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Issue: Five-Score Comic Monthly #49
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Publisher: FlagK. G. Murray
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Pages: 100
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Price: 24.0 pence GBQ 0-2-0
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Content Items: 14 (13 stories, 1 cover)
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I Was Earth's Blind Defender!

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science fiction
I Was Earth's Blind Defender!
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I Was Earth's Blind Defender

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science fiction
Clyde; Steve; Laura; Quog; Quelp
They were there all right, but only I, a blind man, could see them!
A blind scientist invents a device that will allow him to see again, but it also allows him to see aliens from another dimension who are planning an invasion.
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The Case of the Bad Luck Clues!

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mystery
Mr. District Attorney; Len Harrington; Walter C. Parker; Mr. Sawin; Ronald; Mrs. Anderson; Lloyd Saunders
But D.A. -- a week ago you said this case was practically cleared up!
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Fishing Hole in the Sky!

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Dave Carew; Klane; Anvarr
Dave Carew had to make the prize fishing catch of his life -- to save his life!
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Chief for a Day!

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western
Hopalong Cassidy; Swift Deer; Black Cloud; Frozen River
Behind every throne is an unseen hand which wards off the plots of evil!
Hopalong's young Indian friend, Swift Deer, who idolizes HC, is appointed Chief for the next month. Hopalong rides out, but vows to secretly see Swift Deer has no trouble. Two would-be chiefs try to assassinate the young chief, but HC lassoes them for the dark. When a maiden falls into the river, Swift Deer dives to the rescue, but HC must keep the villains from interfering - underwater. Finally, he shoots their last attempted arrow shots and chases them off. Swift Deer's father is proud. "I am happy to see that no dark clouds marred your reign, my son!"
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The Crystal Collector!

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Henry Winston; Elliot Winston; Carole Harrison
Destroy the evil things, Henry... before it’s too late!
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The Strange Invasion of Big Town!

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crime
Big Town
Mr. District Attorney; Len Harrington; Phillips Boynton; Quendro; Harry the Hack; Cholly; Inspector Callahan
What have I stumbled into -- a nest of creatures from another world!
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Meteor-Rider of the Universe!

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Professor Bill Horne (astronomer); Ptandol (alien)
For the first time in astronomical history, a meteor which is a member of a meteor shower is observed landing on earth!
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The Teen-Age Rodeo!

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western
Rafe Bannister
Fighting injustice wasn’t all Hopalong Cassidy did -- some times his duties were to perform a seemingly easy chore... like bringing a rodeo to town.
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The Bravest Man in Space!

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Space adventurer Jon Drum from the planet Ildaric; his best friend, Lars Korn; reporter Harl Vincent; dignitaries in in the Solar Hall on Earthport Los Frisco; warrior Klinn crewmen; cloud creatues on the planet Tantamar; silicon creatures from Alphard; a trapped miner
It took years for John Drum to build himself a reputation as the bravest man of all time -- then have it shattered in moments when he was exposed as a fraud and coward!
Heroic Jon Drum defeats cloud creatures to free the Illkanov; he bests silicon creatures from Alphard; he escapes from a magnetic maelstrom; and he saves a miner on Zeta Virgo's fifth planet. He is about to be honored when reporter Harl Vincent claims he saw an android duplicate of Drum performing at least one of Drum's adventures. Drum refuses to defend himself and leaves, but is captured by the Klinn. But it's all a ruse so that Drum can penetrate the Dissimatter barrier protecting the Klinn home world, use the ancient weapon he found to defeat them, and rescue several captured scientists.
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The T.V. Gang

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mystery
Mr. District Attorney; Len Harrington
Better hurry, Ricky!
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What Happened on Sirius-4?

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Once again those three rovers of the starways -- Rick Purvis -- glamorous Karel Sorrensen -- and novelist Home Glint -- combine produce a comedy of errors on another world!
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A Day in the Life of a Cop!

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Big Town
Steve Wilson; Patrolman Brinker; Kenny; George; Inspector Callahan
The cop on the beat is as much a part of the neighborhood scene as the corner candy store and the traffic lights... and is as much taken for granted!
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The Sleeping Peril of Mars!

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Captain Alan Woods. The Klurr [Alien race]
Only the earth-colony of Mars stood between the super-weaponed warriors from a distant world and the conquest of Earth!
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