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3April 1959
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Cosmo the Merry Martian #3

Archie · April 1959 · on sale 1959-02-08

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Identification plate

Series
Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 1958 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
April 1959
Key date
1959-04-00
On-sale date
1959-02-08
Indicia publisher
Radio Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bob White; inks: Bob WhiteCosmo; Orbi; Astra; Professor Thimk; Jojo
2Chapter One: Venus Bound!comic story8script: Sy Reit; pencils: Bob White; inks: Terry Szenics; letters: Terry SzenicsCosmo; Moonlings; Professor Thimk; Astra; JoJo; Oog; Prime Moonister; The Gillywump from the Dark Side of the Moon; Orbi
3Trouble for Orbi! (Chapter 2)comic story6script: Sy Reit; pencils: Bob White; inks: Terry Szenics; letters: Terry SzenicsCosmo; Orbi; Professor Thimk; Astra; Jojo; Moonlings; Gillywump; Venusian Monster
4Just Your Type!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Bob Bolling; inks: Bob Bolling
5Our Mysterious Neighbortext story1pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); colors: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
6Lovely Day!comic story1pencils: Bob White; inks: Bob WhiteJimmy Jupiter
7To the Rescue! (Chapter 3)comic story3script: Sy Reit; pencils: Bob White; inks: Terry Szenics; letters: Terry SzenicsCosmo; Orbi; Astra; Professor Thimk; Moonlings; Gillywump
8Food for Thought!comic story1script: Bob White; pencils: Bob White; inks: Bob WhiteSquarehead
9Hunters of the Wildtext article1pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); colors: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
10A Slap-Happy Ending! (Chapter 4)comic story5script: Sy Reit; pencils: Bob White; inks: Terry Szenics; letters: Terry SzenicsCosmo; Orbi; Astra; Professor Thimk; Moonlings; Gillywump; Venusian Monsters
11-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration)Archie Andrews

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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