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Issue: Mystery in Space #72
Publication Date: December 1961
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Issues: #72 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/24/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (2 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
Format Notes:  
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The Multiple Menace Weapon!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #2 published January 2006
as [Cover - Mystery in Space #72]; The Multiple Menace Weapon! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 published October 2007
as Mystery in Space #72 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Joe Weider
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Multiple Menace Weapon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Traffic Patrolman (first appearance); Janna (first appearance); Julan (first appearance); Tedi (first appearance); the Klanf (first appearance, villains)
Synopsis: Adam is pulled to Rann... 100,000 years in the future. He helps them defeat the Klanf.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAll Favourites Comic #32 published August 1962
as The Multiple Menace Weapon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #232 published September 1971
as The Multiple Menace Weapon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #2 published January 2006
as The Multiple Menace Weapon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 published October 2007
as The Multiple Menace Weapon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.33
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 9 of the previous story sequence.
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People Are People!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This PSA originally ran in DC Comics cover dated April 1953 with Superman and art credits for Win Mortimer. This December 1961 version is without Superman and the art has been credited to both Don Cameron and Lou Cameron. The art is not by Bernard Baily.

Appears between pages 9 and 10 of the Adam Strange story.
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Re-Live the Adventures of Superman When He Was a Boy!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy; Lana Lang; Krypto
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional ad for Superboy #93, December 1961. Note that cover price was blanked out, as prices were being changed from 10 cents to 12 cents at that time. On the page immediately preceding page 10 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Fudge
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Richard C. Carrington

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Giants of the Telescope
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wonders of Space via Rocket Mail
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Bill Sarill, Mike Donnelly, G.B. Love (RBCC fanzine publisher), Richard West, Steve Rettig, and Ken Gentry (who was awarded all 17 pages of the original Adam Strange art from MIS #71 for his letter).
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Doom-Trap for Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFrom beyond the Unknown #9 published February 1971
as Doom-Trap for Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks, and page count, confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. This issue's letter column confirms Sid Greene as the artist and adds that editor Julius Schwartz was used as a model for a Venusian on page 5, second panel.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Big - Big - Big News About a Small - Small - Small Super-Hero

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Showcase
Character(s): The Atom
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional ad for Showcase #35, November-December 1961. Note that cover price was blanked out, as prices were being changed from 10 cents to 12 cents at that time.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Task Force
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Best Values Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Frontier Cabin
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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