Strange Adventures #136

(January 1962)

The Robot Who Lost Its Head! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A robot single-handedly stops an alien invasion of Earth, even after the aliens remove its head.

Reprints:

• in Super Comics (BSV - Williams, 1968 series) #29

Indexer Notes

Inks credit from Steven Grant via the GCD Error Group (gcd-error@googlegroups.com), 7 September 2008; the original indexer credited Murphy Anderson.

[Adam Strange, Earth's First Spaceman] (Table of Contents)

Adam Strange / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Indexer Notes

house ad for Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #73

Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4, on sale November 9

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Star Names! / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks:

Tommy Nicolosi ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

origin of the names of the star Fomalhaut and the constellation Lyra

Lost--100,000 Years! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Sid Greene

Inks:

Sid Greene

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sid Greene

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Two members of the Galactic Time Patrol travel back to September 28, 1961 to prevent Alan Parker from activating his solar engine, which will cause the Second Age of Barbarism.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #242 (May-June 1973)

Indexer Notes

Note 1: Letters added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz ?

Pencils:

? (logo illustration)

Inks:

? (logo illustration)

Colors:

? (logo illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

scientific inquiries from readers

Another Giant Batman Collection! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan; Sheldon Moldoff; Dick Sprang

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2, on sale November 16

The Secret of the Happy Pig! (Table of Contents)

Peter Porkchops / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Rube Grossman

Inks:

Rube Grossman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

funny animals

Characters:

Peter Porkchops; Mervin Mouse; Wolfie

Synopsis:

Peter tells Mervin that the secret of really being happy is just to be yourself rather than trying to be like everyone else.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated April 1958.

The Second Best Spaceman! (Table of Contents)

Space Museum / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Carmine Infantino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Star Patrol officer Mike Dillon feels inferior because he always comes in second in competitions, only winning silver medals instead of gold. But on a mission to prevent an invasion from another dimension, the chemical properties of his silver medals allow him to break in to the aliens' stronghold and halt the invasion.

Now In a Magazine of His Own! (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Nick Cardy

Inks:

Nick Cardy

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #1