Price history & market evidence
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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | $12,709.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1957-04-01 |
| 4.0 | $94.69 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1957-04-01 |
| 6.0 | $135.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1957-04-01 |
| 8.0 | $544.80 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1957-04-01 |
| 9.2 | $1,316.73 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1957-04-01 |
| 9.6 | $10,754.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1957-04-01 |
| 9.8 | $9,776.42 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1957-04-01 |
| RAW | $44.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1957-04-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 19 graded copies for Mystery in Space #37 (1957). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Secret of the Masked Martians
A rescue crew is sent to Mars after the first astronaut there’s ship crashes. After landing, they come across a group of Martians wearing uncanny human-like masks. The masks turn out to be a trick to lure all the humans outside so they could paralyse their nervous systems with their third eyes and steal their ship. Due to wearing contact lenses, one of the astronauts is unaffected and radios Earth to have the Martians imprisoned.
| StoryTitle2 = The Greatest Thrill on Earth | Synopsis2 = An interstellar thrill seeker named Karakal plans to use his zeta-ray to spin Earth like a merry-go-round for his own amusement. Newscaster Webb Jackson attempts to placate him with the various thrills Earth has to offer, but they all prove dull compared to other planets except for an ordinary thunderstorm, which only Earth's unique atmosphere makes possible.
| StoryTitle3 = Space Cabby: "One-Way Ride to Eternity" | Synopsis3 = Space Cabby is held at gunpoint by a criminal and forced to take him past Pluto, where the Interplanetary Police have no jurisdiction. He breaks several laws on the way to try and get the police’s attention but miraculously gets off scot free every time. Space Cabbie manages to trick the criminal using his broken speedometer into thinking he's already past Pluto, then gets the police’s attention by dumping garbage into space.
| StoryTitle4 = 21st Century Hercules | Synopsis4 = In the 2040s, legendary space pioneer and folk hero Hercules Smith reveals to the public that his many impressive achievements are due to him actually being an android. The criminal scientist Joel Hench disguises himself as Hercules' creator, Jason Smith, and tasks him with harvesting mind-weakening ore from an asteroid. Hercules survives Dr. Hench's ensuing murder attempt as the scientist mistakingly believed his brain would be in his head instead of his chest.
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Wilson **Supporting Characters:** * Captain Barton * Blake * Todd **Antagonists:** * Martians) **Other Characters:** * Lieutenant Jack Gordon **Locations:** * 1971 ** Mars (planet)) ** Earth's Moon *** Lunar station ** Space Satellite Prison **Items:** * Meteorscope * Nasal oxygen capsules **Vehicles:** * Spaceships
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Webb Jackson, TV news camera-man **Antagonists:** * Karakal **Other Characters:** * Top government officials * Althareans * Water World natives **Locations:** * Earth * Niagara Falls * Saturn (planet)) * Althar * Water World * Zeta-Beam * Thermonuclear weapon|H-Bomb **Vehicles:** * Karakal's Spacecraft
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Space Cabby) **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * A Crook **Other Characters:** * Interplanetary Police **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** * Space Cab
| Notes = * 1971, in the first story, represents the future for the year in which this issue was published, in a similar form to Earth-54. The Martians here are three-eyed, cat-eared green beings, without relation with the mainstream Martians. * The Zeta-Ray in the second story has different properties than Rann. | Trivia = * When, in the first story, the Earth astronauts are wearing nasal oxygen capsules in order to breath the Mars atmosphere, they do not protect their heads against other Atmosphere of Mars|harsh Martian conditions. This may be a lack of scientific knowledge available at the time, or a lack of knowledge by the story writer. | Recommended = | Links =
Creative credits
Writers: Otto Binder, Edmond Hamilton, Otto Binder
Interior art: Sid Greene, Carmine Infantino, Gil Kane
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GCD: 13458
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