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48December 1958
$0.10

Mystery in Space #48

DC · December 1958 · on sale 1958-10-16

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Series
Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#48
Publication date
December 1958
Key date
1958-12-00
On-sale date
1958-10-16
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Secret of the Scarecrow World!cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Secret of the Scarecrow World!comic story8.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella
4Pietro Tacchinicomic story1
5Operation Blackhawks!promo (ad from the publisher)1
6Amazing Mirages of Space!comic story7.67script: Otto Binder; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson
8Sharing -- The United Nations Way!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos; letters: Gaspar Saladino
10-letters page1letters: typeset
11The False Face Planet!comic story7.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: John Giunta

Plus 6.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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