Strange Adventures
#164
(May 1964)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1964-03-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from House of Secrets #66 and copyright registration.
in 
132 pc. Roman Soldier Set
Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
I Became a Robot
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Eric Marston returns to his home town to find it inhabited by robots, who want to change him into a robot too.
Names Do Hurt!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- Jim learns a lesson when he calls other people names.
Indexer Notes
published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
[no title indexed]
Capt. Storm / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ride a sea-going thunderbolt...
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
house ad for Capt. Storm (DC, 1964 series) #1, on sale March 12
The Second Life of Conrad Cane
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- After a jealous scientist's assistant kills his employer, a black cat continually disrupts his work, and he believes that the cat is the reincarnation of the murdered man.
[no title indexed]
Tales of the Unexpected; House of Mystery / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the very best...
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be first in your neighborhood...
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be my guest at Americas greatest amusement park
[no title indexed]
Strange but True / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Alchemy is the art aimed at the transmutation...
- Genre
- non-fiction
What's Out There on the Island of Fear?
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A refugee family lands on a Mediterranean island where they inadvertently free a genie who intends to take over the world.
[no title indexed]
Detective Comics; Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Follow the adventures...
100 pc Toy Soldier Set $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Josely Company.
[no title indexed]
Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys! Men! My secret new Dynaflex method...
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
I Became a Robot!
-
1.
132 pc. Roman Soldier Set
Roman War Soldiers -
2.
I Became a Robot
-
3.
Names Do Hurt!
-
4.
["Ride a sea-going thunderbolt..."]
Capt. Storm -
5.
The Second Life of Conrad Cane
-
6.
["For the very best..."]
Tales of the Unexpected; House of Mystery -
7.
["Be first in your neighborhood..."]
-
8.
["Be my guest at Americas greatest amusement park"]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
9.
Curious Coins! Odd Paper Money!
Littleton Coins -
10.
["Alchemy is the art aimed at the transmutation..."]
Strange but True -
11.
What's Out There on the Island of Fear?
-
12.
["Follow the adventures..."]
Detective Comics; Batman -
13.
100 Magnets
100 Magnets -
14.
100 pc Toy Soldier Set $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers -
15.
["Boys! Men! My secret new Dynaflex method..."]
Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System -
16.
["Make money get prizes with fast selling American Seeds"]
American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jim Van Dore
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