Strange Adventures #53

(February 1955)

Now -- For the First Time... (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Prentice

Inks:

John Prentice

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; house ad for My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #1

The Human Icicle! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino ?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A humanoid alien from Pluto who has temporarily exchanged himself with an Earth scientist must be subjected to absolute zero temperatures or he will die.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #234 (January-February 1972)

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (16 August 2007)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1954
No circulation information given.
Owners: National Comics Publications, Inc., H. Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz, P.H. Sampliner, G, Donenfeld, R. Liebowitz, S.U. Sampliner, J.S. Liebowitz & A.I. Menin as Trustees for I. Donenfeld and S. Donenfeld, A.I. Menin & J.I. Golinko as Trustees for L. Liebowitz and J. Liebowitz, A. Donenfeld, F. Iger, H. Donenfeld Foundation, Inc,. all at 480 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, N.Y.

Binky's Special Christmas Quiz (Table of Contents)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira

Inks:

Ruben Moreira

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; teen

Characters:

Binky

Synopsis:

Descriptions of Christmas customs in various countries.

Martian Masquerade! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

France Herron

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A Martian invader thinks that he has successfully disguised himself as an Earth man but one thing gives him away.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (16 August 2007)

["Because of the rotation of the earth, a heavy object dropped..."] (Table of Contents)

Falling Objects! / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger

Inks:

Tommy Nicolosi

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in My Greatest Adventure (K. G. Murray, 1955 series) #2 ([May 1955])
• in My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #42 (April 1960)

["The black patches on the moon are mountains..."] (Table of Contents)

Science Says You're Wrong if You Believe That... / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger

Inks:

Tommy Nicolosi

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #98 (May 1960)

Interplanetary Swap Shop! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

George and Betty Horton have a fish tank that somehow acts as a portal to Venus where objects can he exchanged between the planets.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Strange Adventures (K. G. Murray, 1954 series) #14 ([1955])
• in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #165 (March 1967)

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (16 August 2007)

Planetary Movements! (Table of Contents)

Spotlight on Science / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (logo illustration)

Inks:

? (logo illustration)

Colors:

? (logo illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

["Every square inch of the earth's surface directly exposed..."] (Table of Contents)

Amazing Ratios / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger

Inks:

Tommy Nicolosi

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #148 (May 1960)

The Millionaire Robot! [Part 1] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Henry Sharp

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A renegade robot inherits a huge fortune from his creator, then proceeds to squander it and behave recklessly.

Indexer Notes

Story continues in the following issue (#54)
Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (16 August 2007)