Mystery in Space #78 (1962) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Shadow People of the Eclipse!	cover	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp	Adam Strange; Alanna
1	For the Best in Comics Entertainment	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
2	Shadow People of the Eclipse!	comic story	14.33	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Adam Strange; Alanna; the Vantors (first appearance); Llyrr (first appearance, villain)
4	Astronomical Distances	cartoon	0.5
6	Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Buzzy Brown; Susie Gruff; Wolfie
8	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
9	Giant Superman Annual	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
11	Gateways to the Stars!	comic story	9.67	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Sid Greene	Brad Magee (Captain); The Klo

Plus 6.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
From Beyond the Unknown #12	1971	On eBay ›
Strange Adventures #238	1972	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 ›
Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-7295-1	2017	On eBay ›

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