Mystery in Space #87

(November 1963)

The Super-Brain of Adam Strange (Table of Contents)

Adam Strange / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Sid Greene

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; Science Fiction

Characters:

Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath

Synopsis:

Sardath attempts to control Adams Zeta-Beam visits to Rann but a side-effect gives Adam a super-evolved brain which also creates a brain-wave menace for the planet. When Alanna shuts down Sardath's machine all returns to normal but some of the brain-wave energy becomes frozen into a rock which Adam takes back to Earth.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #443 (January 1975)
• in The Adam Strange Archives (DC, 2004 series) #3 ([April] 2008)

Indexer Notes

References Strange Adventures 235 and Action Comics 437. Continued in next story in this issue "Amazing Thefts of The I.Q. Gang!"

Amazing Thefts of the I.Q. Gang (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hawkman [Carter Hall; Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall; Shayera Hol]; Ira Quimby [I.Q.]; I.Q. Gang (villains, intro); Adam Strange (cameo in Earth identity)

Synopsis:

Ira Quimby's thinking is enhanced whenever he is near the rock that Adam Strange brought back to earth containing his super brain-waves. Ira constructs several super-science devices and executes crimes until defeated by Hawkman and Hawkgirl, and the rock eventually stops emitting the brain-waves.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #443 (January 1975)
• in The Hawkman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1 ([September] 2000)
• in Showcase Presents Hawkman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([March] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Continued from previous story in this issue "The Super-Brain of Adam Strange!" Info on Adam Strange by Bob Bailey, 2005-03-19 (Per Sandell ed.)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Kubert

Indexer Notes

Joe Kubert welcomes Murphy Anderson to his first Hawkman art job. Sequence added by Bob Bailey, 2005-03-19 (Per Sandell ed.)