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Issue: Mystery in Space #91
Publication Date: May 1964
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Issues: #91 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: 03/12/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The last issue edited by Julius Schwartz (and therefore it is the last issue to contain artwork and scripts by Gardner Fox, Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson or Sid Greene).
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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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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #3 published June 2008
as [Cover - Mystery in Space #91]; Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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132 Pc. Roman Soldiers Set

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons! [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna; Hawkman [Carter Hall; Katar Hol] (cameo); Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall; Shayer Hol] (cameo); Mortan (villain)
Synopsis: Hawkman and Hawkgirl bring Adam and Alanna back to Earth to get married, but Mortan uses the zeta-beam to bring Alanna back to Rann and to lead Adam into a trap.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC Super Stars #4 published June 1976
as Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #3 published June 2008
as Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
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[untitled]

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First Line: To the boys and girls of America...
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Genres: war
First Line: Ride a sea-going thunderbolt...
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Pages: 1
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Names Do Hurt!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, opinion
Synopsis: Jim learns a lesson when he calls other people names.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
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Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Adam Strange; Mortan; Alanna
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC Super Stars #4 published June 1976
as Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #3 published June 2008
as Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.67
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: For the very best in comics reading
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Be first in your neighborhood...
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Pages: 1
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Subject Matter
First Line: Be my guest at America's greatest amusement park...
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Pages: 0.5
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100 Magnets

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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: LOC from readers John DeVries, Andy Wickstrom, Michael Sterling, and Charles Csizmar.
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The No-Name Planet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Disclose Notes: Page count changed and letterer added. Since this was the last Julius Schwartz science fiction comic (published after Strange Adventures #163) before his assignment to the Batman titles, Sid Greene drew three portraits of Schwartz on the last one third page.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Strange Adventures; Detective Comics
First Line: For the very best in comics reading
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: It takes 24 1/2 days for the sun to make a complete revolution...
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Pages: 1
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100 Pc. Toy Soldier Set $1.25

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

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Let me show you free how to develop spaceman strength and endurance
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
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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