Strange Adventures #21

(June 1952)

Superman Says: "Hop on the Welfare Wagon!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; superhero

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Eyes of Other Worlds! (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Comet / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome (credited as Edgar Ray Merritt)

Pencils

Murphy Anderson

Inks

Sy Barry

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction; superhero

What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

The Genius Epidemic! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)

Pencils

Irwin Hasen

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

?

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.

Reprints

• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #223 (March-April 1970)

Indexer Notes

One of the Herbert brothers is named Jeb.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Case of the Crossed-Up Car Crook (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That-- / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All meteors enter the Earth's atmosphere at the same velocity...

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Reprints

• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #236 (January 1958)

The Monster That Fished for Men! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller (credited)

Pencils

Murphy Anderson

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Paul Martin; Lois

Synopsis

Paul Martin is convinced that something is living in a poisonous lake.

Reprints

• in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #13 (October-November 1971)
• in Die Grüne Laterne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #2 (November 1975)

Keywords

fishing

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Out of This World; Necco / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

General Science Quiz / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

The Boy Who Changed the Future! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome (credited as John Osgood)

Pencils

Bob Oksner

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Flash Gordon - Magazine (RGE, 1956 series) #13 (1° trimestre 1959)
• in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #153 (November 1965)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Dr. Robert G. Aiken] (Table of Contents: 15)

Giants of the Telescope / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Reprints

• in Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #42 (February-March 1958) [recolored]
which is reprinted
• in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #5 ([circa 1959])
• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #154 (Circa June 1972) [uncertain], #156 (Circa August 1972)

Indexer Notes

Some information for this sequence provided by Arthur Lortie.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Star Spangled Comics; Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)