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Issue: Five-Score Comic Monthly #52
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Publisher: FlagK. G. Murray
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Pages: 100
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Content Items: 16 (15 stories, 1 cover)
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Secret of the Dinosaur Skeleton!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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science fiction
When I bring the brontosaurus back to life, we shall both rule the earth -- as we did 150 million years ago!
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Secret of the Dinosaur Skeleton!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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science fiction
Kandar; Jim Hanson; Oarda
As the man called Kandar walked through the streets of the city --
Explorer Jim Hanson accidentally frees the evil Kandar, who has been in suspended animation for 150 million years and now intends to conquer the world with the help of an animated brontosaurus skeleton.
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DC logos and “Strange Adventures” 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. 3: words “Harper steams for San Francisco” changed to “Harper steams for the metropolis”. p. 4: words “At the Port of San Francisco” changed to “At the Port section of the City” and “airplane” changed to “aeroplane”. p. 7: word “marvelous” changed to “marvellous”.
Big Town Jungle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
mystery
Big Town
Steve Wilson; Mike; Arnie Case; Big Joe Paxton; Harry the Hack; Lorelei Kilbourne
In the jungle, survival is based upon the law of claw and fang, and to the cunning and the strong go the spoils of battle!
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DC logos and “Big Town” banner removed from every page of story.
Riddle from Outer Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Flann; Algor
The threat to Earth came suddenly and without warning!
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p. 1: word “defenses” changed to “defences”.
Queen of Uranus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Gwendolyn Purdy; Marilyn; James T. Cannon (Principal); Johnny; Kryptos
Poor Gwendolyn Purdy! Her pupils laughed at her---her principal criticized her---and no one else seemed to know she existed!
Gwendolyn Purdy is mocked by her pupils and criticized by her principal. Gwendolyn shows the pupils her tektite collection but then loses her temper which is seen by Cannon. Later, back home the tektite collection starts glowing. Two aliens tell her that their leader, Kryptos, wants to meet her. Kryptos thinks earth women are ugly but wants to take Gwendolyn back to Uranus. Gwendolyn goes home to think about this and decides to improve her appearance. When Kryptos meets her again he is horrified and asks to be released from his request. Later Cannon asks Gwendolyn out to a dance.
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The Life and Death of a Criminal!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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mystery
Mr. District Attorney; Len Harrington; Joe Honig; Luke Peters; James ‘Bugs’ Malloy
Look who’s mixed up with that gang, D.A. --
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DC logos and “Mr. District Attorney” banner removed from every page of story. p. 1: word “Mom” changed to “Mum”; “15 cents apiece” to “2/- apiece”; and “15 cents?” to “Two bob?”. p. 2: year “1951” changed to “1969” and “You blasted idiot!” changed to “You stupid idiot!”. p. 3: words “at the 18th Precinct” changed to “at the Station”.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Come on, Spot. You'll be the first dog to fly around the world!
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DC logo and “The best comics are still 10c” banner removed from beneath story.
Secret of the Ice!

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science fiction
Sven Marcusson
You are our captive, mortal!
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p. 1: words “A U.S. Army guided missile homed in” changed to “An U.S. Army guided missile homed in”.
[untitled]

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western
Bantam Buckaroo; Lobo; Mike; Gopher Smith
Wonder when this drought will end, Mike?
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The Case of the Unlucky Winner!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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crime
Big Town
Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne; Alice; Fred Colby; J.J. Maxon; Charles Tyson; Harry the Hack; Jojo; Tiny; Alfred; Inspector Callahan
Gentlemen, we have only a short time left to save Fred Colby’s life!
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DC logos and “Big Town” banner removed from every page of story. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 10.0 pages instead of 9.67. p. 3: words “$25,000” changed to “£25,000”. p. 4: words “$685,000” changed to “£155,000” and “$25,000” to “£25,000”.
Prisoner of the Prism!

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Sir Robert Strachey; Princess Okala
He is a God from the skies!
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[untitled]

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western
Johnny Injun
Johnny Injun; Chief Thundercloud; Running Deer (Kiowa); Colonel Travis
As the frontier pushed westward Indian resistance became ever more fierce!
The Apache Chief Thundercloud and a war party derail a train carrying weapons and ammunition.
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The Immortal Ancient!

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Subject Matter
Fanfare Series
Dr. Hal Farrow; Crito; Haemon; Alice; Julius Caesar; Michaelangelo
Through the ages, man has fought against the inevitable onrush of old age!
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War Trophies for Crime!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
mystery
Joey ‘Fingers’ Falcon; Eddie; Mr. District Attorney; Len Harrington; PFC James Elliot; Frankie Wells; Miss Miller
Your District Attorney speaks: The criminal and his gun are undoubtedly the most dangerous team pitted against society!
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DC logos and “Mr. District Attorney” banner removed from every page of story. p. 1: words “You can flash your money around at the 5th Precinct” changed to “You can flash your money around at the Police Court”. p. 4: words “in March of this year” changed to “in March the same year”. p. 4-5: word “cooperation” changed to “co-operation”. p. 6: words “$500” and “$100” changed to “£500” and “£100”; and “It’s the only American thing to do!” changed to “It’s the only right thing to do!”.
Project T!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Professor Sayers; Dr. Verron; Cawley; Shavin; Count Alessandro Cagliostro [Alex Ostro]
We live in an age of wonders. Each day, our mysterious universe reveals new marvels to the probing minds of our scientists, marvels hidden from us because they are beyond our comprehension [...]
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p. 2: words “”$4,000,000” changed to “£2,000,000”. p. 4: words “American scientists, bah!” changed to “You babes! Scientists, bah!”, “There is nothing you can do here in America” to “There is nothing you can do here in this country”, and “Wasn’t it Americans who first released atomic energy?” to “Wasn’t it our scientists who first released atomic energy?” p. 5: words “centuries before you Americans dreamed of antibiotics” changed to “centuries before your scientists dreamed of antibiotics”.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Warden Willis
I've got to see the warden right away!
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DC logos and “Detective Comics” banner removed from above story.

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