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Issue: From beyond the Unknown #6
Publication Date: August 1970
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Issues: #6 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: 06/23/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

Reprints of various science fiction stories from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 Series) and Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 Series) fronted by a new cover.

Last 15-cent issue.
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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
Format Notes:  
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The Amazing Human Race!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): humans, praying mantises
Synopsis: Dominant praying mantises ride humans as if they were horses in a race.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S467
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

This cover is a recreation of the cover to Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #85.

New cover for an issue of reprints.
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The Amazing Human Race!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Adair; Adair's scientist colleague; praying mantises; subjugated humans
First Line: The humans of Earth were prepared for an attack from outer space - even for an onslaught from the interior of the Earth!
Synopsis: Physicist John Adair has created a machine that translates animal and insect brain waves into images on a TV screen. After attempts on higher animals such as dogs and cats prove inconclusive, he then tries it on a praying mantis subject and learns of the insects' plan to enslave the human race.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #85 published October 1957
was The Amazing Human Race! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-471
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Somewhat similar in plot to the OUTER LIMITS TV episode "Corpus Earthling" (1963) but with sinister, intelligent rocks, rather than praying mantises, planning conquest. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667809/?ref_=ttep_ep9
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The Runaway Space-Train!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bobby; Nell (Bobby's mom); Bobby's dad; Mrs. Alson (schedule-obsessed old lady); Vectus (alien tourist); gang of train robbers; railroad police; Earth tourists; alien tourists; alien hijackers
First Line: Our train is going to land on this planet - outside our solar system!
Synopsis: A group of human tourists on a train are transported across the universe to the planet Almoran. At the same time, a group of Almoran aliens are sent to Earth, assuming the form of Earthlings to avoid panic. The two groups each experience the vacations originally intended for the other - and, in ways unique to Almorans and Earthlings respectively, overcome terrestrial train robbers and alien ship-hijackers.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystery in Space #50 published March 1959
was The Runaway Space-Train! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Job Number: S-472
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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More for Your Money... and Better.

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): DC Comics; Showcase
Character(s): Starker
First Line: On sale June 11th
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: DC Comics house ad for Showcase. Reproduces the cover illustration for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #93 (September 1970). "On sale June 11th [1970]" Lower third of page.
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Messages from Beyond

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-476
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Mike W. Barr (future comic book writer), Scott Dickerson and Gary Kuhlmann, with replies from Schwartz.

Schwartz also provides the original issue titles and numbers for the stories appearing in From Beyond the Unknown #4 (as it was the issue receiving reader comments) and #6 (this issue) - and announces that From Beyond the Unknown will become a 64-page bi-monthly with its next issue.
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The Magic Lamp from Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jon Harper; deadly green cloud; members of the Space-Explorers Club; United Nations General Assembly; population of Earth
First Line: Farewell, Earthman! I'm on my way to your native world - to drain its people of their life-force!
Synopsis: Jon Harper of the Space Explorers lands on a planet to repair his spaceship when he encounters an intelligent green cloud that feeds upon the life-force of living beings, leaving them dead in its wake.
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From Content Item: FlagMystery in Space #62 published September 1960
was The Magic Lamp from Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: S-473
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Takes place in the year 2150.
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Next Issue --

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): DC Comics; From Beyond the Unknown
First Line: From Beyond the Unknown celebrates its 1st anniversary...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: DC Comics house ad for From Beyond the Unknown in the form of an announcement with no illustrations. Text of the announcement reads as follows:

"Next Issue -- From Beyond the Unknown celebrates its 1st anniversary by switching to a Double-Sized 64-Page Magazine! Issue #7 (October-November) -- featuring science-fiction stories that stagger the imagination -- goes on sale August 11th [1970]"

Lower third of page.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: The starlight of Polaris -- the "North Star" used as a navigational guide -- takes about 300 years to travel across space to Earth...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-477
Disclose Notes: Four panels of illustrated text on astronomy.

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