Strange Adventures #88

(January 1958)

The Gorilla War Against Earth! (Table of Contents)

Darwin Jones / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

France Herron

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Darwin Jones

Synopsis:

A talking gorilla claims to be part of an alien invasion force but Darwin Jones proves that it is a trick by another group of aliens to capture an atomic bomb.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (20 January 2008)

Wanted: A Teen-Age Code (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira

Inks:

Ruben Moreira

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp ?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Synopsis:

After Dave unthinkingly goes along with some bad behavior by his friends, he realizes his mistake and decides to develop a code of conduct for everyone at his school to follow.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

The Warning out of Time! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Sid Greene

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Larry Lloyd finds a map underneath a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci that foretells natural disasters around the world.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (20 January 2008)

DC Brings You the Kings of Comedy! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

various (illustrations)

Inks:

various (illustrations)

Colors:

? (illustrations)

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

house ad for Sergeant Bilko (DC, 1957 series) #5, The Adventures of Jerry Lewis (DC, 1957 series) #42, The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #48, and Jackie Gleason and the Honeymooners (DC, 1956 series) #10

["Phobos -- Mars' closest satellite..."] (Table of Contents)

Amazing Ratios / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks:

Tommy Nicolosi ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Reprints:

• in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #74 (December 1962-January 1963)

Bodyguard from Space! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

An alien civilization whose sun is dying searches for the rare element that will rekindle it.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (20 January 2008)

How to Measure the Diameter of the Sun (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

Intelligence of Birds! (Table of Contents)

Spotlight on Science / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

The Secret of the Sleeping Spaceman! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Sid Greene

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A comatose alien is found in a crashed spaceship and scientists try to figure out how to revive him.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (20 January 2008)