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Publication | March 1958 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
Notes | Kirby, Simon and Stein credits per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Mort Meskin on pencils and Al Williamson with inks. |
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Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
Notes | Kirby, Simon and Stein credits per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Mort Meskin on pencils and Al Williamson with inks. |
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Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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Comic Story | Asylum (5 pages) |
Synopsis | For thousands of years, an advanced planet had committed horribly insane people to a far-distant planet. But this time a mission is turned back by the now highly-advanced civilization on this distant planet: the planet Earth! |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
Notes | Synopsis info by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). |
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Comic Story | First Man on the Moon (2 pages) |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
Notes | Ripoff of Fredric Brown story. |
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Comic Story | Supreme Penalty (5 pages) |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Chief scientist Frances; Judge Krenk |
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Publisher advertisement | A Thrill a Minute! (1 page) |
Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) |
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Publisher advertisement | What's Up There? (1 page) |
Featuring | Race for the Moon |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
Notes | House ad for Race for the Moon #1, featuring the cover (showing that alterations were made) and also reproducing part of the page one contents page. |
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Comic Story | Disc Jockey (5 pages) |
Synopsis | Sam Webb is a radio station owner and a very unpopular disc jockey who will not take himself off the air. He's so bad that Martians, out of frustration, arrive and forcibly remove him from his post. |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Sam Webb; Lou; three Martians |
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Text Article | So You Want to Go to the Moon (1.5 pages) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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Comic Story | The Invasion (5 pages) |
Synopsis | A couple watch a TV news broadcast chronicling an alien invasion and are terrified when Earth's military forces are quickly defeated. Fearing for their lives, they pack and literally run for the hills. They don't hear the news announcer then reveal that the invasion broadcast was an "original tele-screen drama entitled The Invasion From Mars!". |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Bill; May; John Bronheit; General Pierce; alien conqueror |
Notes | The story is obviously inspired by Orson Welles' famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast that stunned listeners on Halloween in 1938. |
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Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
Notes | Previews a page from the story "Forbidden Journey" appearing in Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 Series) #4 (March 1958). |
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| Yogi Berra Homers In the 9th - Wins Big Game! (1 page) |
Featuring | Yogi Berra; Cloverine Salve |
Credits | Pencils: Ray Thompson [as R. T.] | Inks: Ray Thompson [as R. T.] |
Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Yogi Berra; Betty and Bob |
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