Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly #26
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia
- Published
- June 1960
- Page count
- 116
- 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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Colour Comics Pty Ltd
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- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/868673
Credits
- Editing
- , editor
Issue contents
Cover
The Creature in Echo Lake!
Cover, 1 page
"Give me a hand, Hank! I--I can't reel it in myself! I must have hooked a real big fish!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Art
- Dick Dillin, penciller
- Sheldon Moldoff, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, original Editor
- Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
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Notes
Cover artwork cropped to above creature’s knees.
1Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Hank; Jay
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
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Notes
DC logos and 'House of Mystery' banner removed from each page of story (none on p. 1). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 9 pages instead of 8.67. pp. 7: word 'Jailers' changed to 'Gaolers'.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Star Hawkins
- Genre
- Detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Star Hawkins (introduction); Ilda (introduction); Qar-Miq; Charl Scott
Credits
- Writing
- John Broome, scripter
- Art
- Mike Sekowsky, penciller
- Bernard Sachs, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original editor [credited]
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- First print
-
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #114 (March 1960) — The Case of the Martian Witness
- Also printed
-
All Star Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #68 ([April 1971?]) — The Case of the Martian Witness
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #444 (December 1974-January 1975) — The Case of the Martian Witness!
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Super Heroes Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #4 ([December 1976?]) — The Case of the Martian Witness
Synopsis
Star's luck is holding steady. He hasn't had a case in a week and he's had to pawn Ilda, his robot secretary. Luckily, Star is hired to locate a fugitive who's thought to be hiding on Vesta, an asteroid mining settlement, in the Red Jungle. But with a little tracking skill and the help of the creepy vegetation of the Red Jungle, he nabs the fugitive, gets his prisoner, and gets Ilda back from the pawn shop, promising never to pawn her again.
Notes
DC logos and 'Strange Adventures' banner removed from every page of story. pp. 4: words 'All Right' changed to 'Alright'. pp. 8, last panel: Next issue blurb changed from 'Strange Adventures' to 'Five-Score Plus 116pp - 2/-.'
3Featuring
- Feature
- Big Town
- Genre
- Crime
- Characters
- Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne; Danny; Big Jim Flowers
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Jack Lehti, penciller
- Sy Barry, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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Notes
DC logos and 'Big Town' banner removed from every page of story. pp. 6: words 'I ain’t stayin’' changed to 'I’m not stayin’'. pp. 9: words: 'I’m gonna get rid o’ you' changed to 'I’m getting rid o’ you'. pp. 10 words: 'You’re not gonna see much…' changed to 'You’re not going to see much…'
4Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Keans
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Lee Elias, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, original Editor
- Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
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Synopsis
Harvey Keans is assigned the task of preventing a war between Jupiter and Saturn.
Notes
DC logos and 'House of Mystery' banner removed from every page of story. pp. 3: word: 'honored' replaced with 'honoured'. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 9 pages instead of 8.67.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Seven Seas Stamps
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , photographer
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Seven Seas Stamps advertisement, including coupon.
6"Doctor, at the very moment I'm lying here in your office -- I'm standing three thousand years in the future."
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Frank Barrows; Dr. Newton Morse
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Art
- Sid Greene, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original editor [credited]
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Synopsis
Frank Barrows wakes to a voice telling him that the future depends on him. Frank builds an android duplicate of himself which is sent to the future, but Frank and the android can communicate with each other across time. In the future, light-beings from Aldebaran are "inhaling" argon and "exhaling" monargon, a poisonous waste. Future historical records show that Barrows had developed a technology that could help, but the android duplicates a Frank before he had started that research. Frank is able to knock an electron off an argon atom and get poisonous chlorine and chase away the light-beings.
Notes
DC logos and 'Strange Adventures' banner removed from every page of story. pp. 4: words 'time-traveled' changed to 'time-travelled'; and 'traveling' changed to 'travelling'.
7Featuring
- Genre
- Crime
- Characters
- Thomas J. Conn; “The Big Man”; Agent Mazzi; Agent Troy; Chief Treasury Agent Troy
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Sam Citron, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
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- First print
-
Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #49 (December 1955-January 1956) — The Case of the Genuine Counterfeits
Notes
DC logos and 'Gang Busters' banner removed from every page of story. pp. 1: words 'a $10 bill as well as the United States Mint' changed to 'a £10 note as well as the Australian Mint'. Words 'bills' changed to 'notes' throughout story. pp. 3: words 'I dunno!...' changed to 'I don’t know!' pp. 5: words 'genuine U.S. Mint plate' changed to 'genuine Mint plate', and 'genuine United States Mint plate' changed to 'genuine Australian Mint plate'. pp. 6: words '$10 bills' changed to '£10 notes'.
8Featuring
- Characters
- Josh Cullins
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
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Synopsis
Mysterious phenomenon appear on both sides of a county line, and on both sides a mysterious man asks the townspeople how they would get rid of it. Then the solution magically appears to varying degrees of success. As it turns out, it's all part of an alien betting game.
Notes
DC logos and 'Tales of the Unexpected' banner removed from each page of story (none on pp. 1). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 9 pages instead of 8.67.
