Strange Adventures
#126
(March 1961)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-01-26
- 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.
in 
Return of the Neanderthal Man!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Paul Dover; Ogar
- Synopsis
- A tribe of Neanderthals under the influence of a glowing red comet develop super intelligence and eventually teleport themselves to another dimension. Anthropologist Paul Dover discovers their ancient dwelling place and is present when Ogar teleports back to Earth. Paul must defeat Ogar and stop the invasion.
- Reprints
-
in All Favourites Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #25 ([June 1961]) -
in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #49 (mai 1962) [N&B/B&W] -
in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #19 (October-November 1972) - in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #44 (1979) [N&B [B&W]]
-
Indexer Notes
Cover story. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Rip Hunter...Time Master Now in a Magazine of His Own!
Rip Hunter...Time Master / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That -- / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A jackrabbit can run faster downhill than uphill...
- Genre
- non-fiction
The Interplanetary Tourists!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Tim Carey; Cathann Simms
- Synopsis
- The vacation package tour promises the time of their lives, which Tim and Cathann believe when they wake up on the planet Tyana of Procyon. Then they learn it's only the first step before an invasion!
- Reprints
- in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #46 (janvier 1962) [N&B/B&W]
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #42 (1979) [N&B [B&W]]
-
Indexer Notes
Pencil and inks credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Spotlight on Science / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from I. D., R. P., F. T., E. R.
[Zero Temperature... Absolute Zero Temperature...]
What's the Difference Between... / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
[no title indexed]
Amazing Ratios! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There are about 25 billion red cells in the circulatory system...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #227 (November-December 1970) [bottom tier only]
-
The Lost City of Los Angeles!
The Atomic Knights / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Atomic Knights [Gardner Grayle; Douglas Herald; Marlene Herald; Bryndon; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard]
- Synopsis
- The Atomic Knights use gliders to fly all the way across the continent to Los Angeles.
- Reprints
- in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #44 (novembre 1961) [N&B/B&W]
- in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #220 (September-October 1969)
- in Monde Futur (Arédit-Artima, 1971 series) #1 (janvier 1971)
-
in Mundo de Aventuras (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas, 1973 series) #214 (3 de Novembro de 1977) -
in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #13-14/1986 (uke 25 1986) - in Pulp Fiction Library: Mystery in Space (DC, 1999 series) ([November] 1999)
- in The Atomic Knights (DC, 2010 series) ([July] 2010)
- in Showcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights (DC, 2014 series) ([August] 2014)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencil and inks credits, and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Return of the Neanderthal Man!
-
1.
[no title indexed]
Joe Weider -
2.
Return of the Neanderthal Man!
-
3.
Rip Hunter...Time Master Now in a Magazine of His Own!
Rip Hunter...Time Master -
4.
Don't Sell Nature Short!
-
5.
["A jackrabbit can run faster downhill than uphill..."]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That -- -
6.
The Interplanetary Tourists!
-
7.
[no title indexed]
Spotlight on Science -
8.
[Zero Temperature... Absolute Zero Temperature...]
What's the Difference Between... -
9.
[no title indexed]
Grit Publishing Co. -
10.
["There are about 25 billion red cells in the circulatory system..."]
Amazing Ratios! -
11.
The Lost City of Los Angeles!
The Atomic Knights -
12.
["For the very best..."]
Green Lantern; The Flash -
13.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
14.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
15.
[no title indexed]
American Seed Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
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