Strange Adventures
#106
(July 1959)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-05-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
in 
Buzzy Says "Be Sure of Your Facts!"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown
- Synopsis
- When the clubhouse boys jump to conclusions and believe Jim stole the club's money, Buzzy advises them to stay calm and double-check before making accusations.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated April 1952.
Genie in the Flying Saucer
comic story / 8.67 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (sourced)
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A mountain climber finds a flying saucer in a glacier. Hacking it free, out comes a pink alien trapped for "uncounted years". With his mental powers, he'll grant three wishes - like a genie!.. Bill takes his girl's class on a picnic, and wishes the rain would stop. It does - all over Earth for weeks. He wishes back the rain. One wish left. His girl is irked by his "joking". He wishes he could show her - and he's transformed into an alien! He wishes it had never happened - and he's normal! Four wishes? No, he briefly had alien mental powers and could have wished for anything!
- Reprints
-
in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #31 (octobre 1960) [N&B/B&W] -
in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #43 ([Circa 1959-1961]) - in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #41 (1979) [N&B [B&W]]
-
in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #14 (October 1981)
-
[no title indexed]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fire is an efficient source of heat and energy...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
Your Passport to Strange Journeys...
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily; Dick Dillin
- Inks
- Bernard Baily; Sheldon Moldoff
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
House ad for Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #39 and House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #22.
The Secret of the Space Jewel!
Space Museum / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ron Madden; Howard Parker; Tommy Parker; Kral Sandon; Gorlon
- Synopsis
- Ron Madden is a hero to the Thalar race, but why do they shun him when he returns to their planet?
- Reprints
- in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #34 (janvier 1961) [N&B/B&W]
- in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #24 (September-October 1973)
- in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #91 ([February 1975] ?)
-
[no title indexed]
Spotlight on Science / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Pencils
- Raymond Perry (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Raymond Perry (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letter from S.O.
[no title indexed]
Amazing Ratios! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A single particle of electricity (electron)...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #14 (August-September 1964) [one panel only, reconfigured] which is reprinted
- in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #229 (March-April 1971)
- in Hawkman (DC, 1964 series) #3 (August-September 1964) [bottom third only] which is reprinted
- in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #10 (April-May 1971)
-
[Shock Waves... Sound Waves... Electromagnetic Waves...]
What's the Difference Between / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #55 (August-September 1964)
-
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park...
- Characters
- Superman
Menace of the Future-Almanac!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- In 2260, a library's 1960 almanac in transit is bomb-blasted to the past. This could change history forever!.. In 1960, a hobo finds the almanac. He's saved from a train wreck, blabs so another hobo finds a gold mine, gets caught in a sting operation betting on a horse race. He's not getting lucky nor changing history! He reads about a wonder metal invented by "Thomas Baxter", but invents it first. Rich, he learns he was orphaned and IS Thomas Baxter! At year's end, he puts the almanac in a time capsule... In 2261, people get back the almanac. "We're saved!"
[no title indexed]
Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The bark of a dog is an artificial development of civilization...
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal
- Reprints
- from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #104 (February 1949)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Genie in the Flying Saucer!
-
1.
Buzzy Says "Be Sure of Your Facts!"
Buzzy -
2.
Genie in the Flying Saucer
-
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["Fire is an efficient source of heat and energy..."]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That -
5.
Your Passport to Strange Journeys...
-
6.
The Secret of the Space Jewel!
Space Museum -
7.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Pop -
8.
[no title indexed]
Spotlight on Science -
9.
["A single particle of electricity (electron)..."]
Amazing Ratios! -
10.
[Shock Waves... Sound Waves... Electromagnetic Waves...]
What's the Difference Between -
11.
["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park..."]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
12.
Menace of the Future-Almanac!
-
13.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Fudge -
14.
["The bark of a dog is an artificial development of civilization..."]
Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop -
15.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
16.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Body Building -
17.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Clayton Emery
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
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