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38June-July 1957
$0.10

Mystery in Space #38

DC · June-July 1957 · on sale 1957-04-14

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Identification plate

Series
Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#38
Publication date
June-July 1957
Key date
1957-06-00
On-sale date
1957-04-14
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Canals of Earth!cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Canals of Earth!comic story6script: Ed Herron; pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Joe Giella
3You'll Want to Join Up with Sgt. Bilkopromo (ad from the publisher)1
4Why Summer Is Hot and Winter Coldcomic story1script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
5The Man Who Doomed a World!comic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Carmine Infantino
6Halley's Comet, Comet of 1769, Morehouse's Cometcomic story0.5script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tommy Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn
8Worldwide Adventures in Science!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
9Trail of the Glowing Atoms!comic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella
10Geography of the Moon!text article2script: Julius Schwartz
11The New Year's Eve of 2000 A.D.!comic story6script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Bernard Sachs
12Our Strange Universe!comic story1script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tommy Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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