Strange Adventures #154

(July 1963)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Earth's Friendly Invaders! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron (sourced)

Pencils

Gil Kane (sourced)

Inks

Wally Wood (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Professor Jory; Major Bill Harrison; Dr. Klepp

Synopsis

Seemingly-friendly aliens land on Earth, but they are really escaped space convicts with plans for conquest that are foiled by a blind man.

Reprints

• in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #68 (December 1963)
• in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #13 (October-November 1971)

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Amazing Ratios! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz ?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A frightened giraffe has a blood pressure 13 times higher than...

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

The Strange Lives of Batman and Robin (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

The Beast that Broke the Time Barrier! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Sid Greene

Inks

Sid Greene

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Jim and Jill Tomkins are brought to the year 26930 and duplicates sent to their time to gather historical information lost in an atomic war. While in the future, the couple manages to help defeat a strange indestructible creature with their knowledge of Mark Twain's novel "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court."

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

A Tree Grows on Second Street! (Table of Contents: 8)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

The Badger Club learns about the rules for planting trees along the streets in their town.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

? (logo illustration)

Inks

? (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Douglas Marden; Richard West; Doug Storer

Escape-Artist of Space! (Table of Contents: 12)

Space Museum / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp ?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tommy Parker; Howard Parker

Synopsis

A simple piece of rope on exhibit was once used by an escape artist from Earth to rescue the kidnapped queen of the planet Baloran in time to save both planets from war.

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

116 Planes of All Nations / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Convoy Terror / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Task Force / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)