Strange Adventures #231

(July-August 1971)

Attack of the Flying Gorillas! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (credited)

Inks

Murphy Anderson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Job Number

S-834

First Line of Dialogue or Text

They were the greatest fighters in the universe, these winged creatures who came out of the depths of space to menace the safety of every living thing on Earth!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Lyassa; Jim Bryant (astronomer);

Synopsis

A small planetoid populated by flying gorillas approaches Earth and begins to steal its atmosphere.

Reprints

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #125 (February 1961) [retitled]

Keywords

Acrux (star sun); flying gorilla; Mount Panamint observatory; Myara-49 (artificial world)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Here Come the Wild Ones! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Atomic Knights / comic story / 14.34 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome (credited)

Pencils

Murphy Anderson (credited) (signed - see Notes)

Inks

Murphy Anderson (credited) (signed - see Notes)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

S-833

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Of all the tragedies caused by the Hydrogen War of 1986, one of the most heart rendering [sic] was the band of homeless, hungry boys who charged into isolated villages, terrorizing the inhabitants!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Atomic Knights [Gardner Grayle; Bryndon Smith; Douglas Herald; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard; Marene Herald]; Organizer Kadey; Mrs. Porter (carpenter's wife - mentioned); wild ones [Ken; Danny; Pete]; Blue Belt six; Dr. Howard Melton (mentioned)

Synopsis

The Knights encounter a roving band of boys who want to become outlaws when they grow up. Marene disguises herself as a boy and infiltrates the group.

Kadey and his Blue Belts stumble upon a pre-war invention that turns people into automatons. They use it to enslave the rebel boys until the Knights defeat them.

Reprints

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #160 (January 1964), #160 (January 1964)

Keywords

armor; atomic pistol; Blue Belts; Durvale

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Job number, story and art credit on splash page added compared to original printing in Strange Adventures 160.

Story in two parts of 6.67 and 7.67 pages.

Signed in panel 3 on (last) page 15. Also included under the signature is "30" which is typographical shorthand in journalism for "End" indicating that Anderson knew this was the last Atomic Knights story he would illustrate. Source - Interview with Murphy Anderson in "The Silver Age Sci-Fi Companion" by Mike W. Barr. Page 13 LH column.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Scienti-Fact / cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Job Number

S-835

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A person's height may vary by as much as...

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Reprints

• from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #2 (September-October 1960) [top tier only]

The Martian Masquerader! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

S-832

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #67 (April 1956)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Assignment in Eternity! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Sid Greene

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

S-831

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #83 (August 1957)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Julius Schwartz (credited as JS)

Pencils

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Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

S-827

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Bob Wilson, Gerard Triano, Anonymous from Woburn, Ma. and B. Nelson Campbell.

The Challenge of the Crystal Conquerors! (Table of Contents: 7)

Adam Strange / comic story / 16.34 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Job Number

S-830

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Adam Strange

Reprints

• from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #71 (November 1961)

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story in two parts of 7.67 and 8.67 pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Scienti-Fact / cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

S-836

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Every point on the Earth's equator has a rotational speed...

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Reprints

• from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #120 (May 1961) [middle tier only]

Indexer Notes

Rotational speed of points on the equator and the speed the sun is hurtling through space.

Zeppelin (Table of Contents: 9)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

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Indexer Notes

movie ad