Issue Details

Issue	#50
Published	March 1959
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Notes	Cover pencils credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics; the records imply that Frank Giacoia was paid for the inks (25 January 2008)

Cover Details - "The Runaway Space-Train!"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Joe Giella
Notes	Cover pencils credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics; the records imply that Frank Giacoia was paid for the inks (25 January 2008)

9 page story "The Runaway Space-Train"

Genre	science fiction
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Notes	Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).
Reprinted	In From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #6 (August-September 1970)

1 page public service announcement "The Family Favorite"

Notes

Sequence added by Ed Boner, January 2009.

7 page story "Earth...Condemned World"

Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	John Giunta
Inks	John Giunta
Reprinted	in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #227 (November-December 1970)

1 page Giants of the Telescope filler "Giovanni Donati"

Genre	Fact
Notes	Information for this sequence from Arthur Lortie, September 2008. Location from Ed Boner, January 2009.

1 page Wonders of Space letters page

Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters asking scientific questions and responses. Sequence added by Ed Boner, January 2009.

7 page story "Riddle of Asteroid 8794"

Genre	science fiction
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Frank Giacoia
Inks	Frank Giacoia
Notes	Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).
Reprinted	In From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #9 (February-March 1971)