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Issue: Mystery in Space #2
Publication Date: June 1951
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Issues: #2 of 117 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/18/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Jesse James - Highwayman of Space!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jesse James
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Top Value in America's Top Comics!

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Jesse James--Highwayman of Space!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Jesse James
First Line: To the people of the 30th century...
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Keith Chandler : Despite the Schwartz credits, as with the cover, these inks are too strong for Giella, and I suggest either Frank Giacoia or Sy Barry.
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Feature(s): Kellogg's Raisin Bran
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The "Popsicle" Twins at Great Salt Lake

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Feature(s): Popsicle
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Secret of the Ages

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Allan Kent [Allyn Kent]; Roger Bacon; Giles Murdock [Gil Murdock]; Captain Christopher Columbus; Jan Lippershay
First Line: Seven hundred years ago...
Synopsis: Two men, one good and the other evil, contend across seven centuries by means of a youth elixir created by Roger Bacon. On his death bed, Bacon imparted a vast store of secret knowledge (including the fact that the world is round, observations on the heavens, and atomic power) to Allyn Kent. Upon the death of Giles Murdock and the spilling of the chemical needed to produce the elixir, Kent settles to reach his natural end.
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Feature(s): Nestlé's Crunch
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Gains Fame in Race with Flame

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Wonder why we aren't catching any fish?
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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The Comet Peril!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Guy Dover; Dr. James Stanton
First Line: From the outer darkness beyond our solar system...
Synopsis: As Halley's Comet passes the Earth in 1982 it exerts a force which causes the planet to be dragged out of orbit and into the comet's wake. A leading scientist discovers that the disruption is being caused deliberately.
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In Content Item: FlagPulp Fiction Library: Mystery in Space #[nn] published November 1999
as The Comet Peril! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Captain Tootsie to the Rescue

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Farmer Brown; Mrs. Brown
First Line: After a period of rainstorms, the river overflowed.
Synopsis: Captain Tootsie and his friends save Farmer Brown and his wife from a flood.
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Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Professor Brainstorm
First Line: No human has ever seen the other side of the moon!
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Feature(s): Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometers
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Eclipses?

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): What Do You Know About
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The Micro-Men!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Allan Kane; Dr. Willis
First Line: Imagine what it would be like of you were suddenly transformed...
Synopsis: A quartet of scientists are reduced to foot high size and fight the perils of 'giant' cats, inquisitive 'giant' children and all manner of catastrophes.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Destination Earth
First Line: Bon voyage!
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Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Stars and Their Legends
First Line: Near Orion, between the Hare constellation and the Milky Way lies the Great Dog of Orion...
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Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Superboy Says: "Know Your Country!"

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Genres: opinion, superhero
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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