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Issue: Mystery in Space #87
Publication Date: November 1963
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Issues: #87 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: 09/12/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of September 5 in ad in Flash Annual #1.
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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 Amazing Thefts of the I.Q. Gang!

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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ira Quimby; I.Q. Gang; Hawkman [Carter Hall; Kator Hol]; Adam Strange (inset)
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In Content Item: FlagThe Hawkman Archives #1 published November 2000
as Mystery in Space #87 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Hawkman #1 published May 2007
as Mystery in Space #87 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #3 published June 2008
as [Cover - Mystery in Space #87]; The Amazing Thefts of the I.Q. Gang! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Super-Brain of Adam Strange!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath
Synopsis: Sardath attempts to control Adam's Zeta-Beam visits to Rann, but a side-effect gives Adam a super-evolved brain which also creates a brain-wave menace for the planet. When Alanna shuts down Sardath's machine, all returns to normal but some of the brain-wave energy becomes frozen into a rock which Adam takes back to Earth.
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In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #443 published January 1975
as The Super-Brain of Adam Strange! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #3 published June 2008
as The Super-Brain of Adam Strange [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11.67
Disclose Notes: References Mystery in Space #75 and 85. Continued in the next story in this issue, "Amazing Thefts of The I.Q. Gang!"
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The Flashiest News of the Year...

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Disclose Notes: House ad for Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1.
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Disclose Notes: Joe Kubert welcomes Murphy Anderson to his first Hawkman art job.
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Amazing Thefts of the I.Q. Gang!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman [Carter Hall; Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall; Shayera Hol]; Ira Quimby [I.Q.]; I.Q. Gang (villains, intro); Adam Strange (cameo in Earth identity)
Synopsis: Ira Quimby's thinking is enhanced whenever he is near the rock that Adam Strange brought back to earth containing his super brain-waves. Ira constructs several super-science devices and executes crimes until defeated by Hawkman and Hawkgirl, and the rock eventually stops emitting the brain-waves.
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In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #443 published January 1975
as Amazing Thefts of the I.Q. Gang! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Hawkman Archives #1 published November 2000
as Amazing Thefts of the I.Q. Gang! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Hawkman #1 published May 2007
as Amazing Thefts of the I.Q. Gang! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13.33
Disclose Notes: Continued from previous story in this issue "The Super-Brain of Adam Strange!"
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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First Line: Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subscription offer for DC comics: two-year subscription for ten cents per issue.
On the page immediately following page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #50, featuring the first in a series of team-ups that would eventually take over the title.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover; advertisement for Aurora model kits of the Universal Studios monsters.

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