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Issue: Mystery in Space #3
Publication Date: August 1951
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Issues: #3 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: 06/13/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 21 (7 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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The Duel of the Planets!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Commando Lyle; Ora; 3 Mercurians
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Favorites in Fantasy!

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Duel of the Planets!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Commando Lyle; Commando Millo; Jorgo Warlord of Mercury; Ora
First Line: Lyle! Millo is in the lead Mercurian interceptor!
Synopsis: At the round table of the Galaxy Knights one seat remains forever vacant. While investigating the anti magnetic belt around Mercury, Commando Millo slips through and has apparently deserted. When Lyle and Ora use her invention to penetrate the belt they are in time to see Millo sacrifice himself to stop the Mercurian aggressors.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Writer and pencil credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz's records indicate Joe Giella was paid for inking the story, but some dispute this, identifying Frank Giacoia as the inker.
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The "Popsicle" Kids in Nevada Bad Lands

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Feature(s): Popsicle
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Stars and Their Legends
First Line: Hercules, son of Jupiter, was pictured by the Greeks...
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Feature(s): Vitalis Hair Cream
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Heroes out of Time!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Carr Davis; Anne Rell; Dr. Indigo Maylor; Benjamin Franklin; Napoleon Bonaparte
First Line: Never in history was mankind threatened with a more bizarre menace...
Synopsis: Anne Rell invents a time machine which allows her to bring notable figures of the past into the present day. When Dr. Indigo Maylor is brought forward he continues his experiments on giving cognitive thought functions to plant life. He plots revenge on the human race for having hanged him in 1760 for allegedly practicing sorcery. In order to defeat the deadly plants, Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon Bonaparte are transported to the present,E
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Captain Tootsie Silences Rattler

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Genres: superhero
Synopsis: Captain Tootsie teaches a group of campers about snakes.
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Step right up, folks...
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Vengeance of the Moth!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Professor Hobson; Dr. Arkin
First Line: How does it feel to be a man and yet not a man?
Synopsis: Dr. Arkin preaches some oddball theories about the sentience of insect life. His experiments transform him into a giant moth, and he sets about to revenge himself on Professor Hudson, who had him fired from the university. Like any moth, Arkin is drawn to the light, and is eventually destroyed during a Fourth of July fireworks display.
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Cornered in the Corral!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Professor Brainstorm
First Line: Professor Brainstorm, the school needs funds...
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Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Mars?

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): What Do You Know About
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Destination Earth
First Line: As Chief Professor of Science of the planet Jupiter...
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Neat Treat!

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Feature(s): Nestlé's Crunch
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Big House of Space!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Willis Wend; Derek Crombie; Bruce Trendon; Thidd
First Line: On the edge of the asteroid belt...
Synopsis: The most violent criminals are housed in an interlocking network of sky hulks known as The Big House of Space.
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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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Tomahawk!

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Sweet Land of Liberty!

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Genres: anthropomorphic, opinion
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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