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Mystery in Space 74

MYSTERY IN SPACE #74

Cover Date: March 1962
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1962-01-18

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Murphy Anderson


Story: "The Spaceman Who Fought Himself!" (15 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksMurphy Anderson
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Adam Strange (also in flashbacks to issues #63 and #64)

Supporting Character(s):

Alanna
Sardath (last in issue #68)

Villain(s):

Hortan Var (first appearance, a lookalike of Adam Strange)
Kai warriors (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Rannians

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Australia
South Pacific
Rann
Great Plain of Ranagar
Ranagar
Unidentified Space Sector
Maragol (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This story takes place 10 minutes after the previous issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #234 (January-February 1972)
The Adam Strange Archives #2 ([November] 2006)
Showcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 ([August] 2007)
Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus (2017)


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Second Story: "Where Is the Paradise of Space?" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtSid Greene
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Star Rovers (in between issues #69/3 and #77/2)
Homer Glint
Rick Purvis
Karel Sorensen

Villain(s):

Xanathar (first appearance; a sentient island in space)
an alien beast (first appearance; presumably dies)

Other Character(s):

an alien sky-skier (first appearance; presumably dies)
an alien markswoman (first appearance; presumably dies)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Unidentified Space Sector
Xanathar (first appearance; a sentient island in space)

Comment(s):

This is the first time the characters are referred to as the Star Rovers.

Story Reprinted in:

Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #234 (January-February 1972)
Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster) (October 1980)


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