure down here!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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