Strange Adventures #142

(July 1962)

Return of the Faceless Creature! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino ?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Chun Yull [Faceless Creature]; Klee Pan; Jim Boone; Bob Colby

Synopsis:

The Faceless Creature attempts to take revenge on his own planet and the Earth, as well as the two policemen who previously foiled his plans.

Indexer Notes

The Faceless Creature previously appeared in Strange Adventures #124, next in #153, and still later became a member of the Forgotten Villains in the 1980s.

Be a Good Citizen! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman

Synopsis:

Superman teaches two kids about picking up their toys and not littering.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Batman and Robin's Most Fantastic Foes (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #3, on sale June 19

See the Many Exciting Roles of Lois Lane... (Table of Contents)

Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #1, on sale June 7

[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

Letters submitted by Melvin Herbers; Gardner F. Fox (Fox explains his role on the team that produces Strange Adventures each month)

Find Element X -- or Die! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Professor Ross builds a matter-transmitter that can be used for space exploration instead of space ships, but it threatens to start a chain-reaction that will destroy the Earth unless explorer Alan Pierce can travel to another planet and find Element X, which will stop the process.

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; superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #39 [starring the Metal Men]

["About 80% of the sea's area of earth..."] (Table of Contents)

Amazing Ratios / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz ?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz ?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

scientific inquiries from readers

Prisoners of the Space Flowers! (Table of Contents)

Space Museum / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Carmine Infantino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

When young Tommy Parker finds his baby picture on display in the Space Museum, his parents tell him how he once saved them from paralyzing alien pollen.