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1September 1958
$0.10

Cosmo the Merry Martian #1

Archie · September 1958

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Series
Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 1958 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
September 1958
Key date
1958-09-00
Indicia publisher
Radio Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bob White; inks: Bob WhiteCosmo; Orbi
1-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1pencils: Bob White; inks: Bob White
2Destination: Earth! (Chapter 1)comic story7script: Sy Reit; pencils: Bob White; inks: Terry Szenics; letters: Terry SzenicsCosmo; Orbi; Astra; Professor Thimk
3Z9 'n' Z7comic story1pencils: Bob White
4Squareheadcomic story1pencils: Bob WhiteSquarehead
5Moon Merriment! (Chapter 2)comic story7script: Sy Reit; pencils: Bob White; inks: Terry Szenics; letters: Terry SzenicsCosmo; Orbi; Moonlings
6Archie Quarter Comics Have Laugh Appealpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: various (illustrations); inks: various (illustrations)
7Heavens Abovetext article2pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); colors: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
8Planet Playmates! (Chapter 3)comic story13script: Sy Reit; pencils: Bob White; inks: Terry Szenics; letters: Terry SzenicsCosmo; Orbi; Moonlings

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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