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    Mystery in Space #1

    Mystery in Space » Mystery in Space #1 - Nine Worlds to Conquer! released by DC Comics on April 1951.

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    Nine Worlds to Conquer! last edited by luphawk on 01/08/23 10:33AM View full history

    1. Nine Worlds To Conquer: (Knights Of The Galaxy, written by Robert Kanigher under the pen name Anthony Dion)
    2. The Mind Robers: (by John Broome under the pen name Robert Stark)
    3. If The Sun Went Out: (Just Imagin)
    4. Professor Brainstorm: (humor strip)
    5. Spores From Space: (by Gardner F. Fox)
    6. Captain Tootsie In The North Woods: (tootsie roll add)
    7. Superman Says "Human Rights For All": (PSA)
    8. What Do You Know About Comets: (text story)
    9. Stars And Their Legends: a story about Orion The Hunter
    10. The Man Who Lived Forever: (by John Broome)
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    This relatively well known series which made several mainstream DC characters popular got its start here on somewhat shakier ground.  The first story deals with the Knights of the Galaxy and an escaping madman Professor Vorko.  The second story is a bit more non-sensical, a sort of Body Snatchers like story about aliens trying to conquer Earth.  The science aspect of the science fiction is a little off here, but nowhere so much as in the third story, which is really more of a science lesson expl...

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