Strange Adventures #148

(January 1963)

["Hi, kids! I'm your friend, Johnny DC..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Characters:

Johnny DC

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover advertisement for the Comicpac, "4 DC comics in a plastic bag, which sell for 47 cents."
Includes cover reprint of Superman #158 (January 1963).

Earth Hero Number One (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

In the year 2956, a classroom of students learns about Calvin Jackson, the mailman who prevented an alien invasion of Earth in 1963 (and after whom their school is named).

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Super DC Giant (DC, 1970 series) #27 (Summer 1976)
• in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #14 (October 1981)

For Holiday Giving... (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Characters:

Johnny DC

Indexer Notes

house ad for DC comics

Featuring the Mightiest Super-Heroes of All Time! (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) #6, on sale November 15

The Secret Adventures of Batman and Robin! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan; Win Mortimer; Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Stan Kaye; Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #4, on sale November 8

Touchdown for Picasso! (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:

Stan learns that even tough football players can appreciate the fine arts as well.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

["Scientific measurements have determined that the human eye..."] (Table of Contents)

Amazing Ratios / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz ?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Earth- The Forbidden Planet (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Sy Barry

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Rand Tal, an archaeologist from the planet Slann, accidentally lands on Earth, which has been forbidden to all space explorers for some unknown reason.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #8 (June-July 1952)

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) #81, on sale December 6

["Antelope shed their antlers every year..."] (Table of Contents)

Science Says You're Wrong... / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Spotlight on Strange Adventures / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

? (logo illustration)

Inks:

? (logo illustration)

Colors:

? (logo illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by William R. Sleightholm; Paul Gambaccini; Robert Malisani; Leopold Beaudet; Paul Seydor

The Evolutionary Ensign of Space (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Tommy Parker

Synopsis:

Tommy's mother tells him how she once used a sewing needle to help defeat an alien invasion.

["Hi! I'm Johnny DC, the mascot at DC Publications!"] (Table of Contents)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Rube Grossman

Inks:

Rube Grossman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

children; fantasy

Synopsis:

house ad for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Annual (DC, 1962 series) #[13 1962-1963]