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Issue: Cosmo the Merry Martian #2
Publication Date: November 1958
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Issues: #2 of 6 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Radio Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Cosmo; Orbi
First Line: Look, Orbi!
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): John Cameron Zodiac
First Line: Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. Martian!
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Pages: 1
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The Great Gillywump Hunt!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Cosmo; Orbi; the Moonlings; the Gillywump; Professor Thimk; Astra
Synopsis: On the moon, Cosmo and Orbi are told by the Moonlings that the Dark Side of the Moon is inhabited by a terrifying unseen creature called the Gillywump, who emits spooky noises. The Martians go to investigate and find that the Gillywump is a harmless creature who makes "GRONK!" noises because he has a terrible cold. The Moonlings decide to visit Earth to find a cure for the Gillywump's cold. Meanwhile, Professor Thimk and Astra take off in a rocket to rescue Cosmo and Orbi.
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Pages: 27
Disclose Notes: One issue-length story divided into three chapters: "The Great Gillywump Hunt!," "Sneezy Does It!," and "Down to Earth!"
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Jimmy Jupiter; Smyrna; Marzi; Zanet
First Line: I'm so lonesome!
Synopsis: Rejected by several girls, Jimmy builds a robot girlfriend.
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Pages: 1
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Moon Rocket

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
Synopsis: Suppositions about a possible future rocket to the moon.
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Pages: 1
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Satellite

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Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
Synopsis: Facts about the United States Navy's Vanguard satellite in orbit arount the Earth.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Squarehead
Character(s): Squarehead
Synopsis: Squarehead finds the perfect vehicle, once it's been modified.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #28 [Direct Edition] published June 2013
as Jet Cycles [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: No dialogue; credits from reprint in World of Archie Double Digest.

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