Strange Adventures #153

(June 1963)

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

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Alvin thinks about leaving school until he talks to his dropout friend George, who has to go back to night school because he can't get a good job.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated August 1962.

Threat of the Faceless Creature (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Sid Greene

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

The Faceless Creature appears again with a devious plan for revenge on Earth.

Indexer Notes

Third appearance of the Faceless Creature (previously in #124 and #142); who later becomes a member of the Forgotten Villains in the 1980s. Sid Greene's usual depiction of Julius Schwartz as a character occurs in page 6 panel 3 (bespectacled bystander).

The Swing Is to DC! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

various (illustrations)

Inks:

various (illustrations)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Johnny DC

Indexer Notes

house ad for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #316, Metal Men (DC, 1963 series) #2, Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #309, Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #301

Danger In Detroit [Part 1] (Table of Contents)

Atomic Knights / comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson (signed) [as MA]

Inks:

Murphy Anderson (signed) [as MA]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Atomic Knights [Gardner Grayle; Marlene Herald; Douglas Herald; Bryndon Smith; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard]; Dr. Abner Henderson; Organizer Kadey; Blue Belts

Synopsis:

The Knights visit Dr. Henderson in Detroit where he is trying to revive the automobile industry, and encounter Organizer Kadey and his Blue Belts, who plan to control things in their city.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #229 (March-April 1971)
• in The Atomic Knights (DC, 2010 series) #[nn] (April 2010)

Indexer Notes

Murphy Anderson's hidden signature [as MA] located on page one, in foreground.

["Dear Editor: The February Strange Adventures was magnifique."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Steve Tamerius; Timothy P. Burke; Leopold Beaudet

Danger in Detroit Part 2 (Table of Contents)

Atomic Knights / comic story / 6.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson (signed)

Inks:

Murphy Anderson (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Atomic Knights [Gardner Grayle; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard; Bryndon Smith; Marlene Herald; Douglas Herald]; Dr. Abner Henderson; Organizer Kadey; Blue Belts

Synopsis:

The Knights learn that Kadey has atomic pistols, which fortunately their armor resists. They arrest him and return to Durvale in the first new automobile produced in Detroit.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #229 (March-April 1971)
• in The Atomic Knights (DC, 2010 series) #[nn] (April 2010)

["By the time the average human being reaches the age of 75, his backbone..."] (Table of Contents)

Amazing Ratios / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz ?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

Four panels with text explaining science facts.