Strange Adventures #125

(February 1961)

The Flying Gorilla Menace (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A small planetoid populated by flying gorillas approaches Earth and begins to steal its atmosphere.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #231 (July-August 1971) [retitled: Attack of the Flying Gorillas]

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [July 2007]

["In the initial moments that an elevator rapidly descends..."] (Table of Contents)

Amazing Ratios / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks:

Tommy Nicolosi ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Who Is Hawkman? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #34, on sale December 29

Our American Heritage (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

William Penn; Tom Paine; Emma Lazarus; John Peter Zenger; Harriet Tubman

Synopsis:

historical quiz

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Super-Athlete from Earth! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

College freshman Hank Bradford rescues an alien who has crash-landed on Earth and is taken to the alien's home world to help him perform a mission.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #13 (July-August 1971)
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #76 ([August 1972] ?)

Indexer Notes

Pencil and inks credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, August 2008.

["All cactus plants are spine-covered"] (Table of Contents)

Science Says You're Wrong... / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks:

Tommy Nicolosi ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:

fact

["During frigid weather, why does a body of water..."] (Table of Contents)

Spotlight on Science / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz [as Science Editor]

Pencils:

? (illustration)

Inks:

? (illustration)

Colors:

? (illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

scientific answers to reader inquiries

The Case of the Vanishing Robots (Table of Contents)

Star Hawkins / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction; detective

Characters:

Star Hawkins; Ilda; Mr. Krikee

Synopsis:

Ilda has been taken to the pawn shop again where she is stolen by a gang of robot thieves who change her appearance and plan to sell her off-planet, but she is able to contact Star in time for him to rescue her and arrest the gang.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1980 series) #[nn] (October 1980)

Indexer Notes

Pencil and inks credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, August 2008.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1960
Average number of copies sold during preceding twelve months (total paid circulation): 207,000
Owners: National Comics Publications, Inc., H. Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz, P.H. Sampliner, G. Donenfeld, S. U. Sampliner, F. Iger, S. Donenfeld, S. Iger, A. Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz and A.S. Herzog as Trustees for I. Donenfeld and S. Donenfeld, I Rappaport and A.S. Herzog as Trustees for L. Liebowitz and J.H. Liebowitz, H. Donenfeld Foundation, Inc., all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.