Mystery in Space

Some early Mystery in Space covers by Gil Kane.

Mystery in Space #7, May 1952.

Mystery in Space #11, January 1953.

Mystery in Space #14, June-July 1953.

Mystery in Space #26, June-July 1955.

Thursday Odds and Ends

Betty Page illustration by Gray Morrow, n.d.





Mystery in Space #75, May 1962. Cover art by Murphy Anderson and Carmine Infantino.




Our Army at War #116, March 1962. Cover art by Joe Kubert.




"Saloon Shootout" by Anton Otto Fischer, 1919.






Star Born by Andre Norton, 1970. Art by Dean Ellis.

Murphy Anderson: DC Science Fiction

Murphy Anderson (b. 1926) began his career as a comic book artist in 1944 working for Fiction House. Beginning in the 1950's, Anderson began his long association with DC Comics. He contributed heavily to the company's science fiction titles, and Anderson's work inking Curt Swan's pencils on various Superman titles is the stuff of comic book legend. Here is a selection of his science fiction covers for DC from the 1950's:




Strange Adventures #21, June 1952.




Strange Adventures #32, May 1953.




Mystery in Space #9, August 1952.




Mystery in Space #13, April 1953.





Mystery in Space #15, August 1953.





Mystery in Space #16, October 1953.





Mystery in Space #23, December 1954.