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Issue Details

Issue	#26
Published	November 1952
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited)

Cover Details - "Captain Comet vs. Miss Universe!"

Characters	Captain Comet; Miss Universe
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira
Letters	Ira Schnapp ?

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "You Get What You Vote For!"

Characters	Buzzy Brown; Mr. Brown
Synopsis	Joe discovers you can't get what you want if you don't vote.
Genre	teen; fact
Script	Jack Schiff ?
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	inside front cover; this PSA later appeared in DC comics cover-dated January 1964

8 page Captain Comet story "Captain Comet vs. Miss Universe!"

Characters	Captain Comet; Miss Universe; Professor Zackro
Synopsis	A super-powered girl from the year 100,000 arrives and shows up Captain Comet at every turn.
Genre	superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Bernard Sachs

5 page story "Gateway to the Future!"

Synopsis	Captain Robert Trent is transported from the Revolutionary War into the future of 1952 where he gathers information on future technology to help George Washington's army in his own time. But when he returns, none of the future inventions work and Washington dismissed him as a madman.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Bob Oksner
Inks	Bernard Sachs

Half page filler "Scientific Word Origins"

Synopsis	Origins of the words "amoeba," "Fahrenheit," and "fossil."
Genre	fact

1 page story "Mankind's Greatest Inventions and Discoveries!"

Synopsis	Depiction of four of the greatest scientific discoveries in history, accompanied by a request for readers to send in their own lists of the four greatest discoveries.
Genre	fact
Pencils	Mort Drucker
Inks	Mort Drucker

4 page story "The Master of Mind over Matter!"

Characters	Elmo the Great; Derek Blake
Synopsis	Derek Blake discovers the secret of Elmo the Great's powers.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Jack Miller
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	John Giunta
Reprinted	in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #396 (February 1970)

2 page Spotlight on Science text article "Around the World in One Hour and Twenty-Three Minutes!"

Genre	fact
Pencils	? (logo illustration)
Inks	? (logo illustration)
Colors	? (logo illustration)
Letters	typeset

Half page Big Town promo (ad from the publisher) "New -- and Great!"

Genre	crime
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Notes	house ad for Big Town (DC, 1951 series) #18, with a reminder to watch the Big Town television series Thursday nights on the CBS network

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Big Features In One Big Book!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Notes	house ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #61

5 page story "Mars -- on Channel 8!"

Synopsis	Bob Tarrant experments with his television set until he can receive transmissions from Mars. When washed-up movie director Eric Mills learns about this he kills Tarrant so that he can use the Martian transmissions as the basis for a new movie. However, he finds out that the Martians were using Tarrant, and now him, to help them invade Earth.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Sy Barry