Strange Adventures
#158
(November 1963)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-09-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
in 
Your United Nations at Work
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- Burmese Lin Tan goes to WHO nursing school in Rangoon. She then discovers the bubonic plague in her home village.
Indexer Notes
inside front cover; published as a public service in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
The Mind Masters of Space!
comic story / 8.67 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Sid Greene
- Inks
- Sid Greene
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sid Greene (title); Gaspar Saladino ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Julius Schwartz (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Beings from space transform an Earth man into their alien form so that he can retrieve a treasure they plan to steal.
- Reprints
in 
in Indexer Notes
Letters credit and character appearance from Bob Bailey.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Try a tongue teaser!
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines...
[no title indexed]
The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The flashiest news of the year... a giant Flash Annual!
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1
Earth's Forbidden Inventions!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Reporter Ken Peters is tricked by an alien invader into releasing him from suspended animation, but Ken outwits the alien in time to save the Earth.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your eyes may play tricks... but not your taste!
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Pop
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Josely Company.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here it is, fans--
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Johnny DC
Indexer Notes
subscription ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series), now featuring hero team-ups; includes cover art from issue #50
[no title indexed]
Spotlight on Strange Adventures / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Pencils
- ? (logo illustration)
- Inks
- ? (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Jim Price, Rick Knobloch, and Kenneth Ahlstrand.
The Case of the Romantic Robot!
Star Hawkins / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Star Hawkins; Ilda; Ugo
- Synopsis
- Ugo the robot-butler falls in love with Ilda, which disrupts the device which the evil alien Trobads installed in him to facilitate their invasion.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For party fun! Game of the month!
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Fudge
[no title indexed]
104 Cars / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 104 classic racing foreign modern cars...
132 Roman Soldiers
Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Russ Heath
- Inks
- Russ Heath
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age...
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Mind Masters of Space!
-
1.
Your United Nations at Work
-
2.
The Mind Masters of Space!
-
3.
["Try a tongue teaser!"]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines..."]
-
5.
["The flashiest news of the year... a giant Flash Annual!"]
The Flash -
6.
Earth's Forbidden Inventions!
-
7.
["Your eyes may play tricks... but not your taste!"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
8.
[Ophiuchus and Lacerta]
Star Names! -
9.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers -
10.
["Here it is, fans--"]
-
11.
[no title indexed]
Spotlight on Strange Adventures -
12.
The Case of the Romantic Robot!
Star Hawkins -
13.
["For party fun! Game of the month!"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
14.
["104 classic racing foreign modern cars..."]
104 Cars -
15.
132 Roman Soldiers
Roman War Soldiers -
16.
["Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age..."]
American Body Building Club -
17.
Make Your Own Monsters
Aurora Products
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bob Bailey
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Gregory Fischer
- Jochen G.
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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