Strange Adventures #223

(March-April 1970)

The Beast With The Sizzling Blue Eyes! (Table of Contents)

Adam Strange / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

S-355

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Adam Strange; Alanna; Edna; Edna's husband; prehistoric Rannian dinosaurs; Sardath; Zhoran Tew; Mortan

Synopsis:

Mortan steals an invention from Zhoran Tew and uses it to create force fields and prehistoric dinosaurs to threaten Ranagar, but Adam defeats him when he figures out the weakness of the force fields.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #62 (September 1960)

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Mortan; also appears in Mystery In Space #80, #91.

Spotlight On Strange Adventures (Table of Contents)

Spotlight On Strange Adventures / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

S-354

Indexer Notes

Letters from: David AJ McGlone; Jerry Wilson; Rand Lee; Gary Skinner.

The Genius Epidemic! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Irwin Hasen

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

S-356

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

the 3 Herbert brothers; U.S. Army doctors; hermit; U.S. government investigators

Synopsis:

The Herbert brothers have absorbed radiation from a meteorite and become scientific geniuses, so the Army puts them to work solving problems and inventing until they vanish.

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• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #21 (June 1952)

Indexer Notes

One of the Herbert brothers is named Jeb.

War In Washington! (Table of Contents)

Atomic Knights / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

S-357

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Atomic Knights [Gardner Grayle; Douglas Herald; Marene Herald; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard; Bryndon]; Dalas; Khagan; Khagan's army

Synopsis:

Wayne and Hollis are held prisoners and Bryndon and Gayle follow one of their prisoners, Dalas, to Washington DC to free them and disable an ultraviolet ray.

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• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #135 (December 1961)

Statement of Ownership, Management And Circulation (Table of Contents)

credits / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bernard Kashdan

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

Statement as of October 23, 1962. Paid circulation averages 141,179, most recent issue is 149,041.