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Issue: M.A.R.S. Patrol Total War #6
Publication Date: August 1968
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Issues: #6 of 8 Issues (10 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Canadian
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Publisher: FlagWestern
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Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/23/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
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Price: $0.15 CAD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
12 (3 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress. A price variant intended for Canadian distribution, with replaced cover price.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction, war
Character(s): Joe Striker; Ken Hiro; Russ Stacey; aliens; Abraham Lincoln (statue of Abraham Lincoln)
First Line: An enemy within sabotages the M.A.R.S. team as alien hordes devastate Washington!
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First Line: 'Spittin' Image' B.B Guns...
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Disclose Notes: Ad for B.B guns from Daisy/Heddon.
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Operation Snake-In-The-Brass [Part I]

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Genres: science fiction, war
Character(s): M.A.R.S. Patrol [Joe Striker; Ken Hiro; Russ Stacey; Lt. Cy Adams]; General Kripps; aliens; Dianne Noralle (alien); General Jansen; Marshal Alibad; General Sorumi; U.S. Armed forces
Synopsis: The aliens attack Washington D.C., infiltrate the Pentagon with an agent, and kidnap foreign generals, but the M.A.R.S. team fights back.
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Pages: 14
Job Number: 6-685
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News

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Page is part promo; part letters including fan art illustrations by Stephen Marz and Jimmy Robinson; and part activity.
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Reader's Page Animals

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Genres: artistic
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reader art from Susan Magee, Bev Bandy, Bart Poste, John Price, and Gerald Owlsey.
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Reader's Page Inventions

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Genres: artistic
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Disclose Notes: Reader art from Joedy Moots, Chris Velaquez, and Mark Ensor.
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Jokes On You

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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
Character(s): Gold Key Kid (advertising character, promotional character)
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Disclose Notes: Jokes sent in by readers, plus one illustrated joke in comic-story form. Jokes and riddles submitted by fans Lisa Brown, Lynn Morgan, Allan Rollins, Tony Cassady, Judy Comeau, Carmen Hidlago, John Grimes, Karen Pachuta, Natalie Adele Heller, Lisa Kennedy, Tracey Riggs, S. Edward Miller, Joel Tremblay, John K. Pase, Jeff Green, Lisa Van Atta, Wendy Cuellar, Patti Miller, Bruce N. Osborne, and Debbie Ann Davis.
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Battleground Capitol Hill [Operation Snake-In-The-Brass Part II]

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Genres: science fiction, war
Character(s): M.A.R.S. Patrol [Joe Striker; Ken Hiro; Russ Stacey; Lt. Cy Adams] General Kripps; aliens; Dianne Noralle (alien); General Jansen; Marshal Alibad; General Sorumi; U.S. Armed forces; President of The United States
Synopsis: The M.A.R.S. Patrol wraps up fighting by destroying a secret alien base under Washington and discovering the alien agent.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The unnamed president (seen only from behind, in the last panel) is clearly modeled after then-President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Mini-Comics

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
Character(s): Hunter; karate practitioners
Synopsis: [1] Hunter chasing a bear around a hill and being chased in turn. [2] Karate practitioner cannot break wood block without breaking his hand, so uses the cast to break the wood.
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Disclose Notes: Two wordless half-page comic-story gags.
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Dinosauria Pterodactyl

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
Synopsis: Information on Pterodactyls.
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Disclose Notes: Includes illustrations.
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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Daisy Duck; Huey, Louie, and Dewey; the Three Little Pigs
First Line: Cheer! Cheer!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Walt Disney Comics Digest # 1. Cover thumbnail.
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First Line: 3 Complete Fishing Outfits
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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for fishing equipment from Niresk Discount Sales.

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