9Featuring
- Feature
- Mark Merlin
- Genre
- Fantasy-Supernatural; science fiction
- Characters
- Mark Merlin; Elsa; Jim; Willy; Jim's father (friend of Mark Merlin); W'Dor (other dimensional criminal)
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Miller , scripter
- Art
- Joe Kubert, penciller
- Mort Meskin, inker [signed]
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, original Editor
- Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
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Synopsis
Mark and Elsa are contacted about strange creatures attacking a nearby town. They walk into town and find no one but giant shadows who fire a shell at them. They're transformed into shadows and transported to another dimension, where they find the missing townspeople. But Mark starts arming himself with weapons. He and Elsa return to Earth, where he uses an alteration lens to return to his actual form of W'Dor, a criminal from the other dimension who switched during the shelling. His people show up to capture him, but an elephant (Mark having also used the alteration lens) immobilizes him.
Notes
DC logos and 'House of Secrets' banner removed from every page of story.
10Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Jimmy Bates; Dan-We; Crow-Tee
Credits
- Writing
- John Broome, scripter [credited]
- Art
- Bob Oksner, penciller
- Bernard Sachs, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor [credited]
- Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual co-editor)
- Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual co-editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #6 (February-March 1952) — The Boy Who Saved the Earth!
Notes
DC logos and 'Mystery in Space' banner removed from every page of story. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 6 pages instead of 5.75. pp. 1: date '1951' changed to '1960'; and word 'Hollywood' changed to 'The Star'.
11Featuring
- Characters
- Patrolman Walter Parker; Detective-Captain John Mills; Mr. Barton
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ruben Moreira, line art [signed]
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
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- First print
-
Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #48 (October-November 1955) — Circus Beat
- Also printed
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #444 (December 1974-January 1975) — Circus Beat
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Mighty Comic (KG Murray, 1973 series) #110 ([December 1975?]) — Circus Beat
Notes
DC logos and 'Gang Busters' banner removed from every page of story. pp. 1: word 'colors' changed to 'colours'. pp. 2: word 'jailed' changed to 'gaoled'. pp. 3: word 'cooperation' changed to 'co-operation'. pp. 4: '$3,000' changed to '£2,000'.
12Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Professor Mason Halloway; Maxwell Haskins; Mrs. Halloway
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Miller, scripter
- Art
- John Giunta, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor [credited]
- Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual co-editor)
- Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual co-editor)
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- First print
-
Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #6 (February-March 1952) — The Man Who Hated Science!
Notes
DC logos and 'Mystery in Space' banner removed from every page of story. Words '1952' changed to '1960'; and '2952' changed to '2960' throughout story. pp. 4: words 'Empire State Building' changed to 'Mighty State Building'.
13Featuring
- Feature
- Big Town
- Genre
- Crime
- Characters
- Steve Wilson; Lorelei Kilbourne; Inspector Callahan; Attorney Andrew Easter; Ed Keaton; Williams; Tom Bridges; Harry; Mr. McGrath
Credits
- Writing
- David Wood, scripter [as Dave Wood]
- Art
- Jack Lehti, penciller
- Bernard Sachs, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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Notes
DC logos and 'Big Town' banner removed from every page of story. All references to 'Dollar' changed to 'Pound'; and words 'Armored Car' changed to 'Armoured Car' throughout story.
14"When you buy comics know the score! What do you want? 32 pages for 1/- or 116 pages for 2/- The answer's just simple arithmetic, isn't it? These are your big value comics. All are 116 pages - price 2/- All Favourites. Centurey. Mighty. Five-Score. Hundred."
Details
- Printed
- 1960 to 1961
- More...
- When You Buy Comics Know the Score!
15Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Warren Keith; Grollo; Bryllo
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Murphy Anderson, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original Editor
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- First print
-
Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #57 (February 1960) — Secret of the Strange Satellite!
Synopsis
Warren Keith runs a tourist attraction full of outer space phenomena on the moon of Io. Mercurian visitors develop a plan to conquer the universe using one of the exhibits.
Notes
DC logos and 'Mystery in Space' banner removed from every page of story. Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8 pages instead of 7.67.
16Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Characters
- Martin Hawks (student of Indian life); Joe Red Feather (guide); Medicine Man Minoni; Chief Tihuaki; the chief's son; the Eagle Spirit; the Fire Spirit
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bill Ely, line art [signed]
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, original Editor
- Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
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- First print
-
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #30 (March 1960) — The Spirits in the Smoke
- Also printed
-
Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #74 ([June 1971?]) — The Spirits in the Smoke
Synopsis
Martin Hawks searches for and finds a ancient Indian pipe told of in legend. The legend claims Minoni, the medicine man, controlled the pipe and could call different spirits from it. After Minoni called the Eagle Spirit to kill Chief Tihuaki, the chief's son avenged his father by using a silver arrow. Minoni took the pipe and buried it so that his descendants could use it again someday. The pipe is put on display but is stolen, and the Spirits begin to appear again. Hawks pilots a plane named the Silver Arrow and defeats the Spirits as the last descendant of Tihuaki.
Notes
DC logos and 'House of Secrets' banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8 pages instead of 7.67.
Indicia
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