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116July-August 1953
$0.10

Sensation Mystery #116

DC · July-August 1953 · on sale 1953-05-18

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Identification plate

Series
Sensation Mystery (DC, 1952 series)
Issue
#116
Publication date
July-August 1953
Key date
1953-07-00
On-sale date
1953-05-18
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Toy Assassins!cover1pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Bernard Sachs; colors: Jack Adler
1Buzzy Says: "Get a Box-Seat to Nature's Wonders!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerBuzzy Brown
2The Toy Assassins!comic story7.67script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Frank GiacoiaJohnny Peril; Jill Florian; Vanders
5Clocks of Doom!cartoon0.5script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
7The Phantom Enemycomic story6pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Sy BarryGene Dyer [Gardner Dell]; Anton; Clyde Allen
9The Census Taker!comic story2script: Jack Miller; pencils: John Giunta; inks: John GiuntaJohn Ogden; the census taker [Death]
10Shuddery Shadowscomic story1script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker
11The Clairvoyant Commandertext article2script: Jack Miller; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
14Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
15Dead Man's Diarycomic story5.67pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy AndersonRichard Prentiss; Edgar Newton; Captain Ezra; Philip Prentiss; Ann Stockwell
19The Line of Starspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 7.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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