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Mystery in Space 53

MYSTERY IN SPACE #53

Cover Date: August 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-06-04

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Bernard Sachs


Story: "Menace of the Robot Raiders!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksBernard Sachs
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Adam Strange (last in Showcase #19)

Supporting Character(s):

Alanna (last in flashback in Showcase #19)

Villain(s):

Vor Kan (first appearance; a Rannian who usurps the controls of the robot miners in an attempt to overthrow Ranagar)

Other Character(s):

Rannians (Kal Jat, commander of Ranagarian City Guards named)
Griks (first appearance; aliens who sell large mining robots to Rann)

Location(s):

Earth:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rann
Ranagar

Story Reprinted in:

Adam Strange Archives #1 ([February] 2004)
Showcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 ([August] 2007)
Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus (2017)


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Second Story: "Prisoner of the Electronic Eye!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn Broome
PencilsGil Kane
InksFrank Giacoia
EditingJulius Schwartz

Comment(s):

As this story is not part of DC Universe continuity, it will not be fully indexed.

Story Reprinted in:

From Beyond the Unknown #3/2 (February-March 1970)


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Third Story: "Earth's Secret Space War!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsManny Stallman
InksJohn Guinta
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Howard Melville (first appearance; saves the planet Omeron from invasion)

Villain(s):

Zeerangans (first appearance; a hostile alien race)

Other Character(s):

Omerons (first appearance; an alien race)
citizens of Earth

Location(s):

Solar System
Earth
Antares System
Kylor (first mentioned; on a star-map)
Blull (first mentioned)
Vesna (first mentioned; on a star-map)
Zeeranga (first mentioned)
Omeron (first appearance)
Angara

Comment(s):

This story is likely not in continuity in the DC Universe.


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