Strange Adventures
#116
(May 1960)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-03-29
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Invasion of the Water-Warriors!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #29 (septembre 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Possible Anderson inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Gil Kane.
Invasion of the Water Warriors!
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A giant creature from the planet Korama, seemingly made of water, lands on Earth and plans to conquer the planet.
- Reprints
- in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #29 (septembre 1960) [N&B/B&W]
-
in Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #32 ([December 1960])
-
What's Wrong with These Pictures?
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Five ways not to behave are depicted.
Indexer Notes
Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Later appears in DC comics cover-dated May 1965.
The World Inside the Earth!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Tom Hendrix; Doctor Pauls; Toran Xol
- Synopsis
- Two scientists discover that the Earth was formed around a huge spaceship which became incapacitated millions of years ago, and its occupants are finally ready to resume their voyage through space.
- Reprints
- in Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #28 ([August 1960])
- in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #29 (septembre 1960) [N&B/B&W]
-
- Keywords
- Cyberneticists; solar prominences; sunspots
[no title indexed]
Amazing Ratios / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A supernova -- a star that suddenly flares up...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
-
in Homem no Espaço (O Cruzeiro, 1961 series) #4 (15 Junho 1961) -
in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #7 (October-November 1970) [top third only] - in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #7 (October-November 1970) [bottom third only] which is reprinted
-
in Die Grüne Laterne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #3 (Dezember 1975) - in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #8 (December 1970-January 1971) [middle tier only]
-
[no title indexed]
Spotlight on Science / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Julius Schwartz [as Science Editor]
- Pencils
- ? (illustration)
- Inks
- ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ? (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On a number of occasions I've noticed that...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
Indexer Notes
scientific inquiries from readers S.C., M.A., E.L., R. L.
The Case of the Robot-Spy!
Star Hawkins / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Star Hawkins; Ilda
- Synopsis
- Ilda goes undercover to find a band of jewel thieves without telling Hawkins, but her disguise is penetrated and she needs his help after all.
- Reprints
- in Kamandi (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #2 (4ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #445 (February-March 1975)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Invasion of the Water-Warriors!
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1.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
2.
Invasion of the Water Warriors!
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3.
What's Wrong with These Pictures?
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4.
[no title indexed]
Task Force -
5.
The World Inside the Earth!
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6.
["A supernova -- a star that suddenly flares up..."]
Amazing Ratios -
7.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park -
8.
["On a number of occasions I've noticed that..."]
Spotlight on Science -
9.
The Case of the Robot-Spy!
Star Hawkins -
10.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Company -
11.
[no title indexed]
Frontier Cabin -
12.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
13.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
14.
[no title indexed]
The Science Program
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mark Muller
- Jim Van Dore
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