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Issue: Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly #32
Publication Date: December 1960
 
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Publisher: FlagK. G. Murray
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Volume: none
Pages: 116
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Price: 24.0 pence GBQ 0-2-0
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Content Items: 19 (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 Puzzle of the Plundering Creatures!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
fantasy, science fiction
Elsa
"What a strange cute little beast! And it's hungry!" "But here come its parents! Look out!" "The Plundering Creatures!"
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Story renamed from “The Puzzle of the Plundering Creatures!” to “The Plundering Creatures!”. Wording “A Mark Merlin Mystery” deleted.
The Puzzle of the Plundering Creatures

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy, science fiction
Mark Merlin; Elsa; Mr. Hanson
When Mark Merlin is called in to investigate a fantastic bank robbery, he learns that an alien child was duped into helping a crook, and now the alien parents want their child back.
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DC logos and “House of Secrets” banner removed from each page of story (none on p. 1). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 9.0 pages instead of 8.67.
King of the Swamp People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Ron Travers
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7.67
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). p. 1: Word “American” changed to “Australian”. p. 3: word “Americans” changed to “Travellers”. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67.
SOS in Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Captain Tyndall; Blake; Martin; Deering
All of those people are the victims of interplanetary shipwrecks!
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DC logos and “Mystery in Space” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 6.0 pages instead of 5.67. p. 2: word “Gonna” changed to “Going To”.
A Shadow of a Doubt!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
mystery
Carlton Carver; Johnny Law; Whitey Collins; Wilbur Burton; Captain Morley
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4
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The Strangest Day on Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Captain Robert Chambers; Otto; Betty; Jack; Helen; Mr. Peterson; Dr. Alan Pierce
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8
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Adventurers Club

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Great New Book Club For Travel And Adventure
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1
Secret of the Cosmic Bullet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Lucius Trent; Golden Gladiator; Star Amazon
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Miscellaneous
8
Sid Greene's usual depiction of Julius Schwartz as a character occurs in page 2 panel 1 (Nobel Award presenter). The planet Duarda of the Star-Sun Rigel.
Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). p. 2: words “Lucius Trent of the United States” replaced with only “Lucius Trent” and “Back In America” replaced with “Back Home Again”.
I Inherited the Isle of Illusions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
fantasy
Dora; Carl; Hans; Alabar
A lost treasure that can transform things into gold may prove disastrous.
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Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. DC logos and “My Greatest Adventure” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). p. 8: sentence “I returned to the States shortly, and after making arrangements with Washington...” changed to “I returned to my home shortly, and after making arrangements with authorities...”, and “$50,000” changed to “£50,000”.
The Phantom's Skull Ring [Beautifully plated with gold]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
1
Smugglers of Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Steve Reynolds; Nona; Jared Tan
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8
Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page).
The Man Who Killed Himself!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
John Ellerson
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4
DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page).
The Legacy of Doom!

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Subject Matter
crime
Big Town
Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne; Danny; Harry the Hack
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6
Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 6.0 pages instead of 5.67. DC logos and “Big Town” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). p. 3, 5: words “Jeweler” and “Jewelery” changed to Australian spelling of “Jeweller” and “Jewellery”. p. 5: word “maneuver” changed to “Manoeuvre”. p. 6: word “Gonna” changed to “Going To”.
The Interplanetary Target

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Mark Merlin; Elsa; Ybar; Mr. Allans (Mercurian alien)
A perfect shot...the Earthman is in the center of our sight!
Renegade aliens from Mercury plan to kill Mark Merlin because he accidentally discovered a way to destroy their transport vehicles.
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9
DC logos and “House of Secrets” banner removed from each page of story (none on first and last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 9.0 pages instead of 8.67. p. 1: word “Center” changed to “Centre”.
The Mystery Book Guild

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
1
Rocketeer for Hire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Slag Sorrel; Gil Gant; Coral; Hagarians (from the planet Hagar)
Side-swiping a rocket's nose-bubble is an old space-navy trick...
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8
DC logos and “Mystery in Space” banner removed from each page of story. p. 3: words “I’ll run this $5 up to a thousand” changed to “I’ll run this five up to a thousand”. p. 4: words “not a cent left” changed to “not a penny left”.
The Unknown Spaceman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Harrison Hammond
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DC logos and “Mystery in Space” banner removed from each page of story (none on first page). Words “Million Dollars” changed to “Million Pounds” throughout story. p. 3: words “Erector Sets” changed to “Mechano Sets” and “Centers” changed to “Centres”. p. 5: word “Travelers” changed to “Travellers”.
Miscellaneous
6
Big Town Terminal!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
crime
Big Town
Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne; Harry the Hack; Inspector Callahan; Willie Clanton; Glue-Finger Frank; Mary Adams; Mark
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8
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. p. 2: word “Upstairs” misspelled at “Upstars”. p. 4: word “Theater” changed to misspelled “Theat”. p. 5: word “Ain’t” changed to “Haven’t”.
Invasion of the Water Warriors!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Fred Curtis; Jim Barnes; Amara (water being from Korama)
A giant creature from the planet Korama, seemingly made of water, lands on Earth and plans to conquer the planet.
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9
DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from each page of story (none on p. 1). p. 4: word “Traveling” changed to “Travelling”.

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