Strange Adventures
#163
(April 1964)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1964-02-27
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in Hawkman #1 and copyright registration.
in 
The Golden Rule
Bob Hope / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; humor
- Characters
- Bob Hope
- Synopsis
- The Golden Rule is universal.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated April 1967.
The Creature in the Black Light!
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A scientist tries to discover the secret of an invisible alien that can only be seen in black light.
- Reprints
-
in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #5 (juillet 1967) [N&B [B&W]]
-
[no title indexed]
104 Cars / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 104 classic racing foreign modern cars...
Indexer Notes
On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Amazing Ratios! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There are 35,000 taste bud receptors on the tongue of an ox...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
[no title indexed]
Hawkman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Electrifying announcement!
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Hawkman (DC, 1964 series) #1, on sale February 20
[no title indexed]
Spotlight on Strange Adventures / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Marvin Sandler and Bruce Yunker.
Editor Schwartz talks about leaving this title and taking on Batman (DC, 1940 series) and Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series).
How Can Time Be Stopped?
Star Rovers / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (sourced)
- Pencils
- Sid Greene (signed) (sourced)
- Inks
- Sid Greene (signed) (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sid Greene
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Star Rovers [Homer Glint; Karel Sorenson; Rick Purvis]
- Synopsis
- The Rovers must figure out how to stop the lizard aliens who are planning to conquer Earth with a time-weapon that has already turned Homer into an old man and Karel into a teenager.
- Reprints
-
in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #22 (April-May 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Letters credit from Bob Bailey.
[no title indexed]
The Atom; The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the very best in comics reading
- Genre
- superhero
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be first in your neighborhood...
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Brother, can you spare a dime...
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Creature in the Black Light!
-
1.
The Golden Rule
Bob Hope -
2.
The Creature in the Black Light!
-
3.
["104 classic racing foreign modern cars..."]
104 Cars -
4.
["There are 35,000 taste bud receptors on the tongue of an ox..."]
Amazing Ratios! -
5.
["Electrifying announcement!"]
Hawkman -
6.
[no title indexed]
Spotlight on Strange Adventures -
7.
How Can Time Be Stopped?
Star Rovers -
8.
["For the very best in comics reading"]
The Atom; The Flash -
9.
["Be first in your neighborhood..."]
-
10.
132 "Fighting Ships"
Fighting Ships -
11.
Task Force
Task Force -
12.
100 Pc. Toy Soldier Set
100 Toy Soldiers -
13.
["Brother, can you spare a dime..."]
American Body Building Club -
14.
["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bob Bailey
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Steve Jenner
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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