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Issue: M.A.R.S. Patrol Total War #5

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Publication Date: May 1969

Issue #5
- Total War
- #3
- #4
- ✓ #5
- #6
- #7
- #8
- #9
- #10
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Detail

Issues: #5 of 8 Issues (10 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Canadian

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Publisher: Flag

Western

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.

On Sale Date: 02/22/1968

Volume:

Pages: 36

ISBN:

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Price: $0.15 CAD

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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
12 (7 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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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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Format

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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2 M.A.R.S. Patrol Total War #5 [unnamed variant]

M.A.R.S. Patrol Total War #5 [Canadian]

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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction, war

Character(s): M.A.R.S. Patrol [Lt. Cy Adams; Sgt. Ken Hiro; Sgt. Joe Striker; Cpl. Russ Stacey]; invaders

First Line: A city is doomed unless the M.A.R.S. team can penetrate the invaders' curtain of invisibility!

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Notes: Battle scene on a small boat

Plastic Explosives

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Genres: informational, military, non-fiction

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Has "M.A.R.S Patrol" logo but is just a fact-based filler -- does not actually feature M.A.R.S. Patrol.

Mystery Beachhead [Part 1]

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Genres: science fiction, war

Character(s): M.A.R.S. Patrol [Lt. Cy Adams; Sgt. Ken Hiro; Cpl. Russ Stacey]; General Kripps; Admiral Danton; Patricia Chen; invaders

Synopsis: The M.A.R.S. team assists West Coast defenders who are groping for a way to counter the invaders' earthquake weapon, and their sudden appearances. The admiral is skeptical about M.A.R.S. reports of an invader teleportation device. Meanwhile, Ken Hiro meets up with an old flame.

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Pages: 14

Job Number: 5-682

Notes: First part of two-part story.

Several real-life attractions of San Francisco are featured, and in some cases destroyed.

The Long-Tailed Weasel

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Genres: nature, non-fiction

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Notes: Life of the long-tailed weasel.

Party

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Genres: non-fiction

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Notes: Various meanings for the word "party."

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Feature(s): Jest for Fun

First Line: Dad:

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Stegosaurus

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Genres: non-fiction

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Notes: Facts about the stegosaurus.

Part 2: The Secret of the Bay

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Genres: science fiction, war

Synopsis: When Admiral Danton decides to evacuate San Francisco, Patricia Chen is killed while escorting orphans to safety. Figuring that the secret invader base is nearby, the M.A.R.S. Patrol allows them to capture war materiel with concealed plastic explosives, then sets them off by remote control. This reveals that the invader base is concealed under Alcatraz Island. Aerial bombardment finishes them off, but the M.A.R.S. men are immediately summoned to cope with a crisis in Washington, D.C.

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Pages: 12

Notes: Continued from preceding story.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Mini-Comics

Character(s): Dancer; magician; Eggzima the Wonder Hen

Synopsis: [1] A dancer tries many steps and gyrations, then ends up at the chiropractor's office. [2] When the magician waves a colored handkerchief, Eggzima lays an egg reproducing that color. She panics when he waves a cloth of many colors.

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Notes: Two half-page wordless comic strips.

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Magnus, Robot Fighter; H-8 [H8]

First Line: You Asked for It!

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Notes: Promo for Magnus, Robot Fighter #27, which reprints the origin of Magnus. Line drawing of part of painted cover is depicted. "On sale Feb. 20."

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First Line: Win $1,000.00 College Scholarship

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Notes: Ad, with response coupon, for Junior Sales Club of America.

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Character(s): Joel Ballenger; Mary Zimmerman; William Hanlin

First Line: Make Money Get Prizes With Fast Selling American Seeds

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Notes: Ad, with response coupon, for selling seeds from American Seed Co.