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Issue: Mystery in Space #57
Publication Date: February 1960
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Issues: #57 of 117 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/03/1959
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Title Page
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Assets2
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Mystery of the Giant Footprints!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Feature(s): Adam Strange
Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna
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In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #1 published April 2004
as [Cover - Mystery in Space #57]; Mystery of the Giant Footprints [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #1 published April 2004
as Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 published October 2007
as Mystery in Space #57 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Frontier Cabin
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hi-Power Binoculars
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Pages: 0.5
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Mystery of the Giant Footprints

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Feature(s): Adam Strange
Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna; The Rhollians (first appearance, villains)
Synopsis: While exploring Rann's fabled "sinking island," Adam and Alanna discover a race of giants seeking to sink the island permanently.
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In Content Item: FlagDC Special #1 published October 1968
as Mystery of the Giant Footprints [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #1 published April 2004
as Mystery of the Giant Footprints [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 published October 2007
as Mystery of the Giant Footprints [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Pierre Janssen 1824-1907

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Giants of the Telescope
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Introducing... The Justice League of America

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Brave and the Bold; Justice League of America
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Superboy Says: "It's Fun to Help Others!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
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The Living Statues of Venus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): Bernard Sachs
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Jerry Trent is sent on a mission to Venus to try to find his brother, lost on a previous mission. There, Jerry finds his brother transformed into a living metallic statue...and invaders!
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Visible Galaxies!

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Continental Schools, Inc.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wonders of Space
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Secret of the Strange Satellite!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Warren Keith runs a tourist attraction full of outer space phenomena on the moon of Io. Mercurian visitors develop a plan to conquer the universe using one of the exhibits.
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Statement of Ownership

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Aircraft Carrier
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Feature(s): 150 Civil War Soldiers
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Body Building
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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