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Issue: Mystery in Space #68
Publication Date: June 1961
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Issues: #68 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: 04/18/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (4 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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The Fadeaway Doom!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #2 published January 2006
as [Cover - Mystery in Space #68]; The Fadeaway Doom! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 published October 2007
as Mystery in Space #68 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 published October 2007
as Mystery in Space #70 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Test Your Talent

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Fadeaway Doom!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Kaskor (villain); Dust Devils (villains, first appearance)
Synopsis: Kaskor uses a modified version of the zeta-beam to conquer Rann. Adam must first find a way to stop the Dust Devils before going after Kaskor.
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #228 published January 1971
as The Fadeaway Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #2 published January 2006
as The Fadeaway Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 published October 2007
as The Fadeaway Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Dust Devil also in #70, #84. Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Parents Have Rights, Too!

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Genres: opinion
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The Readers' Choice!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Brave and the Bold; Hawkman; Showcase; Aquaman and Aqualad
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Pages: 1
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The Sleeping Peril of Mars!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain Alan Woods. The Klurr [Alien race]
First Line: Only the earth-colony of Mars stood between the super-weaponed warriors from a distant world and the conquest of Earth!
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Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Strange Adventures; Green Lantern
First Line: For the very best...
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Our Amazing Universe!
First Line: Certain stars -- known as Cepheid Variables...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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First Line: Be my guest at the Clyde Beatty & Cole Bros. 3-ring circus...
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Captain Baboon's Space-War!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Commander Evans; Gordon Walters; Ektinor; Koko (baboon)
Synopsis: Gordon Walters transfers his brain into the body of Koko, the pet baboon of the alien Ektinor who plans to destroy the Earth.
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In Content Item: FlagFrom beyond the Unknown #15 published February 1972
as Captain Baboon's Space-War! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Sir Harold Spencer Jones

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
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Bicycle Windshield

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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First Line: Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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204 Revolutionary War Soldiers

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1

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