Mystery in Space, #5
Published: December 1951-January 1952
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The Outcast of Lost World!
"I was condemned to the weirdest fate of all time when I became--"
Characters
- Commando Lyle
Credits
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: John Giunta (uncertain)
- Colors: Jack Adler (uncertain)
Featuring House of Mystery
Credits
- Pencils: Win Mortimer (uncertain)
Story Notes
Inside front cover. Ad for House of Mystery #1 with cover repro.
Story Notes
The bottom portion of the inside front cover contains the publisher & indicia information.
Outcast of Lost World!
"Lyle!--I can't let you go like this!"
Storyline
Lyle has been irradiated with Radium, and, for the safety of others, is forced into space.
Characters
- Commando Lyle
- Ora
- Rax
- Commander Artho
Credits
- Script: Christopher Cook
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Joe Giella
- Editing: Julius Schwartz
Out of this World by Necco
"It's always daytime on one side of the planet Mercury and hot enough to melt lead!"
"Boys! Girls! Free! At no extra cost! Plastic rocket rings"
"Kids! Be first in your gang to collect our new series!"
Kidnaped [sic] in Space!
"Give us the latest developments on the plutonium bomb, Dave Hollis--or we'll throw you out into space--to die!"
Characters
- Dave Hollis
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Bob Oksner
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
Story Notes
Inks originally attributed to John Giunta, but confirmed as Bernard Sachs, along with writing and pencilling credits, from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
"Super! New cream hair tonic is not greasy or sticky...yet grooms hair perfectly all day!"
"Get this new complete Indian crafts book"
Characters
- Straight Arrow
The Pool of Time!
"What would you do... if you had a key to the past, and could summon up any creature or person from the shadowy corridors of vanished time?"
Storyline
Professor Fosdick discovers a way to bring living beings - both human and animal - from the deep past into the present time. His notes are stolen by his assistant Rawlins, and three years later dinosaurs, Neanderthal men and Medieval soldiers run rampant through the streets.
Characters
- Professor Fosdick
- Rawlins
- Roger Bacon
Credits
- Script: Jerry Coleman
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Joe Giella
- Editing: Mort Weisinger (uncertain)
Getting an Erector Is Like Having Your Own Toy Factory
"Boy, with this "How to Make 'em Book" it's easy to build all kinds of models with one erector set!"
Story Notes
On the page between page 5 and page 6 of the previous story sequence. 2/3 of the ad is in sequential art form.
"Even when I nail a killer my hair looks good because I use Wildroot Cream-Oil!"
Characters
- Charlie Wild
Captain Tootsie Bags a Mountain Lion
Featuring Stars and Their Legends
"Andromeda was the daughter of King Cepheus..."
Credits
- Script: Mort Drucker
- Pencils: Mort Drucker
- Inks: Mort Drucker
Story Notes
Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
How to Locate Andromeda in the Sky
Credits
- Script: Mort Drucker
- Pencils: Mort Drucker
- Inks: Mort Drucker
Story Notes
Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
"I-it's spooky in this old haunted house!"
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
Story Notes
comic style ad for Double Bubble Gum
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
Saturn?
Featuring What Do You Know About
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
- Pencils: Luca Maresca
- Inks: Luca Maresca
Story Notes
Two pages of trivia quiz questions about Saturn.
The Secret Story of Ray-Gun 64!
"Strap on your S-64's, men! No telling what we'll run into on this uncharted world!"
Storyline
The S-64 disintegrator gun allows Earth troops to colonize and contain other worlds with ease. But the name of the inventor has been completely forgotten. In 2219 Mark Saunders left Earth for Venus, and the next five years were spent developing his disintegrator ray. After scores of failures the gun is finally a success. Returning to Earth he attempts to interest manufacturers in its mass production, but they are offered similar inventions every week and none of them have ever worked.
Characters
- Mark Saunders
- Helen
Credits
- Script: Jean-Louis Humblet
- Pencils: Frank Giacoia
- Inks: Joe Giella
- Editing: Julius Schwartz
Story Notes
Inks originally attributed to Frank Giacoia, but confirmed as Joe Giella, along with writing and pencilling credits, from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
"Here it is fellas! Send for it now! The greatest railroad show on Earth!"
Biography of the Earth
"Geological surveys have set the age of the Earth at more than two billion years."
Credits
- Script: Mort Drucker
- Pencils: Mort Drucker
- Inks: Mort Drucker
"Speakin' of Christmas, pardner, I'd sure send for Daisy's air rifleman book!"
Credits
- Pencils: Fred Harman
- Inks: Fred Harman
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
What Sparks a Champion Sparks You
"Otto Graham star quarterback"
Characters
- Otto Graham
Story Notes
Back cover.