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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published January 1952
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual)
Notes Editorial credit confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Cover Details

Genre science fiction; mystery
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Gil Kane
Notes Editorial credit confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

8 page Captain Comet story "The Ghost of Captain Comet"

Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Murphy Anderson
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes Writing and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

8 page story "The Secret of Easter Island"

Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Joe Giella
Notes Cover Feature. Writing and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

6 page story "The Touch of Death"

Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Joe Giella
Notes Writing and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Half page Giants of the Telescope story "John C. Adams"

Genre Fact
Notes Information for this sequence from Arthur Lortie, September 2008. Location of this sequence within this issue is unknown.
Reprinted in My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #20; in House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #29; in DC Super Stars (DC, 1976 series) #4