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101August 1965
$0.12

Mystery in Space #101

DC · August 1965 · on sale 1965-06-10

First appearance: Prince Ra-Man
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Identification plate

Series
Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#101
Publication date
August 1965
Key date
1965-08-00
On-sale date
1965-06-10
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Prince Ra-Man - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Space Baby!cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane; colors: Jack Adler
1Summer at Home Can Be Fun!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff
2The Valley of 1,000 Doomscomic story8.67script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard PurcellSpace Ranger, Rick Starr
5-text article1letters: typeset
8Zeppi-Zo--Interplanetary Clowncomic story6.67pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee Elias
1010 Issues of Mystery in Space for Only $1.00promo (ad from the publisher)1
12Space Babycomic story7.67script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane
1380 Page Giant Magazine; Jimmy Olsenpromo (ad from the publisher)0.67
15For the Very Best in Comics Readingpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
16-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
17For the Very Best in Comics Readingpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Joe Certa, Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily, Joe VertaJ'Onn J'Onzz, Martian Manhunter, Prince Ra-Man First

Plus 6.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Pulp Fiction Library: Mystery in Space #[nn]
ISBN 1-56389-494-7		1999On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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