Mystery in Space #4 (1951) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Master of Doom	cover	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Bernard Sachs	Commando Lyle; Ora; Ultimo
1	Lost -- A Free Education!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	Master of Doom!	comic story	10	script: Dion Anthony; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella	Commando Lyle; Ora; Ultimo; Commander Artho
3	Inventions	cartoon	0.67	script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
6	The End of the World	comic story	10	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; editing: Mort Weisinger	Dr. Hull Vurrel; Lance; Lila Dorn; John Dorn
8	The Rocket Lanes of Tomorrow	comic story	2	script: Joe Simon; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon; letters: Howard Ferguson
9	Contraction in Space	comic story	1	script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker
12	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
13	Meteors?	text article	2	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
14	The Man Who Walked Through Walls!	comic story	7.67	script: Robert Starr; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: John Giunta; editing: Mort Weisinger	Dr. John Arden; Rand Nortell
17	Ares	comic story	0.75	script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker

Plus 7.41 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Strange Adventures #232	1971	On eBay ›

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