Strange Adventures #139

(April 1962)

Space Roots of Evil! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

An expedition to Venus returns to Earth and inadvertently brings back seeds which produce giant plants which threaten to absorb all moisture on the planet.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Spotlight on Strange Adventures / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

? (logo illustration)

Inks:

? (logo illustration)

Colors:

? (logo illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

First letters page with letters of comment on the preceding issues.
Letters submitted by Paul Gambaccini; Paul Seydor

Don't Miss These Two Super-Spectaculars! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan (illustrations)

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff; George Klein (illustrations)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #96 and Superman (DC, 1939 series) #152

Do You Know Your Neighbors? (Table of Contents)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Buzzy; Suzie

Synopsis:

Buzzy and his friends learn about the backgrounds of their neighbors through their ethnic customs.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated November 1955.

The World Without Tomorrow! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Sid Greene

Inks:

Sid Greene

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sid Greene

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Engineer Neil Hammond is transported to the planet Basna to help its people escape from a state of suspended animation caused by a strange gas cloud in space.

Indexer Notes

Julius Schwartz appears on page 2, panel 2 as a policeman.
Letters, Characters: Info by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

Surprise Story of the Year! (Table of Contents)

Adam Strange / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction; superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #75 [Adam Strange teams with the Justice League]

[Draco and Sagittarius] (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 constellations Draco and Sagittarius

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

scientific inquiries from readers

Secret of the Energy Weapon! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Carmine Infantino

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino ?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

A tree branch exhibited in the Space Museum relates to the successful defeat of an alien invasion.

Reprints:

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

["One ampere (unit of measure of electric current)..."] (Table of Contents)

Amazing Ratios / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz ?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact