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13April-May 1953
$0.10

Mystery in Space #13

DC · April-May 1953 · on sale 1953-02-16

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Identification plate

Series
Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#13
Publication date
April-May 1953
Key date
1953-04-00
On-sale date
1953-02-16
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Signboard in Space!cover1pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Signboard in Space!comic story5.67script: John Broome; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Joe Giella
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
6The Hothouse World!comic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Joe Giella
7Our Army at War; Gang Busterspromo (ad from the publisher)1
8The Toy Earth!comic story6script: Sam Merwin; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Bernard Sachs
9-cartoon0.5
11Micro-Meteorscomic story1script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
12Pluto?activity2letters: typeset
13Superman Says: "People Are People!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
14The Planet Nobody Wanted!comic story5.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Sy BarryJohn Sleamer

Plus 5.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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