Mystery in Space, #30
Published: February-March 1956
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The Impossible World Named Earth!
"The mind machines clearly reveals my patient's delusions!"
Characters
- Dwight Eisenhower
Credits
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Gil Kane
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Cover pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
"Free! British African stamps and illustrated booklet"
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Impossible World Named Earth!
"As real as my patient's vision seems, there is no world called Earth!"
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Joe Giella
Featuring Mystery in Space!
"Though the volume of a comet may be larger..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
- Pencils: Morris Waldinger
- Inks: John Sherwood
- Letters: Milt Snapinn
"That record'll repeat itself forever!!"
Characters
- Fearless Fosdick
Story Notes
Advertisement in sequential strip form for Wildroot Cream-Oil. Ad agency editing.
Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer
"During the years 1870 and 1905, this solar physicist organized and led eight British government expeditions all over the world to observe and study eclipses..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
- Pencils: Morris Waldinger
- Inks: John Sherwood
- Letters: Milt Snapinn
Story Notes
Information for this sequence from Arthur Lortie.
The Boomerang World!
"Everything I try to land on this world, my ship bounces away!"
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: Frank Giacoia
- Inks: Joe Giella
Daisy Gunbook Ready!
"Free! Walt Disney's official Davy Crockett arrowhead charm"
Story Notes
from Daisy Manufacturing Company
Featuring Planets of Wonder!
"Due to the turbulence of the Earth's atmosphere..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
- Pencils: Morris Waldinger
- Inks: John Sherwood
- Letters: Milt Snapinn
Buzzy Asks: "Do You Know How to Be a Good Baby-Sitter?"
"Gosh, Susie, I'm baby-sitting for Mrs. Williams tonight and I'm kind of new at it..."
Characters
- Susie
- Buzzy
- Mrs. Williams
- Johnny Williams
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
Story Notes
This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
The Patent Planet
"With my rain-making invention, I will be able to eliminate the desert wastelands of Mars!"
Characters
- John Carrick
Credits
- Script: Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils: Sid Greene
- Inks: Joe Giella
Solar System Satellites
Featuring Wonders of Space
"Prior to the fifteenth century, all objects that moved through the sky..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
- Pencils: Luca Maresca
- Inks: Luca Maresca
The Robinson Crusoe of Space!
"When you're in the space-taxi business, like I am, you need an accurate meter to click off trips millions of times longer than any cab on Earth!"
Characters
- Space Cabbie
- Gabby (talking parrot)
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
Story Notes
Sworn to by J. S. Liebowitz, Business Manager on September 23, 1955. No circulation data.
"100 toy soldiers $1.25"
"Do you need extra money? $40.00 is yours for selling only 50 boxes..."
"I gained 53 lbs. of shapely power-packed muscles!"
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
"Given - Given - Given we are reliable"
Story Notes
Sold by Wilson Chemical Co. Back cover.