Mystery in Space #12

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Graded population

CGC records 18 graded copies for Mystery in Space #12 (1953). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

The Sword in the Sky

| StoryTitle2 = The Richest Man on 9 Planets | Synopsis2 = Sam Drake invents a suspended animation drug. After bank-depositing the single dollar he has left after paying his bills, he goes to sleep for a thousand years. Waking up in his miraculously still-intact basement in clothes that are still in perfect condition, he goes to the bank and retrieves his now $250,000 balance. Worried about changing monetary values, Sam tells the bank manager to invest his money in gold and goes to sleep for another thousand years, only to wake up in a world where gold is now common due to a cosmic accident.

| StoryTitle3 = The Human Magnet | Synopsis3 =

| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Sam Drake **Supporting Characters:** *

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Creative credits

Writers: Gardner Fox

Interior art: Murphy Anderson, Bob Oksner, Gil Kane

Source records & attribution

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GCD: 10279

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