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Mystery in Space 85

MYSTERY IN SPACE #85

Cover Date: August 1963
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1963-06-13

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Murphy Anderson


Story: "Riddle of the Runaway Rockets!" (15 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksMurphy Anderson
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Adam Strange

Supporting Character(s):

Alanna
Sardath (in between issues #80 and #87)

Villain(s):

Borg (first appearance; also in flashback; a giant robot created by the Mooorlian scientist Agran)
Moorlian warriors (first appearance; in flashback)

Other Character(s):

ancient Ranagarians (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
somewhere in the Indian Ocean
Rann
Lake Taralan
Moorl (first appearance; also in flashback)
Ranagar (also in flashback)
the Spires of Spleeth (halfwy between Moorl and Ranagar)
Tartaron

Story Reprinted in:

Action Comics #437 (July 1974)
Adam Strange Archives #3 ([April] 2008)
Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus (2017)


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Second Story: "Next Year-- Andromeda!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtSid Greene
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Jay Drake (first appearance; an ensign freshly graduated from the Space Academy)

Villain(s):

a jacarynth (first appearance; a dinosaur-like creature on Alikrann)

Other Character(s):

Star Service members (first appearance of all)
Mal Dwan (first appearance; a native of Alikrannn)
Oomkana Vad (first appearance; a native of Alikrannn)
a kyolan (first appearance; a creature that can naturally create its own space warps)

Location(s):

Deneb / Cygni
Alikrann (first appearance; twelfth planet in the system)

Comment(s):

This story is not part of DC Universe continuity.

Story Reprinted in:

From Beyond the Unknown #7 (October-November 1970)


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