Strange Adventures
#198
(March 1967)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1967-01-31
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[The Apes with Bizarre Powers!]
Immortal Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Anton Carver [Immortal Man]
Danger! Earth Is Doomed!
comic story / 11.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are outer-space worlds signalling Earth
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- One scientist's creation, a man grown from silicon, is able to to destroy the cosmic cloud menacing Earth that was discovered by another scientist colleague.
- Reprints
-
in Super Action avec Wonder Woman (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #5 (3ème trimestre 1979)
-
A New Year's Resolution for You from DC
Inferior Five / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero; humor
Indexer Notes
house ad for The Inferior Five (DC, 1967 series) #1, on sale January 24
Free! Captain Action's Super Hero Parachute
Captain Action / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Synopsis
- free parachute offered with the purchase of a Captain Action toy
Indexer Notes
Captain Action © 1966 Ideal Toy Corp.
[Fate Forces a Landing]
Strange but True / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Miller ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; non-fiction
The Apes with Bizarre Powers!
Immortal Man / comic story / 11.5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Immortal Man; Helen Phelps
- Synopsis
- The "man who died a hundred times" is reincarnated as paleontologist Anton Carver, and reunited with Helen Phelps, who loves him. However, he must sacrifices himself to save Earth from an invasion of other-dimensional creatures.
Indexer Notes
fourth Immortal Man story; previously appeared in Strange Adventures #177, #185 and #190
A Collector's Item
Dial H for Hero / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #165, which featured a centerfold depicting the superhero transformations of Robby Reed
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
listing of DC comics on sale in early February 1967
Countdown on Excellence
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- Jerry gets a lecture from his father on the importance of doing every job right.
Indexer Notes
Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated May 1963.
Clark Kent Interviews Supergirl!
Supergirl / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #347 [80 Page Giant #G-33], on sale January 10
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[The Apes with Bizarre Powers!]
Immortal Man -
1.
Danger! Earth Is Doomed!
-
2.
A New Year's Resolution for You from DC
Inferior Five -
3.
Free! Captain Action's Super Hero Parachute
Captain Action -
4.
[Fate Forces a Landing]
Strange but True -
5.
The Apes with Bizarre Powers!
Immortal Man -
6.
A Collector's Item
Dial H for Hero -
7.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
8.
Countdown on Excellence
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9.
Clark Kent Interviews Supergirl!
Supergirl
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jason Sacks
- Jim Van Dore
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