Mystery in Space #81 (1963) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Cloud-Creature That Menaced Two Worlds!	cover	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp	Adam Strange; Cloud-Creature
2	The Cloud-Creature That Menaced Two Worlds!	comic story	23.67	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Adam Strange; Alanna; Betti Smythe (first appearance, looks like Alanna); Officer Tom Boyle (name revealed); Alva Xar (first appearance, villain); Cloud-Creature (villain)
3	Justice League of America; The Atom	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
4	Giant Superman Annual; Giant Batman Annual	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
5	Health Myths Debunked!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff
6	The Flash; Green Lantern	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
7	-	letters page	2	letters: typeset
8	Our Army at War	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
11	Showcase; Tommy Tomorrow	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
12	Gemma and Argo	cartoon	0.5
13	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset

Plus 4.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Strange Adventures #241	1973	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1313-8; 1-4012-1313-8	2007	On eBay ›
The Adam Strange Archives #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-1661-0	2008	On eBay ›
Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-7295-1	2017	On eBay ›

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