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Issue: M.A.R.S. Patrol Total War #8
Publication Date: February 1969
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/03/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10145-902
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Undersea Strike!

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George Wilson ? (painted)
George Wilson ? (painted)
George Wilson ? (painted)
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Subject Matter
adventure, science fiction
M.A.R.S. Patrol
M.A.R.S. Patrol [Lt. Cy Adams; Sgt. Ken Hiro; Sgt. Joe Striker; Cpl. Russ Stacey]
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[untitled]

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Boys; girls
Five fantastic ways to have fun... from General Electric
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Ad for new products from General Electric.
Tomorrow Is Doomsday [Part I]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Leo Dorfman
Mike Roy
Mike Peppe
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Subject Matter
adventure, science fiction
M.A.R.S. Patrol
M.A.R.S. Patrol [Lt. Cy Vance; Sgt. Ken Hiro; Sgt. Joe Striker; Cpl. Russ Stacey]; captive invader courier [Victor]
When the M.A.R.S. Patrol destroys an invader weather-control ship, they capture a badly wounded courier whose name translates as Victor. Victor explains that his is an army of aliens, intent on capturing Earth for its resources. Through their interrogation, M.A.R.S. concludes that the next major attack will be on Miami.
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Miscellaneous
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8-6811
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Subject Matter
Gold Key Comics Club News
Barnabas Collins
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Doodles

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[fan art]
[fan art]
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Gold Key Club Comics Reader's Page
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Fan art by Darcy Nelson, Mary Elizabeth James, Susan Mansfield, Patty Sperle, and Sonya Dresser.
Holiday Offer

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Gold Key Comics Club
Bugs Bunny; Little Lulu; Woody Woodpecker
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Promo, with order coupon, for subscription to selected Gold Key titles.
Jokes on You

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Gold Key Comics Club
Gold Key Kid (advertising character, promotional character)
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Miscellaneous
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Jokes and riddles from fans Susan Mann, Kevin Fleming, Melanie Martin, Tracy Jones, Beverly Irving, Gerard Aldridge, Tom Gazo, Larry W. Parrish, David Nelmes, Robert Brand, Leonard Hopkins, Linda Kempel, Evelyn Roy, Betty Grier, Michael Mullen, Jeanne Hagen, Wendy June Harnum, Bonnie McCarley, Debbie Heindel, and Robert Zembelli.
Part II: Seek and Destroy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Leo Dorfman
Mike Roy
Mike Peppe
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Subject Matter
adventure, science fiction
M.A.R.S. Patrol Total War
M.A.R.S. Patrol [Lt. Cy Vance; Sgt. Ken Hiro; Sgt. Joe Striker; Cpl. Russ Stacey]; captive invader courier [Victor]
M.A.R.S. helps fend off the attack on Miami even as "Victor" escapes, determined to redeem himself. A booby trap from his own side kills him just as M.A.R.S. discovers the secret underwater base, which they then destroy.
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Miscellaneous
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Triceratops

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non-fiction
Dinosauria
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Facts about the triceratops.
[untitled]

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Santa Claus
Santa's bigger than ever...
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Promo for the 1968 Golden Magazine Christmas Annual.
The Disaster at Anthill Acres

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Subject Matter
science and technology
Mighty "Matchbox"
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Ad, in comic-story form, for Matchbox toy cars from Fred Bonner Corporation.
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Spittin' Image Sportsters... from Daisy
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Ad for B.B guns from Daisy/Heddon.

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