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Issue: From beyond the Unknown #1
Publication Date: October 1969
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Issues: #1 of 25 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/31/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

Reprints of various science fiction stories from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 Series) and Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 Series) fronted by a new 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
Format Notes:  
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Turtle-Men of Space!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): giant turtle; invading aliens from Aqualon; earth forces
Synopsis: Invading aliens from Aqualon, transported by a giant turtle, begin their conquest of Earth
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-233
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Turtle-Men of Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hank Chapman; invading aliens from Aqualon; giant turtles; giant whales
First Line: From beyond Earth they came -- 65 trillion miles -- to launch an incredible invasion that only one man in the world knew how to repel.
Synopsis: Deep diver Hank Chapman happens onto a plot by invading aliens, but no one believes him.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #118 published July 1960
was The Turtle-Men of Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: S-235
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Unknown Spaceman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Harrison Hammond
First Line: Someday -- sooner than we think, perhaps -- the first visitors from another planet will land on Earth! But what will these people from beyond look like?
Synopsis: Benevolent aliens announce their intention to visit Earth. As a publicity stunt, Harrison Hammond, president of the Hammond Newspaper Syndicate, offers a million dollar prize to anyone submitting an entry depicting exactly how these space travelers will look. Frenzy ensues.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystery in Space #11 published December 1952
was The Unknown Spaceman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-236
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

GOOD BIT: As part of almost three full pages showing excited contestants and their entries, we have the following panel:
CAPTION: "One contestant even submitted a BLANK CANVAS!"
ARTIST: "My guess is that our visitors will be INVISIBLE in our light!"
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What Do You Know About the Solar System?

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-238
Disclose Notes: A quiz in the form of "True-False", "Multiple Choice", and "[Fill in the] Missing Word" questions on our solar system - with provided answers.
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Star-Actor of the Spaceways!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Donal Fairley; head of Colossal Pictures; aliens from the planet "Kostarel" nation of "Illium"; aliens from the planet "Kostarel" nation of "Rostovia"
First Line: Forty years ago, Donal Fairley had been the idol of the screen-world! But time had passed him by and now he was just a has-been!
Synopsis: Has-been 70-year-old actor Donal Fairley is offered the opportunity to regain his lost youth by a band of aliens... but with a serious catch, revealed up-front by the aliens. What does Donal do?
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #122 published November 1960
was Star-Actor of the Starways! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: S-237
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

The lead character's name is "Donal Fairley"... not a typo of the name "Donald".

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