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The original series debuted in House of Mystery # 156 ( January 1966 ), and continued until issue # 173 ( March – April 1968 ).

The art was by Jim Mooney ( though he did not finish the run ), with scripts by Dave Wood.

The original owner of the dial is Robert " Robby " Reed, a smart teenager from Littleville, Colorado who lived with his grandfather " Gramps " Reed and their housekeeper Miss Millie.

Having a penchant for exclaiming, " Sockamagee!

", Robby discovered the dial in a cavern.

Resembling an old telephone dial, this device is hand-held and covered in unknown symbols ( that Robby was able to decipher into modern letters ).

In Mark Waid's " Silver Age " mini-series, it is revealed that the symbols on the dial are Interlac, suggesting at least some relevance between the later 31st Century of the Legion of Super-Heroes and the Dial's construction.