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Issue: Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly #28
Publication Date: August 1960
 
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Publisher: FlagK. G. Murray
Indicia Publisher: K. G. Murray Publishing Company
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Pages: 116
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Price: 24.0 pence GBQ 0-2-0
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Content Items: 17 (15 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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The Moon Monster!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
science fiction
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Text box and speech bubble rearranged.
The Moon Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Martin Kell; Dr. Gaines; Karaba; Chief Sutaya (flashback)
Radiation from a meteorite transforms a man into a strange creature that affects gravity like the moon.
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DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story. p. 2: Words “Blast it!” changed to “Curse it!”; and “Blazes: changed to “Goodness”.
The Fantastic Lunar-Land

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Blair; Ghu; Jan’na
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8
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Johnny Law vs Johnny Lawless

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
crime
Johnny Law, Headquarters Detective
Johnny Law; Captain Morley; Mullins; Herb Harrison; Mr. Carlton; Eddie Darrow
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DC logos and “Big Town” banner removed from every page of story. p. 1: words “Fooled Yuh” changed to “Fooled You”. p. 2: words “Get away copper, before I blast yuh!” changed to “Get away copper, before I” and “Plug this flatfoot” changed to “Stop this flatfoot”. p. 3: words “a hundred thousand dollars” changed to “a hundred thousand pounds”.
The World Inside the Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Tom Hendrix; Doctor Pauls; Toran Xol
Two scientists discover that the Earth was formed around a huge spaceship which became incapacitated millions of years ago, and its occupants are finally ready to resume their voyage through space.
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When You Buy Comics know the score!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Advertisement for 116 page comics: All Favourites, Century, Mighty, Five-Score, and Hundred.
Quest of the Curious Robots!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Major Tom Onslow
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8
DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from every page of story. p. 6: words “Washington, D.C.” changed to “The Capital” and “our Congressional Library” changed to “our National Library”.
Off-Duty Patrolman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
mystery
John Madden
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The House That Couldn't Be Destroyed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
fantasy
Foreman Dodson; Jasper Purdy; Cyrus Purdy; Farley; Cullens; Adams
A wrecking crew is unable to demolish a house until the last descendant of its ancestral family dies.
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DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story. Words “British” changed to “Redcoats” throughout story.
The Inter-Dimensional Duel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Marcus Hadley; Roy Demerest; Rouk
A lab accident throws Marcus Hadley into another dimension, where he helps its inhabitants against an invasion of giant creatures.
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8
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story
Prisoner of Formula Zero

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Ronald D. Hampton; Mr. Duncan
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8
DC logos and “House of Secrets” banner removed from each page of story (none on p. 1). Splash page: original indicia removed - artwork slightly extended at bottom. p. 3: word “Blazes!” changed to “Curses!”
I Fought the Sonar Creatures

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Professor Duncan; Frank
A scientific experiment goes wrong and creates monsters from sound waves.
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8
DC logos and “My Greatest Adventure” banner removed from each page of story (none on p. 1). Splash page: original indicia removed - artwork slightly extended at bottom.
Steal Planet Xerbo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Kar Daley; Captain Garbo; Professor Shore
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8
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The Test Tube World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
fantasy, science fiction
Mark Merlin; Elsa; Professor Garston; Philip Thaler
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
I am at your command, master!
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The Man Who Cheated Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
crime
Big Town
Steve Wilson; Ben Grayson; Derek Dorini; Lorelei Kilbourne; Inspector Calahan; Harry the Hack
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DC logos and “Big Town” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67 pages. p. 4: words “Whatta Story!” changed to “What story!”.
Beauty and Bullets!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
crime
Big Town
Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne; Harry the Hack; Mr. Kerns
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Miscellaneous
9
DC logos and “Big Town” banner removed from every page of story. pp. 2, 4, 5, 9: “$100,000” changed to “£50,000”.

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