From Beyond the Unknown

Supertitled “stories to stagger the imagination,” this series was one of DC’s most consistent science-fiction titles. Brilliant scientists doom themselves with inventions that work all too well, such as the scientist who gains immortality but turns himself into marble in the process; gigantic monsters trample major cities, either inadvertently or maliciously; and intrepid explorers who find themselves on bizarre worlds, other dimensions, or trapped either in the past or the future.

Like many science-fiction magazines, this comic also included odd bits of scientific trivia, here called Scienti-Facts. For instance, one Scienti-Fact pointed out that if all the capillaries in the human blood stream were gathered together they would cover an entire acre. (And they say comics aren’t educational!)

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#1

Nov 1969

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W: Gardner Fox · A: Mike Sekowsky, Bob Oksner, Carmine Infantino

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#2

Jan 1970

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W: Otto Binder, France Edward Herron, John Broome · A: Frank Giacoia, Carmine Infantino, Alex Toth

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#3

Mar 1970

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W: Gardner Fox, John Broome, Sid Gerson · A: Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella, Gil Kane, Frank Giacoia, Henry Sharp, Murphy Anderson

Martin Pasko L.O.C.

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#4

May 1970

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W: Gardner Fox · A: Sid Greene, Joe Giella, Carmine Infantino, Bernard Sachs, Murphy Anderson

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#5

Jul 1970

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W: Edmond Hamilton, Otto Binder · A: Sy Barry, Sid Greene, Carmine Infantino

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#6

Sep 1970

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W: John Broome, Gardner Fox · A: Sid Greene, Gil Kane, Murphy Anderson

Mike W. Barr L.O.C.

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#7

Nov 1970

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W: Dennis O’Neil, Gardner Fox, Sid Gerson, Otto Binder, Jack Miller · A: Murphy Anderson, Carmine Infantino, Sid Greene, Sy Barry, Gil Kane, Mike Sekowsky

64 pages

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#8

Jan 1971

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W: John Broome, Otto Binder, Gardner Fox, Dennis O’Neil, Edmond Hamilton, Manny Rubin · A: Sy Barry, Gil Kane, Jerry Grandenetti, Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson, Sid Greene, Bob Oksner

64 pages

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#9

Mar 1971

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W: John Broome, Otto Binder, Gardner Fox · A: Sid Greene, Frank Giacoia, Carmine Infantino, Manny Stallman, Gil Kane, Mike Sekowsky

Reprints from Mystery in Space #34 (Oct-Nov 1956), #49 (Feb 1959), #50 (Mar 1959) and #72 (Dec 1961); Reprints from Strange Adventures #92 (May 1958), #96 (Sep 1958), #108 (Sep 1959) and #143 (Aug 1962); 64 pages; Feb-Mar issue; Guy H. Lillian III L.O.C.; Reprint from Showcase #19 (Mar-Apr 1959); Reprint from The Brave and the Bold #26 (Oct-Nov 1959); Reprint from The Flash (1st series) #107 (Jun-Jul 1959)

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#10

May 1971

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W: John Broome, Joe Millard, Gardner Fox, Otto Binder · A: Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson, Mike Sekowsky, Sid Greene, Manny Stallman

Reprints; 64 pages

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#11

Jul 1971

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W: John Broome, Gardner Fox, Otto Binder, Joe Samachson

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#12

Sep 1971

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W: Gardner Fox, John Broome, France Edward Herron, Otto Binder, Ed Herron · A: Carmine Infantino, Sy Barry, Sid Greene

Reprints from Mystery in Space #27 (Aug-Sep 1955), #51 (May 1959), and #78 (Sep 1962); Reprints from Strange Adventures #63 (Dec 1955), #89 (Feb 1958), and #147 (Dec 1962); 64 pages; Aug-Sep issue

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#13

Nov 1971

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W: France Edward Herron, Gardner Fox, Jack Miller · A: Gil Kane, Wallace Wood, Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson, Sid Greene

64 pages

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#14

Jan 1972

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W: John Broome, Gardner Fox, Otto Binder · A: Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson, Sy Barry, Gil Kane, Mort Drucker

64 pages

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#15

Mar 1972

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W: Joe Millard, Gardner Fox, Otto Binder · A: Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella, Sid Greene, Sy Barry, Murphy Anderson, Mike Sekowsky, Bernard Sachs

Reprints stories from Mystery In Space #21 (Aug-Sep; Reprints stories from Strange Adventures #95 (Aug; #113 (Feb; 1954) and #68 (Jun; 1958); 1960); 1961); And #133 (Oct; Feb-Mar issue

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#16

May 1972

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W: France Edward Herron, John Broome, Otto Binder, Gardner Fox · A: Carmine Infantino, John Giunta, Manny Stallman, Murphy Anderson, Frank Giacoia, Joe Giella, Sid Greene

Reprints Strange Adventures #50 (Nov 1954), Mystery In Space #15 (Aug-Sep 1953), Strange Adventures #15 (Dec 1951), Mystery In Space #51 (May 1959), Strange Adventures #160 (Jan 1964); 64 pages; Apr-May issue

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#17

Jul 1972

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W: Otto Binder, France Edward Herron, Sam Merwin Jr., John Broome · A: Carmine Infantino, Sid Greene, Mike Sekowsky, Bernard Sachs, Sy Barry

Reprints from Mystery in Space #11, 30, 56, Strange Adventures #31, 162

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#18

Sep 1972

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W: France Edward Herron, Gardner Fox · A: Howard Sherman, Carmine Infantino, Sid Greene

Reprints material from Mystery In Space #18, 24, & 80

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#19

Nov 1972

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W: Gardner Fox, Otto Binder · A: Sid Greene, Gil Kane, Bernard Sachs, Carmine Infantino

Reprints Strange Adventures #77 and #126 and Mystery In Space #83

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#20

Jan 1973

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W: Gardner Fox · A: Mike Sekowsky, Gil Kane, Sid Greene

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#21

Mar 1973

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W: Gardner Fox · A: Sid Greene, John Giunta

Reprints from Strange Adventures #23, #149, and #159

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#22

Combo artwork/photograph cover by Murphy Anderson

May 1973

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W: Manny Rubin, Gardner Fox · A: Ruben Moreira, Jim Mooney, Sid Greene

Reprints from Tales of the Unexpected #20, Strange Adventures #24, and Strange Adventures #163

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#23

Aug 1973

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W: Otto Binder, Gardner Fox · A: Carmine Infantino, Mike Sekowsky, Sid Greene

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#24

Oct 1973

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W: Gardner Fox, Julius Schwartz, Otto Binder · A: Murphy Anderson, Carmine Infantino, Bill Ely

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#25

Dec 1973

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W: Gardner Fox, Otto Binder · A: Carmine Infantino, Sy Barry, Murphy Anderson

Final Issue

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