Strange Adventures #202

(July 1967)

The Monster Maker of Madison Avenue! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dennis Marks

Pencils:

Joe Orlando

Inks:

Joe Orlando

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

An advertising agency is stunned to discover that some of their campaigns have come to life and are wreaking havoc.

Indexer Notes

Spoofs some then-current television advertising campaigns.
Joe Orlando credit from original indexer and seconded by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker; Mike Tiefenbacher, however, says Jay Scott Pike.

Make Your Summer Count! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Two kids who could not find a summer job contact the city Recreation Supervisor about cleaning up a vacant lot, and receive supervision to do so and create a mural from the broken glass salvaged.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

The Hand of Doom (Table of Contents)

DC Classic / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jim Mooney

Inks:

Jim Mooney

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Two giant hands appear in the sky and break off parts of famous landmarks.

Reprints:

• from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #1 (November-December 1956)

[Fish with Human Brains] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Miller ?

Letters:

typeset

Another All-Star Collection (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #193 [80 Page Giant #H-37]; on sale May 9

Robinson Crusoe of the Sky (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Lee Elias (signed)

Inks:

Lee Elias

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A scientist's experiment goes wrong, sending him and his laboratory flying into the sky along with a criminal stowaway.

Speedier than the Gold Rush! (Table of Contents)

The Maniaks / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky

Inks:

Mike Esposito

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Indexer Notes

house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #69, on sale May 23

Up -- Up -- Up -- Springs the Atom (Table of Contents)

The Atom / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #32, on sale June 1

["I'm building a neat antique car."] (Table of Contents)

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Job Number:

6520

Indexer Notes

hint submitted by Ron Leuthje of Washington, D.C.

[The bird known as Chuck-Will's-widow,,,"] (Table of Contents)

The Curiosity Shop / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Naydel ?

Pencils:

Martin Naydel

Inks:

Martin Naydel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

fun facts and puzzles

Reprints:

• from ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Neal Adams; Carmine Infantino (illustrations)

Inks:

Neal Adams; Murphy Anderson (illustrations)

Colors:

? (illustrations)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

listing of DC comics on sale in early June 1967; page includes cover art from The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #106 and The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #172