Strange Adventures #143

(August 1962)

The Face In the Atom-Bomb Cloud! (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:

The Andrann, a group of alien conquerors, has been exiled on a remote planetoid. They develop a plan to blackmail Earth into giving them gold, which has chemical properties that will give them great power, but they are tricked when they receive fool's gold (iron pyrite) instead.

Not Wanted: High School Dropouts! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Alvin learns that it's hard to get a good job unless you finish school, and decides against dropping out.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated February 1963.

Krypton, the World where Superman Was Born, Lives Again! (Table of Contents)

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 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) #5, on sale June 14

[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 Rick Wood; Windell Mabry; Doug Storer

The Two-Way Time Traveler (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino ?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Scientist Tod White is inexplicably transported to different eras in time without warning and must find someone in the future who can help him before he is transported away again.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #9 (February-March 1971)

Indexer Notes

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

Have You Seen the New Comicpac (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan (illustration)

Inks:

George Klein (illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Indexer Notes

house ad for the Comicpac, 4 DC comics in a plastic bag for 47 cents; shown with small cover reproduction of Action Comics #391

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

["Why are astronomers so prejudiced..."] (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

Indexer Notes

scientific inquiries from readers

The Case of the Unwanted Robot! (Table of Contents)

Star Hawkins / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino ?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Star Hawkins; Ilda

Synopsis:

Star Hawkins gets a job from the Asteroid Tourist Bureau to find out who has been exploding small asteroids lately, but it's robot secretary Ilda who stumbles on the perpetrators, since she isn't allowed into the fancy hotel where Hawkins is distracted by several beautful women.