(May 1964)

DC, 1951 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.12 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Julius Schwartz
Format:
Color; Standard Golden & Silver Age US; Saddle-Stitched; Newsprint; Ongoing

Issue Notes

The last issue edited by Julius Schwartz (and therefore it is the last issue to contain artwork and scripts by Gardner Fox,
Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson or Sid Greene). Info by Bob Bailey, 2005-01-31 (Per Sandell ed.)

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons! (Table of Contents)

Adam Strange / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Murphy Anderson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Adventure; Science Fiction
Characters:
Adam Strange; Alanna
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons! [Part One] (Table of Contents)

Adam Strange / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Murphy Anderson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Adventure; Science Fiction
Characters:
Adam Strange; Alanna; Hawkman [Carter Hall; Katar Hol] (cameo); Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall; Shayer Hol] (cameo); Mortan (villain)
Synopsis:
Hawkman and Hawkgirl bring Adam and Alanna back to Earth to get married, but Mortan uses the zeta-beam to bring Alanna back to Rann and to lead Adam into a trap.
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Names Do Hurt! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff ? Morris Waldinger ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Synopsis:
Jim learns a lesson when he calls other people names.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.


Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons! Part 2 (Table of Contents)

Adam Strange / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Murphy Anderson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Adventure; Science Fiction
Characters:
Adam Strange; Mortan; Alanna
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Bob Bailey, 2005-01-31 (Per Sandell, editor).


Via Rocket Mail (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (illo)
Inks:
? (illo)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

LOC from readers John DeVries, Andy Wickstrom, Michael Sterling and Charles Csizmar.


The No-Name Planet! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Sid Greene (signed)
Inks:
Sid Greene (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Sid Greene

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Page count changed and letterer added. Since this was the last Julius Schwartz science fiction comic (published after Strange Adventures #163) before his assignment to the Batman titles, Sid Greene drew three portraits of Schwartz on the last one third page. (Bob Bailey, 2005-01-31) (Per Sandell, editor).


Our Strange Universe (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact; science
Reprints:
  • from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #26?

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons! [Part One]
    Adam Strange
  2. 2. Names Do Hurt!
  3. 3. Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons! Part 2
    Adam Strange
  4. 4. Via Rocket Mail
  5. 5. The No-Name Planet!
  6. 6. Our Strange Universe
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Bob Bailey
  • Jim Stangas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Mike Tiefenbacher
  • Bob Hughes
  • Clayton Emery
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk