*DC: Also from the Midas Collection this week, we haven’t seen a copy of Mystery In Space #53 for a very long time. This is the title selected for Adam Strange after his hugely successful try-outs in Showcase. At this time, the Adam Strange stories took up just over one third of the comic, with science fiction shorts as back-ups. Beneath a Gil Kane cover, the beautiful pencils of Carmine Infantino illustrated a clever and intriguing tale of adventure on the planet Rann with our displaced Earthman hero, who went on to be there whenever Rann was threatened by one of many menaces. This copy has a vivid colour cover with some nice gloss and a striking robot image. Very little wear, but a small, clear stain in the region of the robot’s mouth, only visible in a certain light. The top right hand corner has a faint water stain, which doesn’t appear to have caused any damage and is more easily seen on the inside cover. The staples are firm and tight and the pages are a nice white to off-white. A few pages have small ink blots, almost all in the margins, which look as if they may have gotten there in the production process. All in all, a very presentable copy of such a key issue. 
PICTURED: MYSTERY IN SPACE #53 VG+ £200 SOLD