Mystery in Space
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Varied between bi-monthly and monthly. |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | April/May 1951–September 1966 September 1980–March 1981 |
| Number of issues | 117 |
| Collected editions | |
| Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics | |
| Pulp Fiction Library: Mystery in Space | |
| Mystery in Space (vol. 2) | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
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| Publication date | November 2006 - June 2007 |
| Number of issues | 8 |
| Main character(s) |
Captain Comet The Weird |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Jim Starlin |
| Penciller(s) |
Shane Davis Weird: Jim Starlin |
| Inker(s) |
Matt Banning Weird: Al Milgrom |
| Letterer(s) |
Phil Balsman Weird: Jared K. Fletcher |
| Colorist(s) |
Jeromy Cox Weird: Jim Starlin |
| Editor(s) |
Brandon Montclare Bob Schreck |
| Collected editions | |
| Volume 1 | |
| Volume 2 | |
Mystery in Space is the name of two science fiction American comic book series published by DC Comics, and of a standalone Vertigo anthology released in 2012. The first series ran for 110 issues from 1951 to 1966, with a further seven issues continuing the numbering during a 1980s revival of the title. An eight-issue limited series began in 2006.
Together with Strange Adventures, Mystery In Space was one of DC Comics' major science fiction anthology series. It won a number of awards, including the 1962 Alley Award for "Best Book-Length Story" and the 1963 Alley Award for "Comic Displaying Best Interior Color Work". The title featured short science fiction stories and a number of continuing series, most written by many of the best-known comics and science fiction writers of the day, including John Broome, Gardner Fox, Jack Schiff, Otto Binder, and Edmond Hamilton. The artwork featured a considerable number of the 1950s and 1960s finest comics artists such as Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson, Gil Kane, Alex Toth, Bernard Sachs, Frank Frazetta, and Virgil Finlay.
Directly appealing to public taste for science fiction in the early 1950s, Mystery In Space was launched by DC Comics with adverts in most of their titles published in early 1951 - proclaiming "The Universe Is The Limit In Every Issue Of Mystery In Space" and "The Magazine That Unlocks The Secrets Of The Future" around a copy of the first cover. The title of the series had been suggested by Whitney Ellsworth to editor Julius Schwartz. Offering "Amazing trips into the unknown", "Astounding adventures on uncharted worlds", and "Astonishing experiments of super-science" the title was modelled on the success of Strange Adventures which began publication the previous year. Like that title, Mystery In Space was an anthology comic featuring a combination of short science fiction stories, science-fiction based heroes and super-heroes, and single page articles on subjects associated with space and space technology. It is probably best known for publishing the classic Adam Strange series (issues #53–100, #102), but also featured a number of other characters in series of varying length:
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