Showcase #17

(November-December 1958)

Secret of the Eternal City (Table of Contents)

Adam Strange / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

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Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; Science Fiction

Characters:

Adam Strange (first appearance; origin); Rann (a planet; first appearance); Alanna (first appearance); Sardath (first appearance); The Eternals (first appearance); inhabitants of Samakand

Synopsis:

An Earth archaeologist is caught by a "zeta-beam" and teleported to Rann near Alpha Centauri. He meets Alanna and Sardath. Alien invaders called The Eternals attack the planet. Adam and Alanna journey to the Brigadoon-like city of Samakand to locate a life-metal called "vitatron". Adam tricks the aliens so they're stuck in Samakand. Then he fades away, back to Earth! And waits for the next zeta-beam...

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (K. G. Murray, 1957 series) #12 ([April 1959] ?)
• in Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961)
• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #217 (March-April 1969)
• in Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1980 series) #[nn] (October 1980)
• in The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
• in Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #1 (1998)
• in The Adam Strange Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([February] 2004)
• in Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Adam wear his civilian work clothes throughout.

Guarantee of the Best in Comics Reading (Table of Contents)

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

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Synopsis:

House ad for Strange Adventures #98 and House of Secrets #14.

Look to the Stars! (Table of Contents)

Science / filler / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Bob and Ted are "never lost" in the woods, because Bob can navigate by the stars, same as sailors, cowboys, and plane navigators.

Our Strange Universe! (Table of Contents)

Science / filler / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Educational facts about space, the sun, and stars.

Curious Comets (Table of Contents)

Science / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Educational info on Tebutt's Comet, Halley's Comet, and the Pons-Winnecke Comet

The Three-In-One Star (Table of Contents)

Science / text article / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Educational info on Alpha Centauri, the nearest star to our solar system.

Indexer Notes

An editor's note on page 5 of "Secret of the Eternal City" refers the reader to this text article.

The Planet and the Pendulum! (Table of Contents)

Adam Strange / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

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Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; Science Fiction

Characters:

Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; barbarians of the tribe of Zoora from the city Yardana; citizens of New Ranagar; invaders from Morleen

Synopsis:

Zapped by the zeta-beam, Adam is teleported, not to Rann, but to Anthorann, a neighboring planet. Escaping barbarians and their "Rainbow Doom" (a teleporter), he meets Alanna and Sardath. They used knowledge from Samakand scientists to journey to Anthorann, but crashed. Adam dons a Rann spacesuit from the wreckage. Now invaders from Morleen swing a "diamondium" pendulum to cut open the dome of New Ranagar. Adam ray-blasts the shaft - and fades away to Earth.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #32 ([May 1959])
• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #218 (May-June 1969)
• in The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
• in The Adam Strange Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([February] 2004)
• in Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)

Indexer Notes

The ending promises more in the next issue of "Showcase's Adventures on Other Worlds!"