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12February-March 1953
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Mystery in Space #12

DC · February-March 1953 · on sale 1952-12-15

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Identification plate

Series
Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#12
Publication date
February-March 1953
Key date
1953-02-00
On-sale date
1952-12-15
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Human Magnet!cover1pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
1Superboy Talks About... "The Holiday Spirit!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Sword in the Sky!comic story5.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Bernard Sachs
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
6Tops in Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)0.75
7-statement of ownership0.25letters: typeset
8The Richest Man on 9 Planetscomic story6script: Jack Miller; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bernard Sachs
9Star Pointing...comic story0.5pencils: Carmine Infantino
11-cartoon1
12The Human Magnet!comic story5.67script: Jack Miller; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Bernard SachsJones; Harvey; Bill; Mr. Nicholson
14Asteroids?text article2pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
15The Cold of Spacecomic story0.5
17The Great Stone Faces on the Moon!comic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Frank Giacoia; inks: Sy BarryRod Blaine; Professor Anderson; Stru Mog; Thor Van; Heracle Dor

Plus 5.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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