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23December 1954-January 1955
$0.10

Mystery in Space #23

DC · December 1954-January 1955 · on sale 1954-10-12

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Series
Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#23
Publication date
December 1954-January 1955
Key date
1954-12-00
On-sale date
1954-10-12
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Monkey-Rocket to Mars!cover1pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Monkey-Rocket to Mars!comic story5.67script: Otto Binder; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella
3Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
6Escape from Earth!comic story0.5
7The Trojan Horse of Space!comic story6script: Ed Herron; pencils: Sy Barry; inks: Sy Barry
8Now More Than Everpromo (ad from the publisher)1
9Giovanni Schiaparellicomic story1
10Stone-Men of Luna!comic story6script: Sid Gerson; pencils: Henry Sharp; inks: Joe Giella
11Fourth-Dimensional Space Travel!text article2letters: typeset
13The Living Camera!comic story6script: Sid Gerson; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Carmine Infantino

Plus 6.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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