Strange Adventures #157

(October 1963)

Play It Safe! (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:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

A day in the life of a forest ranger (billed as a "true story from the records of the Minnesota Warden Service").

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Plight of the Human Cocoons! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Joe Giella; Frank Giacoia

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Four men from Earth are captured by friendly aliens who need their help to discover the reason why they are shrinking.

Indexer Notes

Script, Pencils and Inks credits listed in Strange Adventures #161, which lists ONLY Joe Giella for Inker.
Sequel to "Raiders from the Giant World" in Strange Adventures (1955 series, DC) #119 (Aug 1960).
Info by Bob Bailey, 2005-03-19 (Per Sandell ed.)

The Flashiest News of the Year (Table of Contents)

The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1, on sale August 15

["Two pounds of feed are necessary to develop one pound of chicken-broiler!"] (Table of Contents)

Amazing Ratios / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz ?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

The Immortality Seekers! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

France Herron

Pencils:

Sid Greene

Inks:

Sid Greene

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sid Greene

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Aliens visit Earth to rediscover the secret of immortality which was found there millions of years earlier by another member of their race, but lost before he could reveal it to his home world.

Indexer Notes

Script, Pencils and Inks credits listed in Strange Adventures #161.
Letterer: Info by Bob Bailey, 2005-03-19 (Per Sandell ed.)

[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 Paul B. Schotz; Joe Finley; John Page

Rescue by Moonlight! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

John Giunta; Murphy Anderson ? (narrator's head)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; science fiction

Characters:

Alan Strange (descendant of Adam Strange in the 25th century); Tommy Parker; Howard Parker; Llalla (first appearance)

Synopsis:

Tommy's father relates the story of Alan Strange, who stopped thieves from stealing some parastil, a rare metal used to make money in the 25th century.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Adam Strange Archives (DC, 2004 series) #3 ([April] 2008)

Indexer Notes

Script, Pencils and Inks credits listed in Strange Adventures 161.
The narrator's head in panel 3, page 2 appears to have been re-inked by Murphy Anderson to retain uniformity with previous stories. Characters and Murphy Anderson credit info by Bob Bailey, 2005-03-19 (Per Sandell ed.)