Strange Adventures
#125
(February 1961)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-12-27
- 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 (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Flying Gorilla Menace!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #129 -
in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #231 (July-August 1971) [recolored]
-
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council Books / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Flying Gorilla Menace!
comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (sourced)
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (sourced)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A small planetoid populated by flying gorillas approaches Earth and begins to steal its atmosphere.
- Reprints
- in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #231 (July-August 1971) [retitled]
-
[no title indexed]
Amazing Ratios! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the initial moments that an elevator rapidly descends...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #13 (October-November 1971) [bottom tier only], #14 (December 1971-January 1972) [top tier only]
-
[no title indexed]
Hawkman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who is Hawkman--
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #34, on sale December 29
Our American Heritage
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- 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!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- 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
- in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #13 (July-August 1971)
-
in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #76 ([August 1972] ?) -
in Hercule (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #4 (juillet 1977) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
[no title indexed]
The Flash; Justice League of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the very best...
[no title indexed]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All cactus plants are spine-covered...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
[no title indexed]
Spotlight on Science / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- During frigid weather, why does a body of water...
- Genre
- math & science
Indexer Notes
scientific answers to reader inquiries from A. T., S. B., O. S., H. T.
The Case of the Vanishing Robots
Star Hawkins / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky (sourced)
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- 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
- in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #43 (octobre 1961) [N&B/B&W]
- in Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1980 series) ([April] 1980)
-
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Jack Liebowitz
- 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.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Flying Gorilla Menace!
-
1.
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council Books -
2.
The Flying Gorilla Menace!
-
3.
["In the initial moments that an elevator rapidly descends..."]
Amazing Ratios! -
4.
["Who is Hawkman--"]
Hawkman -
5.
Our American Heritage
-
6.
Super-Athlete from Earth!
-
7.
["For the very best..."]
The Flash; Justice League of America -
8.
["All cactus plants are spine-covered..."]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That -
9.
["During frigid weather, why does a body of water..."]
Spotlight on Science -
10.
The Case of the Vanishing Robots
Star Hawkins -
11.
[no title indexed]
-
12.
[no title indexed]
Revolutionary War Soldiers -
13.
[no title indexed]
Frontier Cabin -
14.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
15.
You Asked for It!
Showcase; Aquaman -
16.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jim Van Dore
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