Strange Adventures #138

(March 1962)

Secret of the Dinosaur Skeleton! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Kandar; Jim Hanson; Oarda

Synopsis:

Explorer Jim Hanson accidentally frees the evil Kandar, who has been in suspended animation for 150 million years and now intends to conquer the world with the help of an animated brontosaurus skeleton.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #14 (December-January 1972)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).

["Roam the black gulfs of interplanetary space..."] (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) #74

From Many Lands... (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Lou Cameron

Inks:

Lou Cameron

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

It takes 300 materials from 56 different countries to make an automobile; some of those are depicted here.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

The Fantastic Fingers of Felix Faust! (Table of Contents)

Justice League of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Justice League of America (DC, 1950 series) #10, on sale January 30

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) #2, on sale January 25

The Man Who Climbed Into Space! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Mountain climber Walt Davis encounters two aliens that tell him conflicting stories, and he must decide which one is true in order to save the Earth.

Reprints:

• in The Hundred Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #72 ([September 1962])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger

Inks:

Tommy Nicolosi

Colors:

? (illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

scientific inquiries from readers

["In all the capillaries..."] (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

The Attack of the Giant Dogs! (Table of Contents)

Atomic Knights / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Atomic Knights [Gardner Grayle; Douglas Herald; Marene Herald; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard; Bryndon Smith]; the Khagan

Synopsis:

The Knights discover several giant Dalmatians which they soon train to serve as transportation and ride against their enemy the Khagan and his Atlantides.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #65 (Circa 1970-1972)
• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #224 (May-June 1970)
• in Fantomet (Semic AS, 1976 series) #1/1987 (29. desember 1986)
• in The Atomic Knights (DC, 2010 series) #[nn] (April 2010)

More Startling Than Tomorrow's Science Fiction (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ross Andru

Inks:

Mike Esposito

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Indexer Notes

house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #37 [first appearance of the Metal Men], on sale January 30

[Ophiuchus and Aquila] (Table of Contents)

Star Names / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger

Inks:

Tommy Nicolosi

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

origins of the names of constellations Ophiuchus and Aquila