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Issue: From beyond the Unknown #8
Publication Date: December 1970
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Issues: #8 of 25 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/08/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from the Direct Currents page of From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #8 and from copyright registration.
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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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Station Mars on the Air!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-588
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Pencils previously credited to Neal Adams.
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Station Mars on the Air!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ag-Var; Bu-Marn; Willis; Dr. Benton
Synopsis: Martians travel to Earth but find it destroyed.
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From Content Item: FlagMystery in Space #25 published April 1955
was Station MARS on the Air! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-594
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Riddle of the Counterfeit Earthmen!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hal Burton; Gil Hardy; Ku-Li-Ix; Zo-Ik-Ux; Ij-Ko-Un; Zu-Ok-Qu
Synopsis: Two astronauts reach Titan for the first time only the aliens that live there do not believe they are actually from Earth.
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From Content Item: FlagMystery in Space #54 published September 1959
was Riddle of the Counterfeit Earthmen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: S-585
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

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Genres: science and technology
First Line: Though a mile and a half of snow covers the South Pole...
Synopsis: Information on snowfall on the South Pole and the distribution of rodents on the Earth.
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Pages: 0.33
Job Number: S-601
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Across the Ages!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Columbus; Napoleon; Cleopatra; Julius Caesar; Time Conductor
Synopsis: While transporting three famous people from the past to the future the Time Conductor's time machine breaks down in the 20th century.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #60 published September 1955
was Across the Ages! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Job Number: S-596
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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DC Takes Top Honors at Comic Art Convention!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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The Dreams of Doom!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Valkan Var; General Mark Daley; Carew
Synopsis: An alien arrives to conquer the Earth with the weapons he dreams while sleeping.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #132 published September 1961
was The Dreams of Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
Job Number: S-597
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

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Genres: science and technology
First Line: The average speed with which meteors travel around the sun...
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Pages: 0.33
Job Number: S-602
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Earth Shall Not Die! [Part II]

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Glenn Merritt
Character(s): Glenn Merritt; Senator Archibald Beauregard; Sgt. Kevin Tempest; Captain Quasar [K-Way-Zzr]
Synopsis: Merrite and Tempest discover the aliens who plan to invade the Earth and also find an ally in Captain Quasar.
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Pages: 12.67
Job Number: S-600
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. The records show that this story was originally meant to be a part of the Matt Mason feature, based on the popular action figure, but the feature was later changed.

Story continues from the previous issue.
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[untitled]

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Genres: science and technology
First Line: Some nebulae (cloudlike, luminous masses composed of gaseous matter or stars far beyond our solar system)...
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Pages: 0.33
Job Number: S-603
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The Incredible Eyes of Arthur Gail!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Arthur Gail; Mr. Bliss; Fairlie
Synopsis: An accident causes Arthur Gail to lose the ability to see anything that is not organic which allows him to clear himself when charged with stealing his companies secret formula.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #77 published February 1957
was The Incredible Eyes of Arthur Gail! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Job Number: S-598
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Meet Your Masters-- the Ants!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tolax; Roccz; Frank Kuhl; Bill Vance
Synopsis: In the past giant ants are destroyed by humans but they send their eggs into space to return 10,000 years later.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #23 published August 1952
was Meet Your Masters-- The Ants! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: S-599
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science and technology
First Line: The total weight of the entire insect family...
Synopsis: The weight of all the insects on the Earth is greater than the weight of all other animals combined.
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Pages: 0.33
Job Number: S-604
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Job Number: S-592

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