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Mystery in Space 79

MYSTERY IN SPACE #79

Cover Date: November 1962
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1962-09-06

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Murphy Anderson


Story: "The Metal Conqueror of Rann!" (15 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksMurphy Anderson
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Adam Strange

Supporting Character(s):

Alanna
Sardath (last in issue #77)

Villain(s):

Ikhar the Undying (first appearance; a lifeform able to inhabit inanimate objects made of mineral)

Other Character(s):

Rannians

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
a southsea island
Rann
Ranagar

Story Reprinted in:

Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #239 (November-December 1972)
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: "The Phantom Spaceman!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtSid Greene
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Commander Chapman (first appearance; requested to resign from Space Fleet due to his deafness)

Villain(s):

Timronians (first appearance; an alien race)

Other Character(s):

passengers of the luxury spaceship Starfire (first appearance of all; Senator Underhill and Martine Terril named)

Location(s):

a planet in the Pollux system
Earth
Timron (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This story is set at some point in the far future and is not in continuity.
The planet Timron and the native Timronians are not connected to their namesakes in the Green Lantern Vol. 2 #155 (August 1982) by Mike W. Barr and Joe Staton.

Story Reprinted in:

From Beyond the Unknown #13 (October-November 1971)


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