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Issue Details

Issue	#83
Published	June-July 1964
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jack Schiff

Cover Details - "King of Nightmare Jungle!"

Genre	occult; science fiction
Pencils	Dick Dillin
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff
Letters	Ira Schnapp

1 page public service announcement "Are You a Good Neighbor?"

Synopsis	The boys learn a lesson about littering.
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff ?
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

7 page story "The Anti-Hex Merchant"

Genre	occult
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman

Half page J'onn J'onzz, Manhunter from Mars promo (ad from the publisher) "Meet the New J'onn J'onzz"

Characters	Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Zook
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dick Dillin
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	House ad for House of Mystery #143 (June 1964), first appearance of the J'onn J'onzz feature in that title (moved from Detective Comics).

1 page I -- Spy! promo (ad from the publisher) "Emerging from His Cloak of Shadows"

Characters	King Faraday
Genre	spy
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	House ad for Showcase #50 (May-June 1964) featuring King Faraday

1 page Moolah the Mystic story "The crystal ball says sunny and warm today..."

Characters	Moolah the Mystic
Synopsis	The newspaper weather report turns out to be more accurate than the crystal ball.
Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

7 page story "Doom Was My Treasure!"

Genre	occult
Pencils	Howard Purcell
Inks	Howard Purcell

Half page Space Ranger; Adam Strange promo (ad from the publisher) "Two Great Heroes... in One Magazine!"

Characters	Space Ranger; Myra Mason
Genre	superhero; science fiction
Pencils	Dick Dillin
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	House ad for Mystery in Space #92 (June 1964), first appearance of the Space Ranger feature in that title (moved from Tales of the Unexpected).

1 page True Tales of the Unexpected text article

Genre	occult
Letters	typeset

1 page Odd-Ball Otto story "At last! I have perfected my machine."

Synopsis	Otto has invented a machine to do "practically anything a person can do."
Genre	humor; science fiction
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

8 page Green Glob story "The King of Nightmare Jungle"

Characters	Green Glob; Alfred Meeks; Bill Bragan; Katung
Synopsis	The Green Glob, a strange "mass of energy," drifts around the world causing strange things to happen to people on whom it happens to settle. In this story, Alfred Meeks is transported to the Nightmare Jungle of Tubos, where he saves its inhabitants from the wizard Katung, who has sent weird monsters to menace them. This gives Meeks the self-confidence he needs to get his girlfriend back when he returns to Earth.
Genre	occult; science fiction
Script	Dave Wood ?
Pencils	George Roussos
Inks	George Roussos
Notes	writer identification by Bob Hughes