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Issue: Space War #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1960
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Issues: #3 of 34 Issues (44 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: A Charlton PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Charlton Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US (#1-27); Standard Modern Age US (#28 onwards)
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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The World of the Firebirds

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #141 published January 1975
as The World of the Firebirds [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #172 published January 1979
as The World of the Firebirds [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #37 published ?
as The World of the Firebirds [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Add 3 Inches of Steel-like Muscles to Your Arms

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joe Weider (photo); Clancy Ross (photo)
First Line: 4 Power-packed inches to your chest... FAST... IN JUST 30 DAYS!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering Power-Packed Muscle-Building Course from Joe Weider, 801 Palisade Avenue, Union City, N.J.
On inside front cover.
Indicia at bottom of page.
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The Day Earth Died

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Rylyn (villain); Tyky; Captain Henry Derwin; Lieutenant Anne Healy; Zyzyz
Synopsis: Malcontents from Venus plan to begin their conquest of the universe by burning Earth with their heat-ray.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: 5975
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Win a Big Prize!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Get a prize for answering a quiz along with an offer to sell Cloverine Brand Salve for premiums from Wilson Chemical Co., Dept. 99-13, Tyrone, Pa.
After page 3 of preceding story.
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Pluto the Pirate Planet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Milo Webb (villain); Captain Shark; Josh; Ytaka (villain); Winters
Synopsis: Earth marshal Winters is forced to join Milo Webb, space pirate, to attempt to defeat alien Ytaka and his insecto-men before they can conquer the solar system and beyond.
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In Content Item: FlagOuter Space #6 published ?
as Pluto the Pirate Planet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: 5946
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Gain Weight!

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Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Send for introductory weight gain plan and product from Vitatone Health Products, 41 Union Square, New York 3, N.Y.
After page 4 of preceding story.
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Win! Thousands of Dollars Worth of Great Prizes!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Name the dog contest. Top Prize was a TWA jet trip to Disneyland from New York. Contest ended June 30, 1960.
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Test Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jeb Hawkins; Henry Vogel; Zeke; unnamed aliens
Synopsis: Jeb tries to convince his friends, Henry and Zeke, that he saw a flying saucer land.
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In Content Item: FlagOuter Space #6 published ?
as Test Case [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
Job Number: 5841
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Everything You Need to Enjoy Stamp Collecting

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Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ? (ad agency)
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Mail order advertisement for the Zenith Company, Dept. NM-5, 81 Willoughby Street, Brooklyn 1, N.Y.
On top half of page after page 2 of preceding story.
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Prices Smashed on New 1959 Accordions!

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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Send in coupon for free catalog of latest imported Italian accordions, from Accordion Manufacturers and Wholesalers Outlet, 2003 W. Chicago Ave., Dept. CO-19, Chicago 22, Ill.
On bottom half of page after page 2 of preceding story.
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Earl's Echo

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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In Content Item: FlagCreepy Worlds #156 published January 1975
as Earl's Echo [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The World of the Firebirds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain Galagr; Space Corporal Vin Osha; unnamed aliens
Synopsis: Officers and crew of an Earth Galaxy space patrol travel to a distant fire planet at the limits of the universe. They find a race of human-appearing aliens that have wanted to make contact with them.
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In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #141 published January 1975
as The World of the Firebirds [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: 5876
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Amazing Super-Secret Wall Safe

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Send $1.98 for wall safe with concealing picture from Honor House Prod. Corp., Dept SW-26, Lynbrook, New York.
On top half of page after page 5 of preceding story.
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Genuine Leather Holster Sets

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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First Line: Beat the other kids to the draw
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Select from 3 different model holster sets. All come with one cap pistol per holster, from Patriotic Fireworks Corp., P.O. Box 207, Maywood, Illinois.
On bottom half of page after page 5 of preceding story.
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Space Age Models

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offers a variety of hobby items, mostly models from America's Hobby Center Inc., 146-148 W. 22nd St., New York 11, N.Y.
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Learn Radio-Television Electronics

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): J.E. Smith (photo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Send for free information from National Radio Institute, Dept. 9MK3, Washington 16, D.C.
Inside back cover.
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Draw Me!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Draw a cowboy's head for a chance to win a $430 art scholarship with Art Instruction, Inc., 500 South 4th Street, Minneapolis 15, Minnesota.
On back cover.

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