Strange Adventures #173

(February 1965)

Don't Give Fire a Place to Start! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Synopsis:

Superboy puts out a fire at the Smallville Teen-Age Club which inspires them to start a project to educate people about fire prevention.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously published in DC comics cover-dated July 1954.

The Secret of the Fantasy Films (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Wood

Pencils:

Mort Meskin

Inks:

Mort Meskin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Synopsis:

A man develops a process that seems to project a film audience directly into the action, but his financial backers learn that his discovery comes with a terrible price.

Reprints:

• in Super Comics (BSV - Williams, 1968 series) #26

Two Great Heroes... in One Magazine! (Table of Contents)

Adam Strange; Space Ranger / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lee Elias

Inks:

Lee Elias

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction; superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #97

["At last! I have finished the perfect electronic brain!"] (Table of Contents)

Professor Eureka / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor; science fiction

Characters:

Professor Eureka

Reprints:

• from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1956 series) #32 (June 1959)

Ilda- The Glamour Robot (Table of Contents)

Star Hawkins / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Wood

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Gil Kane

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction; detective

Characters:

Star Hawkins; Ilda

Synopsis:

Ilda takes a second job as a movie actress but the producers are only trying to trick her into giving them information about Star's cases.

["Soon after the ending of World War I..."] (Table of Contents)

Strange But True / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Miller ?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

occult

The Double Life of a Creature (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Wood

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Professor Axoll finds a buried humanoid creature which turns out to be a policeman from an underground civilization.

["Readers... the most sensational bargains in thrilling stories today..."] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan; Sheldon Moldoff; Joe Kubert (illustrations)

Inks:

?; ?; Joe Kubert (illustrations)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Characters:

Superman; Batman; Sgt. Frank Rock

Indexer Notes

house ad for 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #5 (Batman), #6 (Superman), and #7 (Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales)