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97February 1965
$0.12

Mystery in Space #97

DC · February 1965 · on sale 1964-12-10

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Identification plate

Series
Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#97
Publication date
February 1965
Key date
1965-02-00
On-sale date
1964-12-10
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Day Adam Strange Vanished!cover1pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasAdam Strange
1Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerClark Kent, Superboy
2The Secret of the Jinxed Mooncomic story11.67script: Dave Wood; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard PurcellCryll, Myra Mason, Space Ranger, Rick Starr
4Tales of the Unexpected; Strange Adventurespromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
6The Day Adam Strange Vanishedcomic story12.67script: Dave Wood; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasAlanna Strange, Adam Strange, Sardath
8-text article1letters: typeset
9Showcase; G. I. Joepromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
1080 Page Giant Magazinepromo (ad from the publisher)1
11-cartoon1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12-promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-7295-1
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