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70September 1961
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Mystery in Space #70

DC · September 1961 · on sale 1961-07-18

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Identification plate

Series
Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#70
Publication date
September 1961
Key date
1961-09-00
On-sale date
1961-07-18
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Vengeance of the Dust Devil!cover1pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira SchnappAdam Strange; Jakarta (a dust devil)
4Vengeance of the Dust Devil!comic story8.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar SaladinoAdam Strange; Alanna; Jakarta (a dust devil, name revealed in this story, last seen in Mystery in Space #68, next seen in Mystery in Space #84); unnamed citizens of Melbourne, Australia; unnamed citizens of Ranagar; a female hobby shop clerk in Melbourne
6The Right to Be Different!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
7See the Many Fantastic Faces of Superman...promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
8At Last!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
9The Billion-Year Evolution!comic story7.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy AndersonDoctor Fred Gibson; his fiance Elsa; archeologist Phil Travis; ancient Jovian scientist Halfar Kal
11The Inside Stories of Batman and Robin's Top Secretspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
15-letters page1letters: typeset
16The Bravest Man in Space!comic story7.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Sid GreeneSpace adventurer Jon Drum from the planet Ildaric; his best friend, Lars Korn; reporter Harl Vincent; dignitaries in in the Solar Hall on Earthport Los Frisco; warrior Klinn crewmen; cloud creatues on the planet Tantamar; silicon creatures from Alphard; a trapped miner

Plus 7.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

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