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57February 1960
$0.10

Mystery in Space #57

DC · February 1960 · on sale 1959-12-03

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Identification plate

Series
Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#57
Publication date
February 1960
Key date
1960-02-00
On-sale date
1959-12-03
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Mystery of the Giant Footprints!cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar SaladinoAdam Strange; Alanna
3Mystery of the Giant Footprintscomic story9script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar SaladinoAdam Strange; Alanna; The Rhollians (first appearance, villains)
4Pierre Janssen 1824-1907comic story1
5Introducing... The Justice League of Americapromo (ad from the publisher)1
6Superboy Says: "It's Fun to Help Others!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye
7The Living Statues of Venuscomic story8script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Bernard Sachs
8Visible Galaxies!comic story0.5
10-letters page1letters: typeset
11Secret of the Strange Satellite!comic story7.67script: Otto Binder; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy AndersonWarren Keith; Grollo; Bryllo
12Statement of Ownershipstatement of ownership0.33letters: typeset

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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