Published: November 1952
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Story Featuring Captain Comet
"Stand back Miss Universe! I can handle this menace!"
"How times change! The newsmen used to lionize me that way!"
A super-powered girl from the year 100,000 arrives and shows up Captain Comet at every turn.
"These are the amazing weapons of the future George Washington!"
Captain Robert Trent is transported from the Revolutionary War into the future of 1952 where he gathers information on future technology to help George Washington's army in his own time. But when he returns, none of the future inventions work and Washington dismissed him as a madman.
"The discovery and use of fire..."
Depiction of four of the greatest scientific discoveries in history, accompanied by a request for readers to send in their own lists of the four greatest discoveries.
"Fire that doesn't burn!"
Derek Blake discovers the secret of Elmo the Great's powers.
"He had the only television set on Earth that could tune in on other worlds in space millions of miles away!"
Bob Tarrant experiments with his television set until he can receive transmissions from Mars. When washed-up movie director Eric Mills learns about this he kills Tarrant so that he can use the Martian transmissions as the basis for a new movie. However, he finds out that the Martians were using Tarrant, and now him, to help them invade Earth.
house ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #61
house ad for Big Town (DC, 1951 series) #18, with a reminder to watch the Big Town television series Thursday nights on the CBS network
Story Featuring Spotlight on Science
"Have you ever wondered whether it would be possible to fire a shot from a cannon which..."
Origins of the words "amoeba," "Fahrenheit," and "fossil."
Art attribution by Ger Apeldoorn.
Story Featuring Buzzy
"Hey, fellers, don't tell me the meeting's all over!"
Joe discovers you can't get what you want if you don't vote.
inside front cover; this PSA, produced in sequential-art comics style, later appeared in DC comics cover-dated January 1964
"The 2 best ways to fill a pen"
Back cover.
Ad Featuring Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
Inside back cover.
"Buy now at our low low prices!"
Ad Featuring Tootsie Roll
"Enter the big Tootsie Roll contest now..."
Advertisement that includes a gag cartoon.
Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
Ad Featuring Dubble Bubble Gum
"Here comes that new kid..."
"Boys get that real R.R. engineer's thrill that comes only with Lionel trains"
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