Strange Adventures
#184
(January 1966)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1965-11-25
- 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.
Return of the Man with Animal Powers!
Animal Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Buddy Baker
- Reprints
-
in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #242 (15 de octubre de 1966)
-
The Magic Card!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- A group of kids discover the library.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated February 1959.
The Return of the Man with Animal Powers
Animal Man / comic story / 15.67 pages
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Buddy Baker; Ellen Baker; Trano; Zaarn; Roger
- Synopsis
- Following another encounter with invading aliens, Buddy Baker's animal powers are restored, which allows him to save the Earth.
- Reprints
-
in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #414 (January 1972) which is reprinted -
in Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #91 ([November 1972])
-
- Keywords
- alien; elephant; gorilla; tiger
Indexer Notes
Second Animal Man story, but Buddy still has no superhero name or costume.
They're Old! They're Worth Gold! Now at Last They're Retold!
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #183 [80 Page Giant #G-18]
New! The Most Original Character in Comic History!
Dial H for Hero / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #156 [first Dial H for Hero], on sale November 18
[no title indexed]
Cap's Hobby Center / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Job Number
- 6356
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Cap, there's a dandy model car in your window...
- Genre
- humor
H-Hour for a Hurricane-Hunter
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- While Matt Harwood is tracking a hurricane for the U.S. Weather Bureau, he encounters a gang of crooks in a dirigible, using the cloud cover to hide from the authorities.
- Reprints
- in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #38 ([April 1966] ?)
-
Warning!
The Spectre / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #60, on sale November 25
[no title indexed]
Metamorpho / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ramona Fradon
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp ?; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hoo-boy! They've flipped their lids at DC!
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
subscription ad for DC comics; 10 issues for one dollar
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Return of the Man with Animal Powers!
Animal Man -
1.
The Magic Card!
-
2.
The Return of the Man with Animal Powers
Animal Man -
3.
They're Old! They're Worth Gold! Now at Last They're Retold!
Superman -
4.
New! The Most Original Character in Comic History!
Dial H for Hero -
5.
["Mr. Cap, there's a dandy model car in your window..."]
Cap's Hobby Center -
6.
H-Hour for a Hurricane-Hunter
-
7.
Warning!
The Spectre -
8.
[The Human X-Ray]
Strange but True -
9.
["Hoo-boy! They've flipped their lids at DC!"]
Metamorpho
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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