Mystery in Space, #11
Published: December 1952-January 1953
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"A prize of one million dollars to anyone who can guess what the creature inside this space-ship looks like!"
Credits
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
"Uncle Bernie's fun shop buy now - at our low low prices!"
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Unknown Spaceman!
"Mammoth million dollar contest!"
Characters
- Harrison Hammond
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Bob Oksner
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Title, pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records dated 1952/08/12, provided by DC Comics.
"Whoopee! This is the real wild West!"
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
Editorial Advisory Board
Characters
- Dean Martin (cameo)
- Jerry Lewis (cameo)
Story Notes
Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!
"Gosh, we saw nearly everything on all 38 floors of the United Nations building."
Storyline
Superman convinces a group of children to contribute their movie money to UNICEF.
Characters
- Superman
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp (uncertain)
Story Notes
This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
SOS in Space!
"All of those people are the victims of interplanetary shipwrecks!"
Characters
- Captain Tyndall
- Blake
- Martin
- Deering
Credits
- Script: Jack Miller
- Pencils: Howard Sherman
- Inks: Howard Sherman
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records dated 1952/08/12, provided by DC Comics.
"A Roadmaster bicycle... and other dandy prizes... are given away every week!"
Featuring The Expanding Universe
"According to a theory by Prof. Eddington..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz (uncertain)
- Pencils: Morris Waldinger (uncertain)
- Inks: Tom Nicolosi (uncertain)
"Hurry! Get your own gold lettered personalized wallet!"
William Henry Pickering (1)
Credits
- Pencils: Mort Drucker (uncertain)
- Inks: Mort Drucker (uncertain)
Cosmic Capsule!
"Pluto has sent models of the small sun it uses to heat its frigid atmosphere..."
Credits
- Script: Jack Miller
- Pencils: Murphy Anderson
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
Story Notes
Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records dated 1952/08/12, provided by DC Comics.
"I wish he'd get interested in a girl and starting using Wildroot Cream-Oil!"
Neptune?
Featuring What Do You Know About
"1. Unlike its planetary neighbor Uranus, Neptune has no atmosphere at all."
Storyline
A two-page quiz about Neptune.
Rocketeer for Hire!
"Side-swiping a rocket's nose-bubble is an old space-navy trick..."
Characters
- Slag Sorrel
- Gil Gant
- Coral
- Hagarians (from the planet Hagar)
Credits
- Script: John Broome
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Sy Barry
Story Notes
Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records dated 1952/08/12, provided by DC Comics.
Now More Than Ever-
Featuring House of Mystery
"If our sun were replaced by the nearest star..."
"Announcing the new Daisy Defender repeating air rifle"
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
"Boys! Girls! Send for this hilarious Cracker Jack fun pack"
Story Notes
Back cover.