Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly #23
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia
- Published
- March 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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100 pages
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Colour Comics Pty Ltd
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- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/868670
Credits
- Editing
- , editor
Issue contents
Cover
I Was Captive of the Bird-Men!
Cover, 1 page
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
Reprint history
- First print
-
My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #38 (December 1959) — I Was Captive of the Bird-Men!
Notes
Thought balloon deleted, and title repositioned.
1Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Bill Landers; Van Neff; Professor Creel; Marcus Vern; Charles Franklin
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- George Roussos, 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
-
My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #38 (December 1959) — We Were Captives of the Bird-Men
Synopsis
While searching for four missing scientists, Bill Landers is captured by winged giants who are under the control of the scientists he is seeking, who are planning to build a destructive invention.
Notes
DC logos and “My Greatest Adventure” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. pp. 1: Word “southward” changed to “northward”. pp. 6: word “maneuver” changed to “manoeuvre”.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Knights of the Galaxy
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- R-41; Lyle; Ora; Commader Artho
Credits
- Writing
- Robert Kanigher, scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- Joe Giella, 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
Synopsis
Ora disguises herself as a robot on the theory that even a robot will face less discrimination than a woman, when she applies to join the Knights of the Galaxy.
Notes
DC logos and “Mystery in Space” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. pp. 4: words “blast you” changed to “curse you”. pp. 8: word “gotten” changed to “reached”.
3Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Characters
- Ray Weede
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- George Roussos, 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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House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #92 (November 1959) — The Mystery of the Teen-Age Swami
- Also printed
-
The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #157 (May-June 1974) — The Mystery of the Teen-Age Swami
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Weird Mystery Tales Album (Murray, 1978 series) #6 ([July 1978?]) — The Mystery of the Teen-Age Swami
Synopsis
Ray Weede, a safecracker, discovers that a child has a device that predicts the future. He tries to use it to become rich and gets caught in the process.
Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 6.0 pages instead of 5.67. pp. 1: word “dollar” changed to “penny”. pp. 2: word “program” changed to “programme”.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Space Museum
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Drake; Tommy Parker; Howard Parker
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #109 (October 1959) — Secret of the Tick-Tock World!
- Also printed
-
From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #25 (November-December 1973) — Secret of the Tick-Tock World!
Synopsis
The story of how an old wrist watch saved the planet Shalador.
Notes
DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from every page of story. pp. 2, 4: word “rocketted” changed to “rocketed”. pp. 6: word “program” changed to “programme”. pp. 8: words “Strange Adventures” deleted from closing caption.
5Featuring
- Characters
- Ed Farnsworth; Dekobra the Magician; Dekobra’s Creature
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
Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 6.0 pages instead of 5.67. pp. 2: word “jail” changed to “gaol”.
6Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Ertan Vo; Prulx; Commander Korvus Tarn
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Art
- Manny Stallman, penciller
- John Giunta, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original Editor
Reprint history
Notes
DC logos and “Strange Adventures” banner removed from each 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: words “flat Kansas plains” changed to “flat desert plains” and “Kansas sky” changed to “clear sky”. pp. 3: words “fog-bound Newfoundland banks” changed to “fog-bound coast”. pp. 4: word “labor” changed to “labour”. pp. 5: caption “In Cactus Bend, a small southwestern town close by the Mexican border --” changed to “In Dusty Bend, a small northwestern town ----”. pp. 5: word “mebbedo” changed to “maybeso”; “Cactus Bend” changed to “Dusty Bend”; and “the San Francisco area” changed to “New Zealand”. pp. 6: words “the huge Golden Gate bridge” changed to “the huge newly built bridge” and “The Golden Gate bridge lifts upwards!” changed to “The shattered bridge lifts upwards!”
7Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Bob Southey; Rolfe Andrews; Sam Andrews
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
Synopsis
Three cousins must embark upon a strange treasure hunt to receive an inheritance from their eccentric uncle after his death.
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 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. pp. 2: words “blasted” island” changed to “cursed island”.
8Featuring
- Characters
- Charlie; Al; Sanders; Don Morgan
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
- Original
- House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #25 (October 1959)
Notes
DC logos and “House of Secrets” banner removed from each page of story (none on p. 1). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67. pp. 2: word “yeah” changed to “yes”. pp. 3: word “blasted” changed to “cursed”. pp. 8: words “all right” changed to “alright”; words “Years of labor... millions of dollars’ worth of machinery...” changed to “Years of labour... millions of pounds worth of machinery...”; “marvelous” changed to “marvellous” and “jail” changed to “gaol”.
9Credits
- 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
Synopsis
The inventions of Albertus Magnus, the Alchemist, recreated in modern times wreak havoc.
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 6.0 pages instead of 5.67. pp. 3: word “canceled” changed to “cancelled”. pp. 5: word “center” changed to “centre”. pp. 6: word “dollars” changed to “pounds”.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Mark Merlin
- Characters
- Mark Merlin; Elsa; Mr. Stevens
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Mort Meskin, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, original Editor
- Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
Reprint history
- Original
- House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #25 (October 1959)
Notes
DC logos and “House of Secrets” banner removed from every page of story.
11Featuring
- Feature
- A Spaceman-at-Work Feature
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Stan Hale; Corb; Rom; Edna; Zando; RR. Stevens; James Dren
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
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Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #43 (November 1959) — Interplanetary Skip-Tracer
Notes
DC logos and “Tales of the Unexpected” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67.
12Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Tod Philips
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Mort Meskin, penciller [signed]
- George Roussos, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, original Editor
- Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
Reprint history
Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67.
13Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Clyde Harrison; Professor Beatty
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Sid Greene, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #109 (October 1959) — The Warning from One Million B.C.!
- Also printed
-
From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #11 (June-July 1971) — The Warning from One Million B.C.!
Synopsis
Clyde Harrison and Professor Beatty uncover seven robots while digging in the desert. The robots come to life and start to build some mechanism, but is it for good or evil?
Notes
DC logos and “from Strange Adventures” banner removed from each page of story. pp. 2: words “”Southwestern United States” changed to “Northwestern desert”. pp. 5: word “airplanes” changed to “aeroplanes”. pp. 7: words “America’s missile program” changed to “our missile programme” and “Swiftly, Clyde contacts the Space Agency in Washington” changed to “Swiftly, Clyde contacts the Space Headquarters with his plan” and “at Vandenberg Field” changed to “at the launching field”.
14Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Police Chief James Wills; Mr. Harvey; Marcus Lake
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
Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from each page of story (none on last page). Last page of original story artwork extended and altered to make it into 8.0 pages instead of 7.67.
15Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Hal Manning; Ray Elton; Professor Bradley; Cedric of Wiltshire
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
Notes
DC logos and “House of Mystery” banner removed from every page of story. pp. 4: word “jail” changed to “goal”.
Indicia
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