Mystery in Space #75 (1962) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series)
Issue: #75
Publication date: May 1962
Key date: 1962-05-00
On-sale date: 1962-03-06
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

On the record: Alley Awards - Best Book-Length Story (1962).

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 Planet That Came to a Standstill!	cover	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira Schnapp	Kanjar Ro, Adam Strange
2	The Planet That Came to a Standstill!	comic story	24	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Alanna Strange, Barry Allen, Aquaman, Batman, Snapper Carr, Arthur Curry, Princess Diana, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hyathis, J'Onn J'Onzz, Hal Jordan, Clark Kent, Kromm
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Mike Sekowsky, Murphy Anderson, Mike Sekowsky; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
4	Time-Out for Talk!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
5	Just One Second!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp
6	The Triple Life of Green Lantern!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
7	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Russ Heath; inks: Russ Heath; letters: Ira Schnapp
8	-	letters page	2	script: Julius Schwartz
9	-	cartoon	1	script: Julius Schwartz
10	The Story of the Year!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
12	-	cartoon	1	script: Julius Schwartz

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
From Beyond the Unknown #6	1970	On eBay ›
Strange Adventures #235	1972	On eBay ›
Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics #[nn] ISBN 0-671-24775-1	1980	On eBay ›
Justice League of America Super Spectacular No. 1, 1975 Issue #[nn]	1999	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America #1 ISBN 1-4012-0761-8	2006	On eBay ›
The Adam Strange Archives #2 ISBN 1-4012-0780-4; 978-1-4012-0780-9	2007	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1313-8; 1-4012-1313-8	2007	On eBay ›
Justice League of America: The Silver Age #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-6111-5	2016	On eBay ›
Justice League of America: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-6660-8	2016	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #7475 of 117#76 ›

Sources

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

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