Strange Adventures #159

(December 1963)

The Maze of Time! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

An alien race decides to test the humans of Earth by sending three astronauts back in time and seeing how they deal with prehistoric menaces, and how they solve the problem of returning to their own time.

Reprints:

• in Century Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #93 ([Circa 1963-1965])
• in Century Comic (K.G. Murray, 1961 series) #93 ([c. 1963-1965])

Now -- Together -- In One Great Magazine! (Table of Contents)

Aquaman; Hawkman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Howard Purcell

Inks:

Howard Purcell

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for The Brave and the Bold, (DC, 1955 series) #51

The Untold Stories of Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #8, on sale November 21

Batman and Robin's Most Thrilling Mystery Cases! (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #6, on sale November 14

Your Free Trip Around the World! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

After telling the boys some tales, the sea captain takes them to the library where they can travel anywhere just by reading.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated June 1966.

Yes Virginia, There Is a Martian! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino (signed)

Inks:

Carmine Infantino

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino ?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Eddie Purvis and his parents help a stranded Martian return to his people.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Century Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #93 ([Circa 1963-1965])
• in From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #13 (October-November 1971)
• in Century Comic (K.G. Murray, 1961 series) #93 ([c. 1963-1965])

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).

["Although the life history of the moth and butterfly are similar..."] (Table of Contents)

Amazing Ratios / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz ?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

[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 Joseph Farrell; Don Stanwood; Robert Malisani; Jeff Sosnaud

Will The Star Rovers Abandon Earth? (Table of Contents)

Star Rovers / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Sid Greene

Inks:

Sid Greene

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Star Rovers [Rick Purvis; Karel Sorenson; Homer Glint]

Synopsis:

Each of the Rovers suffers an accident on another world that makes it impossible to return to Earth.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #21 (February-March 1973)

Indexer Notes

Series continued from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series).
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).