Mystery in Space, #16
Published: October-November 1953
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"Tow us in faster! A giant meteor is going to hit us!"
Credits
- Pencils: Murphy Anderson
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Featuring Novelty Mart
"Uncle Bernie's fun shop buy now at our low low prices!"
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Honeymoon in Space
""Honeymoon In Space— Your favorite teeveshow—presents this week’s lucky couple—Ann and Larry Barnett!"
Storyline
Undercover treasury agent , Larry Barnett wins a free trip to space aboard an elegant space-liner. His bride, Ann Barnett thinks her husband is just a low level clerk, and during the voyage notices multiple clues that her husband is not who he says he is, and the trip is much more than just a honeymoon.
Credits
- Script: John Broome
- Pencils: Murphy Anderson
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
Story Notes
Cover story.
Featuring Scripto
"Scripto guarantees the best...in writing!"
Lunar Craters
"It has been estimated that the total number of craters visible on the moon exceeds..."
Featuring Sky Bar
"You can have this real space compass!"
Christiaan Huygens
"Who cares about oil - we've struck lanolin!"
Interplanetary Insurance, Inc.
"My examination of the creatures on this planet shows they can never die--except by accident!"
Storyline
Insurance agent Bert Brandon travels to newly discovered planet Glynn, in order to sell life insurance policies to the inhabitants. The planet has two races of species.The bright side of the planet has the butterfly people called the Lullies. The dark side of the planet has insect people called the Kroques. Brandon’s mission to sell life insurance policies to the inhabitants runs into obstacles.
Characters
- Bert Brandon (earthman and insurance agent)
- William J. Emory (Brandon’s boss)
- Queen Pryll of the Lullies
- Interplanetary Insurance Inc (known as I.I.I.)
Credits
- Script: Sid Gerson
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Sy Barry
"Now that we're at the North Pole, let's go exploring."
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
Editorial Advisory Board
"Gamma globulin- obtained from human blood- protects for a few weeks."
Story Notes
Includes a plug for polio research.
Binky Says: "Give Your Pet All the Breaks!"
"Gee, Binky, what's wrong with Sport?"
Characters
- Binky
- Sport (dog)
- Allergy
- Jim
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
The Earthman and the Robot!
"Your brain's secrets are now mine, Earthman!"
Storyline
Engineer Harry Malcom is brought from earth to Proxima Centauri by the robot master of the planet, because the robot wants to absorb all of the information about the planet earth from Malcom’s mind and then murder the engineer, when he has outlived his usefulness.
Characters
- Harry Malcom ( earth engineer)
- Phom (centaurian)
- robot master of the planet proximate centauri
Credits
- Script: Sid Gerson
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
"A delicious chocolaty.. long-lasting Tootsie Roll."
Stars?
Featuring What Do You Know About
"1. The first astronomer to form any true idea of the tremendous distances of stars was Isaac Newton."
Story Notes
Two pages of quiz questions and answers about stars.
The Line of Stars Presents Tomahawk
Planet in Reverse!
"When you consider the strange series of coincidences that have marked scientific progress on Earth..."
Storyline
An earthman explorer lands on mars at the same time that a Martian explorer lands on earth. Both explorers found out simultaneously that martians are substantially smaller in size than earth men, and that the time rate of martians is that their entire lifetime is only equivalent to to a fraction of a second when compared to the earth time rate.
Characters
- Unnamed earth explorer
- unnamed Martian explorer
Credits
- Script: Sid Gerson
- Pencils: Alex Toth
- Inks: Frank Giacoia
Story Notes
Pencils previously credited to Frank Giacoia.
Featuring Friendship Studios, Inc.
"Want extra money to spend as your please?"
Featuring Motor's Auto Repair Manual
"How to fix any part of any car!"
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Featuring Cracker Jack
"Cracker Jack's magnetic car"
Story Notes
Back cover.