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Issue: Five-Score Comic Monthly #54
Publication Date: October 1962
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Issues: #54 of 43 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagK. G. Murray
Brand: Colour Comics Pty Ltd
Indicia Publisher: The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN:
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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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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Black and White interior
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Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Battle Between the Two Earths!

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Genres: science fiction
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Battle Between the Two Earths!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): David Barnes; United Nations
Synopsis: Invaders from the planet Ergdol, which is located in the Earth's orbit, but on the opposite side of the sun, plan to conquer Earth using a small model of the planet at the entrance of the World's Fair.
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Death Takes the Stage!

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Big Town
Character(s): Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne; Alan Haines; Fred Keller; Elsa Wile; Ed Torber; Paul Hungerford; John Jay Peters; Inspector Callahan
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I Starred in an Alien Movie!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Cary; Suvius aliens (unnamed); Sam Walker
Synopsis: An actor is enlisted by aliens to make a movie playing a powerful invader, but the aliens are really planning to frame him for conquering their planet.
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The Dust Bowl Deathtrap

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Genres: western
Feature(s): Strong Bow
Character(s): Chief Great Elk; Dark Crow
Synopsis: Strong Bow, the wandering warrior, enters a village dying of thirst despite days of rainmaking magic. He promises to find water, but Dark Crow, a stranger doubts it. When Strong Bow finds a great hole in the earth, Dark Crow's men drive him in and seal it with a boulder. Down below, Strong Bow finds water and drops rocks to block the stream. With a rumble and roar, Strong Bow soars from the earth on a geyser. The tribal lands are watered again, and Dark Crow is banished.
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The Case of the Outlaw Broadcasters!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Wilis White; Mr. District Attorney; Len Harrington; Patrolman Carl West; Mr. Marshall; Mr. Yates; Miss Miller; Joey Clark; Big Sam Potter; Luke Drake
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Find Element X -- or Die!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Alan Pierce; Professor Ross
Synopsis: Professor Ross builds a matter-transmitter that can be used for space exploration instead of space ships, but it threatens to start a chain-reaction that will destroy the Earth unless explorer Alan Pierce can travel to another planet and find Element X, which will stop the process.
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The Double Doom of Roger Reed

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Joe Lenox; Roger Reed; Dr. Scorby; aliens
Synopsis: A hospital patient who seems to be delirious is accurately describing an alien invasion moment by moment, because somehow he is present in two places at once.
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The Six Lives of Steve Wilson!

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Big Town
Character(s): Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne; Inspector Callahan
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The Village That Was Lost in Time

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Swent Helmsward; Cauld Othoman; Olla Helmsward; Thorne Othoman; Snarklin the Sorcerer; Erik the Founder
Synopsis: A long-running feud between two families in the village of Inglewolk causes a town to be thrown back in time, and the only way to return to the present is for them to reconcile.
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The Greenback Raiders!

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Genres: western
Character(s): Chief Crooked Hand
Synopsis: "Greenbacks", paper money, have come to the West. But Chief Crooked Hand and Pawnee thugs plan to ambush the wagon Lt Dan Foley leads a cavalry squad down Dead Man's Plunge and across a fierce river to stop Crooked Hand, who planned to keep the money for himself and his gang, never helping his people at all. Says a woman, "Paper money! My lands, what will this country think of next?"
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9 Dream of Genie!

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Character(s): Drucilla Fleek; Rick Harkins; Elmer Smithers; Elvira Scrubb; Mr. Genie
Synopsis: An ugly lonely woman forces a genie she frees from a bottom to marry her as one of her three wishes.
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The Chameleon of Crime!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Mr. District Attorney; Len Harrington; Miss Miller; Big Biff Masterson; Harry “The Acrobat” Malone
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The Remote-Controlled Man

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain Steve Williard; Hobart Manley
Synopsis: An astronaut returns from space and believes that he is now being controlled by aliens from the planet Hajurok.
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