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Issue Details

Issue #89
Published August 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff (Editor); George Kashdan (Associate Editor); Murray Boltinoff (Associate Editor)

Cover Details - "Secret of the Cave Light!"

Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily

6 page story "The Cosmic Plant"

Synopsis A mysterious plant grows up, right through a city street, on a quest to absorb every bit of water it can find. The authorities determine that they can kill the plant if they poison its supply of water. But more plants appear and the plant develops the ability to separate the poison out of the water.
Pencils Bill Ely
Inks Bill Ely

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll ad"

Half page Peter Puptent, Explorer filler "While Puptent is busy here...."

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff

Half page advertisement "Palisades Park ad"

Characters Superman

5 page story "The Enchanted Violin"

Synopsis Paul Drake wants to be respected as a concert violinist, but due to his average performance skills only gets offers to be a musical clown. When he hears the legend of the violin of Lajos, he decides that it will change his destiny. Little does he know how right he is.
Pencils Doug Wildey
Inks Doug Wildey
Reprinted in Unexpected, The (DC, 1968 series) #128 (October 1971) [retitled there as "The Haunted Violin"]

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Pop ad"

1 page Peter Porkchops public service announcement "Peter Porkchops Gives Tips on Summer Fun"

Genre Funny Animals
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Rube Grossman
Inks Rube Grossman
Letters Ira Schnapp

Half page filler "Lifelong Trance"

1 page text story "Giant in the Ground"

Letters typeset

5 page story "They Call Me a Martian"

Synopsis Jay Drews, billed as the Man of 1000 Faces, does a quick-change act. After a performance, he's approached by a stranger selling him a realistic Martian costume, claiming he found it in a chest that fell out of the sky. Jay purchases the costume, tries it on, and then finds he can't take it off. The costume seems to have other plans for Jay...
Pencils Bruno Premani
Inks Bruno Premani
Reprinted in Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #44 (May 1960)

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Fudge ad"

6 page story "The Secret of the Cave Light"

Synopsis On an archaelogical dig, mysterious lights start emanating from caves, having dramatic effects on the men on the dig, changing them into strange creatures.
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily