Unofficial Mystery in Space Index

MYSTERY IN SPACE #64

Cover Date: December 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1960-10-20

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Joe Giella

Story: "The Radioactive Menace!!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Adam Strange

Supporting Character(s):

Alanna

Villain(s):

Carlon Zan (first appearance; a scientist and would-be world conqueror from an unnamed species one billion years ago on Rann; becomes radioactive while travelling through a freak time warp; later turned to lead)

Other Character(s):

Rannians

an unidentified sentient species inhabiting Rann one billion years ago (first appearance)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Sol system

Earth

somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean

an unidentified location

Alpha Centauri system

Rann (also in flashback to one billion years earlier)

the Great Plain of Kranimar

Ranagar

Unidentified Space Sector

Comment(s):

First appearance of a rare Rannian element called "Malybium" which hastens the decomposition of a radioactive element.

Story Reprinted in:

Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #225 (July-August 1970)

The 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: "The Day the Earth "Dyed"!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Murphy Anderson
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Comment(s):

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

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Third Story: "The Luckiest Man in the Solar System!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Sid Greene
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Comment(s):

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

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