Strange Adventures #144

(September 1962)

When the Earth Blacked Out! [Chapter 1] (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; Bryndon Smith; Marene Herald; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard]

Synopsis:

The Knights meet a race of hostile mole-people from an underground civilization.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #226 (September-October 1970)
• in The Atomic Knights (DC, 2010 series) #[nn] (April 2010)

["On what basis do scientists theorize that the core of the Earth..."] (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

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

scientific inquiries from readers

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

When the Earth Blacked Out! Chapter 2 (Table of Contents)

Atomic Knights / comic story / 5.67 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; Marene Herald; Douglas Herald; Bryndon Smith; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard]

Synopsis:

The mole-people are defeated because of their aversion to light. Later, Douglas reveals his discovery that the mole-people's first step in their plan was six years earlier when they began the nuclear war that destroyed most life on Earth.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #226 (September-October 1970)
• in The Atomic Knights (DC, 2010 series) #[nn] (April 2010)

[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; Danny Lasse; Paul Seydor; Rock Wood

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

What's the Difference Between / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

describes the difference between various types of stars

Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety (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 Brown; Susie Gruff; Wolfie

Synopsis:

Wolfie learns a lesson about playing pranks while swimming.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated September 1952.

The Imaginary Dooms! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino ?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A young science fiction fan is accidentally brought to the planet Kor-Am to save its people from a strange menace, and he figures out the solution that had eluded them.

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

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