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Tuesday, April 4, 2000

April 1960: Moon Monsters and Jewel Men


To me, the appeal of DC’s science fiction titles ran a close second to my true love, the superheroes.
Here we have titles that were on the newsstands during January and February 1960 — Strange Adventures 114, House of Mystery 97 and Tales of the Unexpected 47, starring its own superhero, Space Ranger (many readers generally seemed to prefer Adam Strange, over in Mystery in Space).

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