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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published June 1951
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual)

Cover Details - "The Origin of Captain Comet"

Characters Captain Comet
Genre superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Carmine Infantino

10 page Captain Comet story "The Origin of Captain Comet"

Characters Captain Comet (intro, origin); Professor Zackro
Genre superhero
Script John Broome [as Edgar Ray Merritt]
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Bernard Sachs

8 page story "Push-Button Paradise"

Genre science fiction
Script Gardner Fox (signed)
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Bernard Sachs

10 page story "The Mad World"

Genre science fiction
Script John Broome [as John Osgood]
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Joe Giella

1 page Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll advertisement "Emergency Landing"

Characters Captain Tootsie; Rollo
Genre superhero; ad
Pencils Bill Schrieber (signed)
Inks Bill Schrieber (signed)

2 page General Science Quiz text article

Genre fact
Script Julius Schwartz
Pencils Raymond Perry
Inks Raymond Perry
Colors Raymond Perry ?
Letters typeset

10 page Chris KL-99 story "The Exile of Space"

Characters Chris KL99; Halk; Jerro
Genre science fiction
Script Edmond Hamilton (signed)
Pencils Murphy Anderson
Inks Murphy Anderson

Half page Professor Brainstorm filler "New Raincoat"

Genre science fiction; humor
Script Hi Mankin
Pencils Hi Mankin
Inks Hi Mankin

Half page Robbie the Robot filler

Genre science fiction; humor
Script Hi Mankin
Pencils Hi Mankin
Inks Hi Mankin

1 page Superboy public service announcement "Know Your County"

Genre superhero
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer