Issue Details

Issue	#124
Published	January 1961
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Notes	Pencil and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, July 2008.

Cover Details - "The Face-Hunter from Saturn!"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Notes	Pencil and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, July 2008.

8 page story "The Face-Hunter From Saturn"

Characters	Mount Rushmore; Jim Boone; Bob Colby; Klee Pan (from the planet Klaramar); Chan Yull (from the planet Klaramar)
Synopsis	Faceless aliens from the atom-sized planet Klaramar, that exists on the surface of Saturn, travels to earth to find a giant stone head that will prevent the destruction of the solar system.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Mike Sekowsky
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Notes	First appearance of the Faceless Creature from Saturn. Originally not meant for a reappearance, just a one shot character, he later became a member of the Forgotten Villains. Cover story. Pencil and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, July 2008.

1 page Science Say You're Wrong If You Believe That -- filler

Synopsis	Facts about the Sun's face, Peanuts, Owls and Platinum.
Genre	Fact

8 page story "Earth's One-Man Space Fleet!"

Characters	Walt Franklin; Molly Franklin; Ed; Mac; The Vronn (alien race); Evrod Kull (Commander of the Fenn aliens)
Synopsis	Walt Franklin finds himself alone on the Earth with all other Earthlings replaced by robots and the Vronn attacking.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Notes	Pencil and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, July 2008.

1 page public service announcement "Get a Grip on your Gripes!"

Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bernard Bailey
Inks	Bernard Bailey

1 page Amazing Ratios! filler

Synopsis	Ratios between the brains of a man and a dog, the height vs the width of an ocean wave, the amount of raindrops in a cloud, and the difference between forest losses to insects vs. wildfires.
Genre	Fact

1 page Spotlight on Science letters page

Letters

Typeset

8 page Space Museum story "Earth Victory -- by a Hair!"

Characters	The Wrecker (Space-Marine) [General Howard Parker]; Tommy Parker; Admiral Ann "Blondy" Gordon
Synopsis	Tommy Parker finds out the story behind the single blonde hair kept in the space museum and also leans the secret of his parents marriage.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Carmine Infantino
Notes	Pencil and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, July 2008.
Reprinted	in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #211 (April 1968)