Mystery in Space

Beginning as a Space anthology title, Mystery in Space became the home of Adam Strange from issue #53. The adventures of Rann's earth- based spaceman continued until #102. Knights of the Galaxy, Bert Brandon (agent for Interplanetary Insurance Inc.), Space Cabbie, Star Rovers and Space Ranger were all regular features in this title. Many of the early issues deal with the then contemporary topic of nuclear power or nuclear safety. Many of the early issues also depicted the other planets in the solar system as being capable of sustaining life, even once portraying the sun as an object that could be walked on.Collected EditionsAdam Strange Archives #1 - Volume One (#53-65)Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus (#53-100 102)Adam Strange Archives #2 - Volume Two (#66-80)Justice League of America Omnibus Vol. 1 (#75)Justice League of America: The Silver Age Volume One (#75)Justice League of America: The Silver Age Vol. 2 (#75)The Justice League of America: The Silver Age Omnibus (#75)Adam Strange Archives #3 - Volume Three (#81-91)The Hawkman Archives #1 - Volume 1 (#87-90)Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (#1, 8, 11, 19, 28, 35, 42, 49, 61, 74 75)Giants of the TelescopeA backup feature that ran in golden age Mystery in Space issues, detailing the accomplishments of famous astronomers.Golden Age comics habitually provided educational backup features for its readers (as comic readers at this time were generally children.) In Mystery in Space this took the form of various features such as Wonders of Space or Our Strange Universe. Once of the most common was the feature Giants of the Telescope which detailed the accomplishments of famous astronomers. However, unlike other biographical features in golden age comics (such as the Wonder Women of History in Golden Age Wonder Woman issues) which portrayed events of the persons life, Giants of the Telescope routinely only included a picture of the person (if a picture existed) and then listed their astronomical accomplishments. The featured astronomers were as follows:10 – Simon Newcomb11 – William Henry Pickering16 – Christian Huygens17 – Edward E. Barnard18 – Jean Dominique Cassini20 – William Lassell21 – Edwin Powell Hubble22 – Pierre Simon Laplace23 – Giovanni Schiaparelli25 – William Huggins27 – William Cranch Bond28 – Richard Anthony Proctor29 – William Herschel30 – Joseph Norman Lockyer32 – Arthur S. Eddington33 – Angelo Secchi37 – James Jean41 – Henry Norris Russell42 – Robert G. Aitken43 – Charles A. Young45 – Jeremiah Horrocks47 – S.B. Nicholson48 – Pietro Tacchini49 – Frederick Wilhelm Bessel50 – Giovani Donati52 – Leonard Euler53 – Sir David Gill54 – Giuseppe Piazzi55 – Heinrich Olbers56 – E. Hertzsprung57 – Pierre Janssen60 – Warren de la Rue61 – James Edward Keeler64 – Samuel A. Mitchell66 – Walter Baade67 – John Flamsteed68 – Sir Harold Spencer Jones69 – Joseph Louis LaGrange71 – Nicholas-Louis de Lacaille72 – Richard C. Carrington73 – Samuel P. Langley74 – Alexis Clairault88 – Karl Schwarzchild