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Issue Details

Issue #87
Published June 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff (Editor); George Kashdan (Associate Editor); Murray Boltinoff (Associate Editor)

Cover Details - "The Menacing Pet from Pluto!"

Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Bob Brown
Inks Bob Brown

5 page story "The Human Diamond"

Synopsis On an expedition to test out a diamond-detector, a crew gets a strong reading near a seam in a rock. Upon entering the seam, one of the men falls into a gaseous pit. Out of the pit comes a man made of solid diamond.
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Mort Meskin
Inks George Roussos

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll ad"

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "House of Secrets #20 and Strange Adventures #104"

1 page Moolah the Mystic filler "We've done enough digging for today."

Genre Humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff

5 page story "The Secret of the Phoenix"

Synopsis Harry Boone is about to finish his quest for an archaelogical treasure when the dangers of the jungle destroy his nerve. But when the natives point him toward the "deathless" Phoenix bird, he believes he's found a new source of courage.
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Howard Purcell

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Pop ad"

1 page advertisement "Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros Circus at Palisades Amusement Park"

Characters Superman; Emmett Kelly

1 page public service announcement "Fred Finds a Way!"

Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp

7 page story "The Underworld Sorcerer"

Synopsis Rocky Martin, crime boss, has been deported, but still maintains his underworld ties. While in Europe, he runs into the last in a line of sorcerers and believes he's found his ticket back to the States and his empire.
Genre Occult
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily

1 page text story "The Man Who Outraced Light"

Letters typeset

5 page story "The Menacing Pet from Pluto!"

Synopsis An expedition finds freezing cold weather in the tropics. The cause appears to be a strange alien creature that seemingly escaped from a crashed ship and left behind the unconscious ship's captain. It's up to the expedition to find a way to stop the creature.
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Fudge ad"

Half page filler "Superstitious Sayings"