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Issue: Five-Score Comic Monthly #6
Publication Date: January 1958
 
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Publisher: FlagK. G. Murray
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 100
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: 24.0 pence GBQ 0-2-0
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Content Items: 18 (17 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Approx 190mm x 265mm (varies)
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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I Fought the Champion of Outer Space!

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science fiction
I've got to win this contest -- or the whole solar system is doomed!
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I Fought the Champion from Outer Space!

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John Talbot; Jurr; Gar; Zoro
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Targonians from the planet Targon.
DC logos and “My Greatest Adventure” banner removed from every page of story. pp7: word “maneuvered” changed to “manoeuvred”.
I Was Trapped in the Magic Mountains

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science fiction
Dirk; Bogart; Saturnians
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Elevator to the Future!

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science fiction
Tom Jackson
One day Tom Jackson departs the elevator in his office building and discovers he is now in the future where he helps free humanity from alien control.
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Jimmy Olsen's Super Pet

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superhero
Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent; also as Superboy]; Krypto
Krypto turns up in Metropolis after years in space but is now in his old age. Superman allows Jimmy to keep him as a pet, but Krypto keeps making mistakes (probably due to his age) to the point that the City Council calls him a menace. Superman is forced to take him away, but rejuvenates Krypto with a combination of kryptonite and mineral waters.
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Prisoners of the Tiny Universe

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science fiction
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The Wizard of A!

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science fiction
Joe Bentley; Bill Evans; Lucy Porter
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6
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Birds of Fortune!

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Subject Matter
nature, non-fiction
Bird-watchers look for the first Spring robin, for if the bird is seen flying upward it indicates the viewer will have good luck.
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The Boy in the Moon!

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science fiction
Freddy Trent; Atho; Professor Trent
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DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from above story. pp1-2 and pp6: Freddy Trent’s call sign words “WR-543-Y” changed to “XL-344-5”, but not changed on pp5. pp6: words “Canaveral Launching Station” changed to “Secret Launching Station”.
The Prisoner in the Glass Cage

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mystery
Mr. District Attorney; Len Harrington; ‘Eel’ Traynor; Professor Logan
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The Guardian of the Past

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fantasy
Mr. Haver; Orab; Gamel; Rami
An expedition to the Egyptian tomb of Khardis III leads to the theft of emeralds and a strange time trip to the era of the Pharaohs and back.
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Assignment Unknown!

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science fiction
Marty Corey; Betty; Mr. Merl (Venusian)
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DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from each page of story (none on pp1). pp3: words “$100,000” changed to “£100,000”, and $50,000” changed to “£50,000”. pp4: “flew back to the States” changed to “flew back to my country”.
Mars on Earth!

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Allie Stevens; Herb Stevens; Ned; Martians
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DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from every page of story. pp1: words “Where would you like to go for a vacation this year? Yellowstone Park? Florida? The North Woods?” changed to “Where would you like to go for a vacation this year? The mountains? The Barrier Reef? A camping trip?” pp2-3: word “neighborhood” changed to “neighbourhood”.
Wanted – Aqua-Crook

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superhero
Aquaman (also as Agent X-22), Topo; The Barnacle Gang
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The Man Who Made Giants

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crime
The Travers Gang; The Professor; Special Agent Wells
A scientist promises to turn a trio of criminals into giants for a fee, but it's all an elaborate trick to bilk them out of their money.
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DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story. pp5: words “$100,000” changed to “£100,000” and “Hundred Grand” changed to “Hundred Thousand”.
[untitled]

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non-fiction, science and technology
Amazing Ratios
The largest star in the universe -- Epsilon Aurigae -- is so tremendous that if it were placed in the center of the Solar system it would extend as far out as Saturn...
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The Dragon of Times Square

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Miss Brown; Sir Gawain; Monaghan the Patrolman; Jim (policeman); Pete (policeman)
Sir Gawain is fighting a dragon in King Arthur's time when he and the dragon are transported to modern-day New York City by a bolt of lightning.
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DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story. pp1: wording “New York City is full of wonders... but even the most skeptical New Yorker” changed to “a big city is full of wonders... but even the most skeptical city dwellers”, and “Gothamites could only gape in wonder, as their island was overrun by...” changed to “people could only gape in wonder, as their city was overrun by...”. pp2: words “You must be kidding... this is New York, U.S.A.!” changed to “You must be kidding... this isn’t England!”.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Moolah the Mystic
Hello, Moolah! Will you do me a favor?
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Inside back cover. DC logos and “Tales of the Unexpected” banner removed from above story.

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