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Mystery in Space 69

MYSTERY IN SPACE #69

Cover Date: August 1961
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1961-06-06

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Murphy Anderson


Story: "Menace of the Aqua-Ray Weapon!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksMurphy Anderson
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Adam Strange

Supporting Character(s):

Alanna

Villain(s):

Kirri (first appearance; a blue-skinned humanoid species that battled Rannian humans thousands of years ago, also in flashback; Strogir Tri named; next in Showcase #102)

Other Character(s):

Rannians
Chunky (first appearance; a dog)
a researcher at meteorological research base (first appearance)

Location(s):

Sol system
Earth
Antarctica (in and around a meteorological research base)
Alpha Centauri system
Anthorann (in flashback)
Rann
Ranagar
Rann's northern polar region

Story Reprinted in:

Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #229 (March-April 1971)
The Adam Strange Archives #2 ([November] 2006)
Showcase Presents: Adam Strange #1 ([August] 2007)
Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus (2017)

Solicitation:

While waiting for a Zeta-Beam to Rann, Adam Strange encounters a dog he decides to bring with him. What they find when they get to Rann no one could have expected. Alanna has been transformed into a talking puddle of water!


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Second Story: "Duel of the Star Gladiators!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsMike Sekowsky
InksBernard Sachs
EditingJulius Schwartz

Comment(s):

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


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Third Story: "What Happened on Sirius-4?" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtSid Greene
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Homer Glint (in between issues #66/3 and #74/2)
Rick Purvis (in between issues #66/3 and #74/2)
Karel Sorensen (in between issues #66/3 and #74/2)

Villain(s):

The Sorn (first appearance; an alien race, hostile to the planet Kamoral, also in flashback)

Other Character(s):

the people of Kalmoral (first appearance)
radio telescope operators

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Los Angeles
Intersolar Spaceport
Mars
Unidentified Space Sector
Kalmoral (first appearance; also in flashback)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in 2160.

Story Reprinted in:

Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #233 (November-December 1971)
Pulp Fiction Library: Mystery in Space ([September] 1999)


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