Mystery in Space, #66
Published: March 1961
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Issue Contents:
Space-Island of Peril!
Characters
- Adam Strange
- Alanna
- alien Corytrix
Credits
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Joe Giella
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Pencil and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics credit inks to Sid Greene. Discussion on GCD Main agree that Joe Giella should be credited.
"How to gain up to 50 lbs. of mighty muscles!"
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Space-Island of Peril!
Storyline
Adam and Alanna must stop a Corytrix from destroying Rann.
Characters
- Adam Strange
- Alanna
- a Corytrix (alien, villain)
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Pencil and inks credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
"For the very best..."
Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
- Flash [Barry Allen]
- Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]
Credits
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Joe Giella
Story Notes
House ad for Green Lantern (DC, 1960 Series) #5 (March-April 1961) and The Flash (DC, 1959 Series) #119 (March 1961), with covers shown, and both advertised as "Now On Sale".
Walter Baade (1)
Featuring Giants of the Telescope
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz (uncertain)
Story Notes
Information for this sequence from Arthur Lortie.
Who Is Hawkman--
Characters
- Hawkman [Katar Hol]
- Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]
- Byth
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Kubert
- Inks: Joe Kubert
Story Notes
House ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 Series) #34 (February-March 1961), with cover shown, and advertised as "On Sale Everywhere!"
Don't Sell Nature Short!
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Beauty and the Robot!
Storyline
In the first contact with an alien ship, two explorers discover hibernation chambers: one with a beautiful girl, the other with a robot - who shouldn't need to hibernate. Waking the girl, she claims to be a space policewoman, while the robot is a prisoner. But her odd queries about "Earth's rarest treasures" raise red flags as the explorers escort her to her home planet...
Characters
- Edward "Doc" Emerson
- Steve Crandall
- Irilene
- Robotrol man
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
Story Notes
Pencil and inks credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
"The two satellites of Mars..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz (uncertain)
Story Notes
Two panels with text regarding moons Phobos, Deimos, and Amalthea.
"Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $5 weekly..."
"Dear Science Editor: I read with considerable interest..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
Story Notes
Letters of comment from Jerome Clark, and "Bob (Unsigned)".
"With the exception of about 30 stars..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz (uncertain)
Who Caught the Loborilla?
Storyline
Three famed adventurers compete for a $10,000 prize to capture the one-and-only loborilla on a distant planet. Each one captures the unique creature (they think) and claims the prize. But their varied accounts conflict, and soon all three are surprised about who really caught the beast!
Characters
- The Star Rovers (introduction) [Homer Glint
- Karel Sorensen
- Rick Purvis]
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Sid Greene
- Inks: Sid Greene
Story Notes
1) Pencil and inks credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. 2) Sid Greene's usual depiction of Julius Schwartz as a character occurs twice here, on page two panel five and page seven panel five. 3) This story's narrative conceit is similar to that of Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film Rashomon, in which the same incident (in this case, the capture of the Loborilla) is recounted by four different characters (including the Loborilla) as well as four different perspectives. Ingeniously, writer Gardner Fox also makes all four accounts internally consistent. 4) This is the first "Star Rovers" story, although their group name "Star Rovers" does not appear. 5) The Rovers are, oddly, not a team, because, in every story, all three are in competition for some prize or goal. 6) The Rovers continued in Mystery in Space and later switched to Strange Adventures.
"Do you want spending money?"
"Everything you need to enjoy stamp collecting..."
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
"Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"
Story Notes
Back cover.