Mystery in Space #6 for Sale - First Appearance of The Master of Doom - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series)
Issue: #6
Publication date: February-March 1952
Key date: 1952-02-00
On-sale date: 1951-12-10
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Master of Doom - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Ultimo - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Day the World Melted!	cover	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira Schnapp	Commando Lyle, Ora
1	Buzzy Says: "Be Yourself-- Your Best Self!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Day the World Melted	comic story	7.67	script: Dion Anthony; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; editing: Julius Schwartz	Commander Artho, Commando Lyle, The Master of Doom First, Ora, Ultimo First
6	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
7	The Boy Who Saved the Earth!	comic story	5.75	script: John Osgood; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bernard Sachs; editing: Julius Schwartz	Jimmy Bates; Dan-We; Crow-Tee
10	The Man Who Hated Science!	comic story	4	script: Jack Miller; pencils: John Giunta; inks: John Giunta	Professor Mason Halloway; Maxwell Haskins; Mrs. Halloway
11	Hydra	comic story	0.67	script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
13	The Sun?	text article	2	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
14	Cowboy on Mars!	comic story	7.75	script: Manny Rubin; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira Schnapp; editing: Mort Weisinger	The Rio Kid; Rink Nevins
16	Enter Here... If You Dare!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Ray Burnley

Plus 4.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Justice League of America #78	1970	On eBay ›
Justice League of America #91	1971	On eBay ›
Pulp Fiction Library: Mystery in Space #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-494-7	1999	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #56 of 117#7 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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