Mystery in Space, #49
Published: February 1959
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The Sky-High Man!
"The Earth's diameter of 7900 miles has shrunk to 2 feet!"
Credits
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Gil Kane
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
The Magic Card!
"Hi, everybody! What is this--a three-ring circus?"
Storyline
A group of kids discover the library.
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside front cover PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
The Sky-High Man!
"I'm too big for my native world!"
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
- Inks: Joe Giella
"Said a daring young ski-champ named Andy, "I take chances on slopes, not on candy! When it comes to good taste, I've got no time to waste, I always keep Tootsie Rolls handy""
Featuring Planets of Wonder!
"The planet Mercury is so small that it could fit into the Atlantic Ocean without touching any continental land area..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
- Pencils: Morris Waldinger
- Inks: John Sherwood
- Letters: Milt Snapinn
Just One Second!
Storyline
House ad for Flash #105.
Characters
- Flash
- Mirror Master
Credits
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Joe Giella
"If space is curved..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
- Pencils: Morris Waldinger
- Inks: John Sherwood
- Letters: Milt Snapinn
The 24,000-Hour Day!
"This mountain was only a hill when we started to climb it!"
Storyline
Brad Stanton and Jim Kirby answer an ad for space-miners promising to pay them $1000 a day. When they sign on they learn that one day on this asteroid is 24,000 hours long.
Characters
- Brad Stanton
- Jerome Baxter
- Jim Kirby
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: Manny Stallman
- Inks: John Giunta
"There was a hoop whirler named Wynn, who'd whirl hoops with his girlfriend named Lynn."
Frederick Wilhelm Bessel (1)
Credits
- Script: Mort Drucker
- Pencils: Mort Drucker
- Inks: Mort Drucker
- Letters: Mort Drucker
Story Notes
Information for this sequence from Arthur Lortie.
Featuring Wonders of Space
"Dear Science Editor: In the 'Wonders of Space' feature..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
Story Notes
Letters from P.M. and L.S.
Dummy That Saved the Earth
"Tell me, Umbriel-- what do you know about a sneak attack on Earth?"
Credits
- Script: John Broome
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Joe Giella
"A Captain came in on the tide in an atom-powered sub called "the Glide" when asked if his ship had a rough trip, "Smooth as Tootsie Roll Fudge!" he replied."
Can an Invulnerable Gorilla with Kryptonite Vision Defeat Superman?
Storyline
House ad for the February 1959 issue of Superman.
Characters
- Superman
- Lois Lane
- Titano
Credits
- Pencils: Wayne Boring
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Meteorites!
"Meteorites that have fallen on Earth from space are classified into three general types..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
- Pencils: Morris Waldinger
- Inks: John Sherwood
- Letters: Milt Snapinn
"Do you want spending money? Sell these popular Patriotic and Religious Mottoes"
"My pal! Stop being a skinny weakling like I was in 10 minutes of fun a day you can do all I did gain 25 lbs. of handsome power-packed muscles all over!"
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
"Two complete armies -- the blues and the greys!"
Story Notes
Back cover.