Strange Adventures #78

(March 1957)

Check the Kind of Body You Want! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Secret of the Tom Thumb Spacemen! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Sid Greene (sourced)

Inks

Bernard Sachs (sourced)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm really Bruce Walker of Earth, and not King Otmar of Ikaron--as these people think!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Bruce Walker

Reprints

• in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #10 (février 1959) [N&B/B&W]
• in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #73 (1 de octubre de 1959)
• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #238 (September-October 1972)
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #84 ([December 1973] ?)
• in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

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typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

100 Toy Pirates / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quiz (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Ruben Moreira

Inks

Ruben Moreira

Colors

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Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Who came to America from England to seek religious freedom and landed at Plymouth, Mass. in 1620?

Genre

non-fiction; advocacy; teen

Indexer Notes

This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.

The Life Battery! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Gil Kane (sourced)

Inks

Joe Giella (sourced)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tyrannosaurus Rex! The mightiest and most fearsome creature that ever lived on Earth!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Sterling Marsh

Reprints

• in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #3 ([July 1958])
• in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #10 (février 1959) [N&B/B&W]
• in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #73 (1 de octubre de 1959)
• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #230 (May-June 1971)
• in Hercule (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #5 (octobre 1977) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])

Keywords

dinosaurs; Leonid meteor shower; meteorites

Jim and Betty Solve the "Flying Saucer" Mystery! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The sun always rises in the east and sets in the west...

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Reprints

• in Superboy Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1953 series) #1958-59 ([1958])
• in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #14 (juin 1959)
• in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #73 (1 de octubre de 1959)

The Magic Horn from Space! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (sourced)

Inks

Carmine Infantino (sourced)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The space-horn created this gun from my thoughts... but will it work against this island's savage natives?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #10 (février 1959) [N&B/B&W]
• in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #73 (1 de octubre de 1959)
• in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])

Keywords

magnetometer

Hot and Cold! (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In both the polar regions of our Earth the sun continually shines for several months without setting.

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

The Prisoner of Space X! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron

Pencils

Sid Greene (sourced)

Inks

Bernard Sachs (sourced)

Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm a prisoner -- suspended in mid-air -- in a world no Earthman ever saw!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Robert Wilson

Reprints

• in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #10 (février 1959) [N&B/B&W]
• in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #73 (1 de octubre de 1959)
• in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])

Do You Want Spending Money? (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

Everything You Need to Enjoy Stamp Collecting Yours for Only 25¢ (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for "Billy Bikeless" (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Choose Your Prize (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)