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Issue: Mystery in Space #66
Publication Date: March 1961
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Issues: #66 of 117 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/17/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (4 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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Space-Island of Peril!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna; alien Corytrix
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In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #2 published January 2006
as [Cover - Mystery in Space #66]; Space-Island of Peril! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 published October 2007
as Mystery in Space #66 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pencil and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, August 2008.
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[untitled]

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
First Line: How to gain up to 50 lbs. of mighty muscles!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Space-Island of Peril!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna; a Corytrix (alien, villain)
Synopsis: Adam and Alanna must stop a Corytrix from destroying Rann.
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In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #93 published June 1975
as Space-Island of Peril! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #2 published January 2006
as Space-Island of Peril! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 published October 2007
as Space-Island of Peril! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Pencil and inks credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]
First Line: For the very best...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for Green Lantern (DC, 1960 Series) #5 (March-April 1961) and The Flash (DC, 1959 Series) #119 (March 1961), with covers shown, and both advertised as "Now On Sale".
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Walter Baade

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Giants of the Telescope
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Pages: 1
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Who Is Hawkman--

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Byth
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 Series) #34 (February-March 1961), with cover shown, and advertised as "On Sale Everywhere!"
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Don't Sell Nature Short!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, opinion
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Pages: 1
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Beauty and the Robot!

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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Edward "Doc" Emerson; Steve Crandall; Irilene; Robotrol man
Synopsis: In the first contact with an alien ship, two explorers discover hibernation chambers: one with a beautiful girl, the other with a robot - who shouldn't need to hibernate. Waking the girl, she claims to be a space policewoman, while the robot is a prisoner. But her odd queries about "Earth's rarest treasures" raise red flags as the explorers escort her to her home planet...
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Pencil and inks credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: The two satellites of Mars...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Two panels with text regarding moons Phobos, Deimos, and Amalthea.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $5 weekly...
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Dear Science Editor: I read with considerable interest...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Jerome Clark, and "Bob (Unsigned)".
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Our Amazing Universe!
First Line: With the exception of about 30 stars...
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Pages: 1
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Who Caught the Loborilla?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): The Star Rovers (introduction) [Homer Glint; Karel Sorensen; Rick Purvis]
Synopsis: Three famed adventurers compete for a $10,000 prize to capture the one-and-only loborilla on a distant planet. Each one captures the unique creature (they think) and claims the prize. But their varied accounts conflict, and soon all three are surprised about who really caught the beast!
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #232 published September 1971
as Who Caught the Loborilla? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: 1) Pencil and inks credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. 2) Sid Greene's usual depiction of Julius Schwartz as a character occurs twice here, on page two panel five and page seven panel five. 3) This story's narrative conceit is similar to that of Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film Rashomon, in which the same incident (in this case, the capture of the Loborilla) is recounted by four different characters (including the Loborilla) as well as four different perspectives. Ingeniously, writer Gardner Fox also makes all four accounts internally consistent. 4) This is the first "Star Rovers" story, although their group name "Star Rovers" does not appear. 5) The Rovers are, oddly, not a team, because, in every story, all three are in competition for some prize or goal. 6) The Rovers continued in Mystery in Space and later switched to Strange Adventures.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
First Line: Do you want spending money?
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Zenith Company
First Line: Everything you need to enjoy stamp collecting...
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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