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Issue: From beyond the Unknown #2
Publication Date: December 1969
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Issues: #2 of 25 Issues
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: 10/23/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Scene based on the second story in the issue. Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Giants of the Cosmic Ray!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): various military personnel, scientists; police; civilian onlookers
Synopsis: Scientists and the military assess the damage and threat level of a giant alien invader that has left behind massive foot and handprints.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-286
Disclose Notes: Scene based on the second story in the issue. Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics
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Parade of the Planets!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Lloyd Vincent; alien
First Line: If there were an "exhibit" of strange planets, Saturn with its magnificent rings would be a strong candidate to take first prize!
Synopsis: Lloyd Vincent recounts how he solved a mystery and prevented an alien from stealing earth from its orbit for a contest. Story hinges on the geography of King County, Maryland.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystery in Space #52 published June 1959
was Parade of the Planets! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: S-299
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Meet Murphy Anderson!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): The Wonderful World of Comics
First Line: I walked into one of the rooms that National makes available for its artists to work in, and I see Murphy Anderson, demon illustrator for Hawkman, Atomic Knights, and many other strips, inking a Curt Swan Superman cover...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-117
Disclose Notes: Biography of Murphy Anderson. Also includes Aquaman question from Eliot Wagner.

Per the description in the article, the Curt Swan penciled cover that Murphy Anderson was inking at the time of the interview was for Superman (DC, 1939 Series) #221 (November 1969).

The interviewer of Murphy Anderson is uncredited.
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Giants of the Cosmic Ray!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Xoll (giant alien); Dr. Albert Prentiss
First Line: From beyond the unknown comes a solitary alien to make himself a voluntary target of Earth's deadliest weapons!
Synopsis: As a prelude to invasion, a race of giant aliens send Xoll as a test case to determine the effectiveness of Earth's weapons against them.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #82 published July 1957
was Giants of the Cosmic Ray! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-300
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

As the story's first line begins with the phrase "From beyond the unknown" (coincidently, the title of this magazine) it is possible that the story's opening caption was rewritten for this reprint.
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Micro-Meteors

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: Most of the millions of meteors that enter the Earth's atmosphere every day from outer space are too small to be seen...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Job Number: S-302
Disclose Notes: Text with accompanying illustrations. Top 2/3 of page.
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The Brain-Masters of Polaris

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain Dane Reynolds; Stony (second in command); Venusian smugglers; Chieftain of Polaris; Robl (Polarian alien); other Polarian aliens
First Line: Captain Reynolds -- skipper of the space dreadnought Starling -- came up against many a startling sight on the far-off world of Polaris!
Synopsis: Polaris is preparing to wage war on Earth with the aid of an all-knowing "thought machine".
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #12 published September 1951
was The Brain Masters of Polaris [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: S-301
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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Captain Reynolds destroys the thought machine (an "Ultimate Computer", if you will) using the same "disorienting question with no true answer" that Star Trek's Captain Kirk would use several times during STAR TREK TOS. Those reading this story when reprinted in 1969 might call it out for ripping-off Star Trek -- until we consider this story was originally published in 1951! ...For good measure Reynolds captains a ship of the "Galaxy Federation"! Writer John Broome looks to have anticipated Star Trek by a decade and a half.
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