Issue Details

Issue	#6
Published	August 1968
Cover Price	$0.12
Pages	36
Editing	?

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters	Joe Striker; Ken Hiro; Russ Stacey; aliens
Genre	war; science fiction
Pencils	? (painted)
Inks	? (painted)
Colors	? (painted)
Letters	typeset

14 page M.A.R.S. Patrol story "Operation Snake-In-The-Brass [Part I]"

Characters	M.A.R.S. Patrol (Joe Striker; Ken Hiro; Russ Stacey; Lt. Adams; General Kripps); aliens; Dianne Noralle [alien]; General Jansen; Marshal Alibad; General Sorumi; U.S. Armed forces
Synopsis	The aliens attack Washington D.C., infiltrate the Pentagon with an agent, and kidnap foreign generals, but the M.A.R.S. team fights back.
Genre	war; science fiction

1 page Gold Key Comics Club filler "News"

Pencils	?; Stephen Marz; Jimmy Robinson
Inks	?; Stephen Marz; Jimmy Robinson
Letters	typeset
Notes	Page is part promo; part letters including illustrations by Stephen Marz and Jimmy Robinson, and part activity.

1 page Gold Key Comics Club letters page "Reader's Page Animals"

Genre	fan art
Pencils	Susan Magee; Bev Bandy; Bart Poste; John Price; Gerald Owlsey
Inks	Susan Magee; Bev Bandy; Bart Poste; John Price; Gerald Owlsey
Letters	typeset
Notes	Reader art.

1 page Gold Key Comics Club letters page "Reader's Page Inventions"

Genre	fan art
Pencils	Joedy Moots; Chris Velaquez; Mark Ensor
Inks	Joedy Moots; Chris Velaquez; Mark Ensor
Letters	typeset
Notes	Reader art.

1 page Gold Key Comics Club letters page "Jokes On You"

Genre	gags
Letters	?; typeset
Notes	Jokes sent in by readers, including one illustrated joke.

12 page M.A.R.S. Patrol story "Battleground Capitol Hill Part II"

Characters	M.A.R.S. Patrol (Joe Striker; Ken Hiro; Russ Stacey; Lt. Adams; General Kripps); aliens; Dianne Noralle [alien ]; General Jansen; Marshal Alibad; General Sorumi; U.S. Armed forces; President of The United States
Synopsis	The M.A.R.S. Patrol wraps up fighting by destroying a secret alien base under Washington and discovering the alien agent.
Genre	war; science fiction

1 page Gold Key Comics Club filler "Mini-Comics"

Synopsis	Hunter chasing a bear around a hill and being chased in turn. Karate practicioner cannot break wood block without breaking his hand, so uses the cast to break the wood.
Genre	gags
Notes	Two multi-panel gags.

1 page Gold Key Comics Club text article "Dinosauria Pterodactyl"

Synopsis	Information on Pterodactyls.
Genre	fact
Notes	Includes illustrations.