Price history & market evidence
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $106.48 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1955-06-01 |
| 8.0 | $638.45 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1955-06-01 |
| 9.2 | $830.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1955-06-01 |
| RAW | $25.77 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1955-06-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 11 graded copies for Mystery in Space #26 (1955). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Earth is the Target
General Vni-Ar proudly declares to the warlord of Mars that the planet Earth has been destroyed by their c-bomb. But secretly, human Hugh Ordway lives in disguise on Mars and is collaborating with Martian scientists to overthrow the military government. Humanity had tricked the Martians into attacking a fake copy of Earth, which already existed for the purposes of nuclear testing. Hugh sends a visicast to the warlord bluffing that they've already reverse engineered their c-bomb. The warlord is then overthrown by the scientists.
| StoryTitle2 = Calling Space-Doctor Duncan | Synopsis2 = George Duncan works at a hospital, but as a maintenance man instead of a doctor - mournfully, he reflects that he was practically a doctor once. Several years ago, he worked on a cargo tub that delivered seeds from Saturn to the planet Wengaren. The town they visit is attacked by a primitive tribe of Roarers - metallic men whose roaring voices cause unconsciousness - and is captured.
Over time, George's ears adapted to the Roarers's voices and he realised they were begging for him to save the life of one of their member. Though he's not a doctor, the Roarers's biology is similar enough to a machine for George successfully cure them.
| StoryTitle3 = One-Man Planet! | Synopsis3 = Cosmo Dixon is a career screwup who can't do the simplest thing without something going wrong. After being fired, he decides to vacation to an uncharted asteroid, and is shocked to find it inhabited by robots that eagerly obey his every command after their original creators were wiped out by a plague. In addition, he manages to save a spaceship from a cosmic whirlpool and returns to his job a more confident man.
| StoryTitle4 = Mystery of the Counterfeit Space-Cabby! | Synopsis4 = After sorting out an issue with a Martian customer using counterfeit money, Space Cabbie returns to his cab to find an exact duplicate of himself claiming to be him. They recall that they'd chased the counterfeiter to his hideout, where he'd demonstrated using a molecular moulder to duplicate coins, and they can't remember anything after that.
Cabbie A and Cabbie B are stuck together, forced to share a cab and an apartment. They eventually manage to track down the counterfeiter to his new hideout and defeat him before using his unscrambling ray to erase the clone from existence.
| Appearing1 = **Characters:** * Hugh Ordway * Martians) ** Dr. Wrik * Robert Wilye **Locations:** * 21st Century ** Mars (planet)) *** Marsopolis ** Earth ** Dummy Earth **Items:** * C-Bomb **Vehicles:** * Martian spaceship
| Appearing2 = **Characters:** * Doc Duncan * Sawyer * Wengarenians * Roarers * Nurse **Locations:** * 22nd Century ** Wengaren
| Appearing3 = **Characters:** * Cosmo Dixon **Locations:** * 2075
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Space Cabby) **Supporting Characters:** * Counterfeit Space-Cabby "A" **Antagonists:** * A Counterfeiter **Other Characters:** * Interplanetary Police **Locations:** * 22nd Century ** Mars (planet)) **Items:** * **Vehicles:** * Space Cab
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Creative credits
Writers: John Broome, John Broome, Otto Binder
Interior art: Sid Greene, Gene Colan, Gil Kane
Source records & attribution
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