Strange Adventures #75

(December 1956)

Show Exciting New Sound Films in Your Own Home (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products Corp. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Secret of the Man-Ape! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Joe Giella

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

If my machine works, I'll be able to transform this gorilla into a human!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Daxon; Professor Amos Scott; Hal Todd

Synopsis

An alien race sends an advance spy to Earth in the form of a gorilla.

Reprints

• in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #3 ([July 1958])
• in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #68 (1 de junio de 1959)
• in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #48 (avril 1962) [N&B/B&W]
• in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #23 (July-August 1973)
• in Green Lantern (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #27 (mai 1979) [N&B/B&W]
• in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])

Keywords

gorilla

Indexer Notes

Cover story. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Wildroot Cream-Oil Gives You Confidence! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[Meteoroid... Meteor... Meteorite...] (Table of Contents: 4)

What's the Difference Between-- / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Spaceships equipped with "meteroid bumpers" will prevent collisions with meteoroids!

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

Gifts to the United Nations! (Table of Contents: 6)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Ruben Moreira

Inks

Ruben Moreira

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Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Along the east river in New York City stretches six blocks of international territory...

Genre

advocacy

Indexer Notes

This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.

The 2nd Deluge of Earth! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Jurist

Pencils

Sid Greene

Inks

Joe Giella

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Those Martians calmly keep playing dominoes -- while their machines drown Earth!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Professor Milo Durand

Synopsis

A blind scientist retires from professional life to work in his own private laboratory in the countryside. Martians land outside his residence and after forcing their way inside begin playing dominoes with Milo while telling him of their plans to flood the planet so they can relocate from Mars. Saltwater equals life for the Martians and their machines work to bury our continents with an ocean flood.

Reprints

• in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #68 (1 de junio de 1959)
• in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics.

Any Photo Copied (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Movyland Studios; Dean Studios / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Science-Snaps / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Martin Naydel

Pencils

Martin Naydel

Inks

Martin Naydel

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

A radio listener may hear an announcer's voice before a person sitting in the broadcasting studio does, because radio waves travel faster than sound waves.

Genre

humor; non-fiction

Reprints

• from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #100 (August 1948)
• in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #3 (mai 1958) [N&B/B&W]

Indexer Notes

Five separate cartoons featuring science facts.

Mystery of the Box from Space! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Bernard Sachs

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For days I've been staring at this box from space -- wondering what's inside!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tod Thornton; Xlno; Zozz

Reprints

• in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #4 (juin 1958) [Noir & Blanc [Black & White]]
• in Faucon Noir (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #1 (mars 1977) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])

Indexer Notes

Inks credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

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typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There are as many scientific theories about how our world may some day end as there are theories to explain how the earth first came into existence.

323 Stamps Yours for Only 25¢ (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Zenith Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Marvels of Mars! / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

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When viewed from its closest satellite Phobos, Mars appears 82 times larger than does our moon from Earth...

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Reprints

• in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #2 (avril 1958) [N&B [B&W]]

This Is Timearama! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Sid Greene

Inks

Bernard Sachs

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You're seeing the actual destruction of the continent Atlantis, across 5000 years of time!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

John Larrow; Karen Van Mansel; Mrs. Van Mansel; Banning Blord

Reprints

• in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #6 (octobre 1958) [N&B/B&W]
• in Green Lantern (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #17 (avril 1977) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics.

Do You Want Spending Money? (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Wow! What An Amazing He-man Tony Is Now! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Time to Get a Daisy and Get in on the Fun! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)