Showcase #18

(January-February 1959)

Invaders from the Atom Universe (Table of Contents)

Adam Strange / comic story / 14.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; Science Fiction

Characters:

Adam Strange; Rann; Alanna; Vrenn chieftain; The Vrenn

Synopsis:

Adam is zeta-beamed to Rann, but pop-eyed green aliens inhabit the city! Adam is thrown into an "Orkinomikron" to wake on a desolate atomic world, having been shrunk. The Rannians will perish. He finds the original transfer machine hanging over a bottomless pit. Color streaks tell him the fuel was phosphorous. Scraping matches, he transports himself and Alanna back home, except they're tiny spies. Back on the desolate world, he rallies the Rannians and teleports to Rann. Belt units make the Rannians giants who send the Vrenn packing. And Adam is zapped away to Earth.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Adam Strange Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([February] 2004)
• in Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)

Indexer Notes

1) Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (20 January 2008) 2) Adam wears his traditional uniform, but it's colored all red.

Formula for Success! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Jimmy is a natural-born musician, but his father demands he take Engineering courses. A kind teacher intervenes. "I think young people need a chance to develop all their talents!"

Strange Satellites! (Table of Contents)

Science / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Facts about Jupiter's and Uranus's satellites.

Giants of the Telescope (Table of Contents)

Science / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Bernard Lyot built the first coronagraph to study the solar corona, and made observations of Mercury and Mars.

Prize Stars! (Table of Contents)

Science / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Facts about Proxima Centauri, Sirius, Beta Orionis, and other stars.

The Dozen Dooms of Adam Strange (Table of Contents)

Adam Strange / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; Science Fiction

Characters:

Adam Strange; Alanna; Tak Vall (first appearance; villain); Moora (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis:

Adam rockets over a cop to meet the zeta beam. The new rage in Ranagar is Adam Strange full-size dolls. Alanna wants to send 11 - plus Adam! - to isolationist Dys, who may be planning an invasion. Alanna fakes an emergency landing. Tak Vall, Chief Scientist, will plant "KLY" bombs in the dolls and destroy Ranagar. Adam sneaks to find Alanna. He jet-packs after a flier - as (wind-up doll) Alanna is pitched over the Flaming Sea. Alanna sees Adam blown up, but he rushes in. The doll didn't perspire. Adam sent the bomb-dolls into the ocean. At the honors dinner - he's zeta-beamed away!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Adam Strange Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([February] 2004)
• in Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)

Indexer Notes

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