Strange Adventures
#227
(November-December 1970)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-09-15
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Man Who Couldn't Drown
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- S-542
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #77 ([October 1972] ?)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Man Who Couldn't Drown!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #68 (May 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Earth... Condemned World!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- S-570
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why that Earth-city shows no color on your television screen! It receives only in black and white!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Daryl Halbert
- Synopsis
- Daryl Halbert records the albedo (reflectivity) of planets. He receives a message to return to Earth quickly. His spaceship is damaged on his way back and he is rescued by aliens. He is told that they are on their way to Earth to destroy it! Earth's albedo is falling and when it reaches zero it will break free from the Sun and become an undetectable space menace. Halbert asks for time to find a cure and is given 7 hours. He discovers that Earth has a covering of glassy space dust. A test bomb clears a small hole and proves that the Earth, and other planets in the future, can be saved.
- Reprints
- from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #50 (March 1959)
- in Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #80 ([December 1971])
-
- Keywords
- albedo; spaceship
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Scienti-Fact / cartoon / 0.33 page
- Job Number
- S-576
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The strange shadow effects of Saturn visible on its rings...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #333 (November 1964) which is reprinted
- from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #49 (February 1959) [2nd panel only, reconfigured]
-
Challenge of the Giant Fireflies!
Adam Strange / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Job Number
- S-568
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Adam Strange; Alanna
- Reprints
- from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #67 (May 1961)
- in Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #80 ([December 1971])
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Scienti-Fact / cartoon / 0.33 page
- Job Number
- S-574
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In 1868, during an eclipse in India...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #150 (November 1964) which is reprinted
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #24 (September 1952) [middle panel only, reconfigured]
- in Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #80 ([December 1971])
-
Indexer Notes
About the discovery of the element helium.
The Time Killer
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Job Number
- S-572
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #35 (August 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script,pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Scienti-Fact / cartoon / 0.33 page
- Job Number
- S-575
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It has been estimated that when 12,000 people...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #126 (March 1961) [bottom tier only]
-
Indexer Notes
12,000 people in an arena generate enough heat to cook 15,000 hot dogs per hour.
The Winner
text story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S-536
- Genre
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
Credits for script confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
New story, primarily prose with some illustrations.
Calling Space-Doctor Duncan!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S-569
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #26 (June-July 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The King of New Orleans!
The Atomic Knights / comic story / 15.34 pages
- Job Number
- S-573
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Atomic Knights [Gayle Crayle; Douglas Herald; Marene; Bryndon; Wayne Hobard; Holis Hobard]
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #147 (December 1962), #147 (December 1962)
-
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 pages each.
[no title indexed]
Scienti-Fact / cartoon / 0.33 page
- Job Number
- S-577
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The brain area concerned with the sense of smell...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #124 (January 1961) [top tier only]
-
Indexer Notes
Compares brains of a man and a dog. On bottom third of page 8 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Scienti-Fact / text article / 0.33 page
- Job Number
- S-578
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Neptune's smallest satellite -- Nereid...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- from Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #31 (November 1964) which is reprinted
- from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #52 (June 1959) [second panel only]
-
Indexer Notes
Information on the planet Neptune and its two satellites. On bottom third of the last page of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Spotlight on Strange Adventures / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-567
Indexer Notes
Illustrated title header with letters of comment from Duane Jepsen, Bill Sherman and Michael N. Tierstein.
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Table of Contents
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0.
The Man Who Couldn't Drown
-
1.
The Man Who Couldn't Drown!
-
2.
Earth... Condemned World!
-
3.
["The strange shadow effects of Saturn visible on its rings..."]
Scienti-Fact -
4.
Challenge of the Giant Fireflies!
Adam Strange -
5.
["In 1868, during an eclipse in India..."]
Scienti-Fact -
6.
The Time Killer
-
7.
["It has been estimated that when 12,000 people..."]
Scienti-Fact -
8.
The Winner
-
9.
Calling Space-Doctor Duncan!
-
10.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
11.
The King of New Orleans!
The Atomic Knights -
12.
["The brain area concerned with the sense of smell..."]
Scienti-Fact -
13.
["Neptune's smallest satellite -- Nereid..."]
Scienti-Fact -
14.
[no title indexed]
Spotlight on Strange Adventures
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Steve Jenner
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Paul Robinson
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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