Strange Adventures #136

(January 1962)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Transistor Radio / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Matched Set of Luggage / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Robot Who Lost Its Head! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This robot alone knows how we aliens can be defeated --

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Steve Thorn; Mrs. Thorn (wife); Jay (robot); General Orval Mallon

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
• in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #53 (September 1962?)
• in Super Comics (Classics/Williams, 1968 series) #2431 ([1969])

Keywords

laughing gas; nitrous oxide

Indexer Notes

Inks credit from Steven Grant via the GCD Error Tracker; the original indexer credited Murphy Anderson.

[Adam Strange, Earth's First Spaceman] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

[Fomalhaut, Lyra] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks

Tom Nicolosi ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Synopsis

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

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Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Lost--100,000 Years! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Sid Greene

Inks

Sid Greene

Colors

?

Letters

Sid Greene

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

• in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #51 (juillet 1962) [N&B/B&W]
• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #242 (June-July 1973)

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Bob Bailey.

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The Flash; Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Julius Schwartz ?

Pencils

? (logo illustration)

Inks

? (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

scientific inquiries from readers J.D., A.L., C.C.

Another Giant Batman Collection! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

The Secret of the Happy Pig! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Rube Grossman

Inks

Rube Grossman

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; anthropomorphic-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.

Second-Best Spaceman! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Carmine Infantino

Colors

?

Letters

?

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.

Reprints

• in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #51 (juillet 1962) [N&B/B&W]
• in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #42 (mai 1979) [N&B [B&W]]

Now in a Magazine of His Own! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

Task Force (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)