Strange Adventures
#168
(September 1964)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1964-07-30
- 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 copyright registration.
No text pages in this issue.
No text pages in this issue.
The Hand That Erased Earth!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #212 (15 de julio de 1965)
-
[no title indexed]
Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys, girls, men, women...
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
I Hunted Toki the Terrible
comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Big game hunter Frank Dow encounters a giant creature that can change into different deadly forms.
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #212 (15 de julio de 1965)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tootsie Rolls go on and on...
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys and girls! Be my guest...
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Use coupon below and Strange Adventures will be delivered to you regularly...
The Twin Dooms
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Two men steal a tribal treasure and the native witch doctor curses them so that whatever harm befalls one will also happen to the other.
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #212 (15 de julio de 1965)
-
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Pop
[no title indexed]
116 Planes of All Nations / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fight global air battles with planes of all nations
[no title indexed]
Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At last! By popular demand!
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
Indexer Notes
house ad for 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #3
[no title indexed]
Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now! Exciting triangle and diamond sets...
[no title indexed]
Walter's International Wax Museum / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come to the World's Fair!
The Hand That Erased Earth
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A giant hand appears from nowhere with an eraser and randomly obliterates things. Professor Darren deduces that the hand is actually erasing a dangerous energy force and must convince the authorities not to destroy the hand.
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #212 (15 de julio de 1965)
-
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I like chocolate fudge best!
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Fudge
100 Pc. Toy Soldiers Set $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Josely Company.
204 Pc. Revolutionary War Soldiers Set
Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Russ Heath
- Inks
- Russ Heath
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Peter Puptent, Explorer / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I can't seem to lose weight, Puptent...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Peter Puptent
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #212 (15 de julio de 1965)
-
[no title indexed]
Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can you- bounce higher than a rubber ball?
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Brother, can you spare a dime...
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
132 Pc. Roman Soldiers Set
Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Russ Heath
- Inks
- Russ Heath
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Hand That Erased Earth!
-
1.
["Boys, girls, men, women..."]
Wallace Brown Greeting Cards -
2.
I Hunted Toki the Terrible
-
3.
["Tootsie Rolls go on and on..."]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["Boys and girls! Be my guest..."]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
5.
["Use coupon below and Strange Adventures will be delivered to you regularly..."]
-
6.
Task Force
Task Force -
7.
The Twin Dooms
-
8.
["What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
9.
["Fight global air battles with planes of all nations"]
116 Planes of All Nations -
10.
["At last! By popular demand!"]
Lois Lane -
11.
["Now! Exciting triangle and diamond sets..."]
Zenith Stamps -
12.
["Come to the World's Fair!"]
Walter's International Wax Museum -
13.
The Hand That Erased Earth
-
14.
["I like chocolate fudge best!"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
15.
100 Pc. Toy Soldiers Set $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers -
16.
204 Pc. Revolutionary War Soldiers Set
Revolutionary War Soldiers -
17.
["I can't seem to lose weight, Puptent..."]
Peter Puptent, Explorer -
18.
["Can you- bounce higher than a rubber ball?"]
Silly Putty -
19.
["Brother, can you spare a dime..."]
American Body Building Club -
20.
132 Pc. Roman Soldiers Set
Roman War Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jim Van Dore
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