Five-Score Comic Monthly #20
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia
- Published
- December 1959
- Page count
- 100
- Cover price
- 2/- [0-2-0 AUP]
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
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100 pages
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Colour Comics Pty Ltd
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- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/868667
Credits
- Editing
- , editor
Issue contents
Cover
The Runaway Bronc from Venus!
Cover, 1 page
"Unless I figure out how to control this strange creature, he'll tear the town apart!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Art
- Bob Brown, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
- Editing
- , editor
Reprint history
- Printed in
- House of Mystery 90, September 1959
- Original
- House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #90 (September 1959)
1Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Ben Martin; José; Frank; alien
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ruben Moreira, line art [signed]
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, original Editor
- Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
Reprint history
- Original
- House of Mystery 90, September 1959
- House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #90 (September 1959)
Synopsis
In a South American town, photographer Ben Martin discovers an alien "bronc," a flying four-legged creature. Ben also finds a crashed spaceship with an injured pilot, who lets him know that Ben needs to ride the "bronc" back to the old corral, i.e., spaceship.
Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story. pp. 7: words “blasted creature” changed to “wretched creature”, and word “leveled” changed to “levelled”. pp. 8: word “maneuver” changed to “manoeuvre” and words “blast it” changed to “curse it”.
2Featuring
- Characters
- Lucy Wayne; Gregory Martel
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Mort Meskin, penciller [signed]
- Mort Meskin, inker
- George Roussos , inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, original Editor
- Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
Reprint history
- Original
- House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #90 (September 1959)
Synopsis
At the 1000-year anniversary of the founding of a European city, events documented in the town's history, The Crimson Folio, begin happening again, and the city realizes that the book is actually a book of prophecies. This is bad news for the descendent of the person who dies on the last page of the book.
Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story. pp. 7: words “you’re all right” changed to “you’re alright”.
3"This is one story you won't scoop me on, Adams!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Jim Barnes; Chuck Adams; Alvin Harrison; Doctor Franz Bergstrom
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Art
- Manny Stallman, penciller
- John Giunta, inker
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino , letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original editor [credited]
Reprint history
- Original
- Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #105 (June 1959)
Synopsis
Two interplanetary news reporters keep coming up with new scientific ways of beating each other to print.
Notes
DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from every page of story. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. pp. 2-3: words “New York” changed to “Metropolis”. pp. 7: words “all right” changed to “alright”.
4"Every man in town has turned into an alien being!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Elsa Norman; Jim Norman; Betty Allen
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Art
- Sid Greene, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original editor [credited]
Reprint history
- Original
- Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #105 (June 1959)
Synopsis
An alien transforms all the men in a town into duplicates of himself so that no one can spot him among the others while he searches for an element that his invading army needs.
Notes
DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from every page of story. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. pp. 6: word “fuelled” changed to “fuelled”. pp. 8: word “favorite” changed to “favourite”.
5Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Dave Appleton
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Miller , scripter
- Art
- Bob Brown, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, original Editor
- Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #40 (August 1959) — The Battle of the Colossal Creatures
Synopsis
Two aliens conduct a scavenger hunt.
Notes
DC logos and “Tales of the Unexpected” banner removed from every page of story. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. pp. 8: word “neighboring” changed to “neighbouring”.
6Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Lar Martin; Jon Everett; Alis Marsh; Jay Fredericks; Moors
Credits
- Writing
- John Broome, scripter
- Art
- Manny Stallman, penciller
- John Giunta, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original Editor
Reprint history
- Original
- Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #107 (August 1959)
Notes
DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from every page of story. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67.
7Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- John Trenton; Yoy; Mr. Ripple; Zannu
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Nick Cardy, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, original Editor
- Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #41 (September 1959) — The Martian Who Ran For Mayor
Notes
DC logos and “Tales of the Unexpected” banner removed from every page of story. pp. 1: word “marvelous” changed to “marvellous”. pp. 4: words “blast it” changed to “curse it”. pp. 5: word “honor” changed to “honour”.
8Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Dwight Henslow; Dorothy Fay; Sam Collins; Arthur Fothergill; Koj
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bernard Baily, line art
- Text
- Stan Starkman, letterer
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, original Editor
- Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #23 (August 1959) — The Curse of the Prophetic Pencil
Synopsis
A pencil inexplicably writes messages to a group of scientists, warning them that their experiments in teleportation will draw an other-dimensional creature to Earth.
Notes
DC logos and “House of Secrets” banner removed from every page of story. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. pp. 4: words “blast it” changed to “curse it”.
9Featuring
- Characters
- Travers; Professor Minor; Mr. G/G-400 (Gorilla); Doctor Lang
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bob Brown, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
Reprint history
Notes
DC logos and “House of Secrets” banner removed from every page of story. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. pp. 4: words “blast it” changed to “curse it”. pp. 5-6: words “$200,000” changed to “£200,000”, and pp. 5: “program’s” changed to “programme’s”.
10Featuring
- Characters
- Lee; Josh; Captain Wok
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bill Ely, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, original Editor
- Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
Reprint history
- Original
- House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #90 (September 1959)
Synopsis
Engineers hired to help a developing country's mining industry find an army of subterranean creatures wreaking havoc on the countryside.
Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from each page of story (none on p. 1).
11Featuring
- Characters
- Thor Larkin; Luga; Rab; Doctor Kura; Professor Sog; Professor Bok; Gur
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bernard Baily, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, original Editor
- Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
Reprint history
Synopsis
Thor Larkin has to eject from his ship when trouble arises. He makes a water landing and is captured by fishermen who believe him to be some ancient ancestor of their own people. Taken to scientists, he is used as a test animal for a matter transporter beam.
Notes
The Year 2150. DC logos and “Tales of the Unexpected” banner removed from every page of story. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67.
12Featuring
- Genre
- Fantasy-Supernatural
- Characters
- Roy Stevens; Mrs. Stevens; Herr Hermann; Prince Arnold; Duke Leopald
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Howard Purcell, line art [signed]
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, original Editor
- Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
Reprint history
- Original
- My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #35 (September 1959)
Notes
DC logos and “My Greatest Adventure” banner removed from every page of story.
13"I'm contacting the satellite sent up by the army!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Professor Eureka
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
Reprint history
Notes
DC logos and “House of Secrets” banner removed from above story.
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