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MYSTERY IN SPACE #73
Cover Date: February 1962
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1961-12-07
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Murphy Anderson
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Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Adam Strange (also in flashbacks to issues #63 and #64)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Ziathrion (first appearance; also in flashbacks)
Other Character(s):
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Unidentified Space Sector
- Unidentified star system
- Karthal (first appearance; in flashbacks)
- Unidentified star system
Comment(s):
- This story takes place 10 minutes after the previous issue.
Story Reprinted in:
- Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #233 (November-December 1971)
- The Adam Strange Archives #2 ([November] 2006)
- Showcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 ([August] 2007)
- Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus (2017)
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Sid Greene |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Evan Wright (first appearance; "The Answer Man of Space")
Supporting Character(s):
- Jon Drew (first appearance; a young boy)
Villain(s):
- a space-beast (first appearance; also in flashback; dies)
Other Character(s):
- THe Krull (first appearance; in flashback; an alien race)
- two Krull robots (first appearance for both)
- the crew of the Solar Worlds' spacecraft Starfire (first appearance for all)
- various humans and aliens (including Jon Drew's father)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- the United Solar Worlds' Building
- Earth
- Unidentified Space Sector
- an unidentified planet (first appearance, in flashback, the Krull homeworld)
- an artificial planetoid (first appearance)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place in the 22nd Century, with flashbacks to 1 million years earlier.
- This story became part of the DC Universe continuity in Superman Family #192/5 (November-December 1978): "My Father, Superman".
Story Reprinted in:
- From Beyond the Unknown #10 (April-May 1971)