Five-Score Comic Monthly #57
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
![Untitled [The Human Totem Poles!]](/image/6739/page-1-house-of-mystery-dc-1951-series-126-untitled-the-human-totem.jpg "Untitled [The Human Totem Poles!]")
Issue contents
Cover
The Human Totem Poles!
Cover, 1 page
"Oh, no! The sacred totem spirits are transforming Jeff! Am I next?"
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
Credits
- Art
- Dick Dillin, penciller
- Sheldon Moldoff, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
- Editing
- George Kashdan, original editor
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1Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Mort Meskin, penciller
- George Roussos, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- George Kashdan, original editor
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Synopsis
An ancient Indian curse transforms intruders into living totem spirits.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Big Town
- Genre
- Crime
Credits
- Writing
- John Broome, scripter
- Art
- Manny Stallman, penciller
- John Giunta, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor
- Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed]
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3Featuring
- Characters
- Dr. Harding; Major Jordan; Sam; Larson; Captain Wilson
Credits
- Writing
- Richard Hughes, scripter [as Bob Standish]
- Art
- Ogden Whitney, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Richard Hughes, original editor [as Richard E. Hughes]
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4Featuring
- Feature
- The Nighthawk
- Genre
- Western
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Herron, scripter [as France Herron]
- Art
- Gil Kane, line art
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor
- Julius Schwartz, original Assistant Editor
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5Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Emil Gershwin, line art [as Peter Abbott]
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Richard Hughes, original editor [as Richard E. Hughes]
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Notes
Fan Fare Series
6Featuring
- Feature
- Mr. District Attorney
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Howard Purcell, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Text
- Joe Letterese, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor
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7Featuring
- Characters
- Jonah Jones; Effie Jones
Credits
- Writing
- Richard Hughes, scripter [as Curt Carpenter]
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Richard Hughes, original editor [as Richard E. Hughes]
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8Featuring
- Feature
- Big Town
- Genre
- Crime
Credits
- Writing
- John Broome, scripter
- Art
- Manny Stallman, penciller
- John Giunta, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor
- Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed]
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9Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bill Ely, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff, original editor
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- First print
-
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #57 (November-December 1962) — The Spectral Sniper in Kronen Castle
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #57 ([January 1963?])
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Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #51 ([July 1969?]) — The Spectral Sniper in Kronen Castle
10Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bob Forgione, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Richard Hughes, original editor [as Richard E. Hughes]
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11Featuring
- Feature
- Tomahawk
- Genre
- Historical; western-frontier
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Fred Ray, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Murray Boltinoff, original Art Editor
- George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
- Management
- Jack Schiff, original Managing Editor
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12Featuring
- Feature
- A Spaceman-At-Work Feature
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Miller , scripter
- Art
- George Roussos, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- George Kashdan, original editor
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Synopsis
Shloob from the planet Jorxia tries to get a job with Peters Interplanetary Employment Agency (which matches aliens with specific jobs based on their otherworldly abilities), but all he can do is deteriorate his molecular structure into fluid, and no one has any call for a "melting man."
13Featuring
- Feature
- Mr. District Attorney
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Howard Purcell, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Text
- Joe Letterese, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor
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14Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Writing
- Arnold Drake , scripter
- Art
- Howard Sherman, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- George Kashdan, original editor
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- First print
-
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #73 (October-November 1962) — The Convict Defenders of Space!
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #57 ([January 1963?])
Synopsis
Three former space patrolmen convicted of conspiracy are being flown to prison when the transport ship is attacked by the very raider they were supposed to be helping. The convicts stay to help the crew instead of fleeing, and it is finally revealed that only one of them was truly evil and helped to frame the other two.
15"Avalanches in the swiss alps sometimes attain the speed of 100 m/hr..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Amazing Speeds
- Genre
- Non-fiction; math & science
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original editor
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Indicia
Printed by Kenmure Press Pty Ltd, cnr Derby and Wetherill Streets Nth Lidcombe, for the Proprietors
Colour Comics Pty Ltd, Sydney, and produced by The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd, 142
Clarence Street, Sydney. Gordon & Gotch (A'sia) Ltd, distributors for Australia and New Zealand.
Sequences in this issue Copyright National Periodical Publications Inc.