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Mystery in Space #55

DC · Series began 1951 · November 1959

Dates

Cover date
November 1959
On sale
September 1, 1959
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Gil Kane, Bernard Baily, Carmine Infantino, Mike Sekowsky, Morris Waldinger, Sid Greeneinks: Jack Adler, Bernard Baily, Bernard Sachs, Tom Nicolosi, Sid Greeneletters: Ira Schnapp, Gaspar Saladino, Milt Snapinnscript: Jack Schiff, Gardner Fox, Julius Schwartz, John Broome

Stories

  • The Beast from the Runaway World! · 8.67 pages

    A dangerous beast accidentally intercepts the zeta-beam, arriving on Rann instead of Adam.

  • Heinrich Olbers (1758-1840) · 1 pages
  • The Day the Earth Surrendered! · 5.67 pages

    Isolated earth men take advantage of their environment to beat alien invaders.

  • Behind the Space Curtain! · 9.67 pages

    Art Larkin goes broke when his interplanetary beauty contest provokes a riot. He surreptitiously enters the closed planet Athena to spirit put a renowned musician. His success leads to Athena opening relations with the Brotherhood of Planets.

Reprinted in

Strange Adventures (1950), Mighty Comic (1960), The Adam Strange Archives (2004), Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (2007), Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus (2017)

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