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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published June 1976
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 52
Editing E. Nelson Bridwell

Cover Details

Characters Adam Strange; Captain Comet; Space Ranger
Genre science fiction; superhero
Pencils Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua] (signed)
Inks Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua] (signed)
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters John Workman
Notes Lettering and coloring credit from Carl Gafford (via GCD error list June 8, 2010). Signature dated 1975.

1 page Superman; Hostess Cup Cakes advertisement "Superman Saves the Earth"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Inside front cover.

13 page Adam Strange story "Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons!"

Characters Adam Strange; Alanna
Genre science fiction; superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes Two chapters, each 6.67 pages long.
Reprinted from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #91 (May 1964)

Half page filler "Star Names!"

Genre fact
Reprinted from ?

1 page letters page "Via Rocket Mail"

Script Jack C. Harris
Letters typeset
Notes No letters. Harris details some of the reprints in this issue.

1 page Giants of the Telescope biography (nonfictional) "Fredrick Wilhelm Bessel (1784-1846)"

Genre fact; biography
Script Mort Drucker
Pencils Mort Drucker
Inks Mort Drucker
Letters Mort Drucker
Reprinted from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #17 [recolored]

8 page Space Ranger story "The Army of Interplanetary Beasts"

Characters Space Ranger; Myra; Cryll
Genre science fiction; superhero
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Reprinted from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #45 (January 1960)

10 page Captain Comet story "Destination Doom!"

Characters Captain Comet
Genre science fiction; superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Murphy Anderson
Inks Murphy Anderson
Reprinted from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #14 (November 1951)