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85February 1964
$0.12

My Greatest Adventure #85

DC · February 1964 · on sale 1963-12-05

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Identification plate

Series
My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series)
Issue
#85
Publication date
February 1964
Key date
1964-02-00
On-sale date
1963-12-05
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Furies from 4,000 Miles Below!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira SchnappElasti-Girl, Rita Farr, Negative Man, Robotman, Cliff Steele, Larry Trainor
2The Furies from 4,000 Miles Below, Part 1comic story7.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Stan StarkmanDr. Niles Caulder, The Chief, Elasti-Girl, Rita Farr, Negative Man, Robotman, Cliff Steele, Larry Trainor
3Challengers of the Unknownpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
6Special Christmas Quiz "Christmas in Many Lands!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
7Part 2: The Subterranean Terrorcomic story8.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Stan StarkmanDr. Niles Caulder, The Chief, Elasti-Girl, Rita Farr, Negative Man, Robotman, Cliff Steele, Larry Trainor
8Mystery in Space; Strange Adventurespromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
9-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffPeter Puptent
10-promo (ad from the publisher)1
11-letters page1script: Murray Boltinoff
12The Curse of the Cat's Cradlecomic story7.67pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Alex Toth; letters: Alex Toth
13-statement of ownership0.33script: Irwin Donenfeld

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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