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Issue: Mystery in Space #74
Publication Date: March 1962
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Issues: #74 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: 01/18/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Sea Devils #4 and 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
Format Notes:  
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The Spaceman Who Fought Himself!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna; Hortan Var
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In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #2 published January 2006
as [Cover - Mystery in Space #74]; The Spaceman Who Fought Himself! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 published October 2007
as Mystery in Space #74 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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First Line: Add 3 inches of steel-like muscles to your arms...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Spaceman Who Fought Himself!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna; Hortan Var (first appearance, villain); Kai warriors (first appearance, villains)
Synopsis: An Adam Strange look-alike, Hortan Var, tricks Adam into going to another dimension, and then tries to conquer Rann.
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #234 published January 1972
as The Spaceman Who Fought Himself! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #2 published January 2006
as The Spaceman Who Fought Himself! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 published October 2007
as The Spaceman Who Fought Himself! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13.33
Disclose Notes: Story in two parts of 7.67 and 5.67 pages.
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Feature(s): Justice League of America; Strange Adventures
First Line: For the very best...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Innocent!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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From Many Lands...

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Genres: opinion
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Showcase; Metal Men
First Line: More startling than tomorrow's science-fiction is the Metal Men
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Pages: 0.33
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Paul Seydor, Tom Earl Brown, Robert L. Adams, Paul Gambaccini, Vincent Mansfield, Stephen Goldin, and Brian White.
Column titled "Wonders of Space via Rocket Mail" in this issue.
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Alexis Clairaut

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
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Pages: 1
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Where Is the Paradise of Space?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #234 published January 1972
as Where Is the Paradise of Space? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics #[nn] published April 1980
as Where Is the Paradise of Space? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10.67
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Now in a magazine of his own!
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Pages: 0.33
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First Line: Learn to play guitar the Chet Atkins way!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Josely Co.
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[untitled]

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Amazing Asteroids
First Line: Discovered in 1920, Hidalgo has the largest known orbit...
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Pages: 0.5
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First Line: Reward $2,000.00 for this coin!
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Pages: 0.5
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100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

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Disclose Notes: Sold by Josely Co.
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First Line: Nationally famous prizes for you...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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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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