Issue Details

Issue	#138
Published	March 1962
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "Secret of the Dinosaur Skeleton!"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Letters	Ira Schnapp

8 page story "Secret of the Dinosaur Skeleton!"

Synopsis	Explorer Jim Hanson accidentally frees the evil Kandar, who has been in suspended animation for 150 million years and now intends to conquer the world with the help of an animated brontosaurus skeleton.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Joe Giella
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) #14 (December-January 1972)

Half page Adam Strange promo (ad from the publisher) "Roam the black gulfs of interplanetary space..."

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	house ad for Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #74

1 page public service announcement "From Many Lands..."

Synopsis	It takes 300 materials from 56 different countries to make an automobile; some of those are depicted here.
Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Lou Cameron ?
Inks	Lou Cameron ?
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Half page Justice League of America promo (ad from the publisher) "The Fantastic Fingers of Felix Faust!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	house ad for Justice League of America (DC, 1950 series) #10, on sale January 30

Half page Aquaman promo (ad from the publisher) "Now In a Magazine of His Own!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Nick Cardy
Inks	Nick Cardy
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	house ad for Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #2, on sale January 25

7 page story "The Man Who Climbed Into Space!"

Synopsis	Mountain climber Walt Davis encounters two aliens that tell him conflicting stories, and he must decide which one is true in order to save the Earth.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Mike Sekowsky
Inks	Bernard Sachs

1 page Spotlight on Science letters page

Genre	fact
Script	Julius Schwartz
Pencils	? (illustration)
Inks	? (illustration)
Colors	? (illustration)
Letters	typeset
Notes	scientific inquiries from readers

1 page Amazing Ratios filler "In all the capillaries..."

Genre	fact
Script	Julius Schwartz ?
Pencils	Morris Waldinger ?
Inks	Tommy Nicolosi ?

8 page Atomic Knights story "The Attack of the Giant Dogs!"

Characters	Atomic Knights [Gardner Grayle; Douglas Herald; Marene Herald; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard; Bryndon Smith]; the Khagan
Synopsis	The Knights discover several giant Dalmatians which they soon train to serve as transportation and ride against their enemy the Khagan and his Atlantides.
Genre	science fiction
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Reprinted	in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #224 (May-June 1970); in Atomic Knights, The (DC, 2010 series) #[nn]

Half page Metal Men promo (ad from the publisher) "More Startling Than Tomorrow's Science Fiction"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Ross Andru
Inks	Mike Esposito
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #37 [first appearance of the Metal Men], on sale January 30

Half page Star Names filler "Ophiuchus and Aquila"

Synopsis	origins of the names of constellations Ophiuchus and Aquila
Genre	fact
Script	Julius Schwartz
Pencils	Morris Waldinger ?
Inks	Tommy Nicolosi ?