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Strange Adventures, #44

Published: May 1954

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Strange Adventures #44

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Issue Contents:
The Plant that Plotted Murder!
1 page science fiction; superhero

"Captain Comet's strangest foe--"

Characters
  • Captain Comet
  • Joyce Rollins
Credits
Binky Says: "Welcome Amigo!"
Story 1 1 page advocacy; teen

"Hey, Allergy, dig that new Mexican kid who moved in town last week!"

Storyline

Allergy mocks the new kid in town because he lives down in "Shacktown" and speaks English poorly. Bill and Allergy approach Pablo who tells them about his dad, and how their family has traveled all over the US picking beans & strawberries. Pablo has a great rock collection and the boys become friends.

Characters
  • Binky
  • Allergy
  • Pablo
  • Bill
Credits
Story Notes

The inside front cover PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.

The Plant That Plotted Murder!
Story 2 7 pages science fiction; superhero

"Avoiding detection, the aliens landed on Earth--threatening the very existence of humanity!"

Characters
  • Captain Comet
  • Uno
  • Joyce Rollins
Credits
Story Notes

Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics; the original indexer credited the inks to Murphy Anderson.

Story 3 1 page children

"I'm afraid of wild animals in these woods..."

Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 4 1 page
A Switch in Time!
Story 5 6 pages science fiction

"Hmff! Off to lunch for 2000 years! Very funny!"

Storyline

Willy and Antonius switch places via time travel and each man works his own get-rich-quick scheme. Willy's payload of gold and silver is too much weight for his rocketship, so he buries them in ancient New Mexico so that he can dig them up later in the future present. Willy arrives just in time to witness an atomic bomb test wipe out his hidden location.

Characters
  • Willy Todd
  • Antonius Vittus
Credits
Story Notes

Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

The Line of Stars Presents Tomahawk
Story 6 1 page
The City That Went Mad
Story 7 6 pages science fiction

"Puff! I-I'm worn out!"

Storyline

Unknown to Bob and Jim who are testing their mental telepathy radio, their commands are forcing the entire city to commit crazy acts. The professor on a mission to stop the madness tracks down Bob and disconnects his transmitter wires.

Characters
  • Professor Dwight MacKay
  • Lydia MacKay
  • Bob Croft
  • Jim Blake
Credits
Story Notes

Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Featuring Scripto

Story 8 0 pages

"Scripto guarantees the best...in writing!"

Featuring Amazing Ratios

Story 9 1 page non-fiction

"The 200-inch mirror of the new Mt. Palomar telescope..."

Credits
Ring Around the Earth! (1)
Story 10 2 pages non-fiction

"That the moon is at present the closet astonomical body to Earth will hardly surprise our readers."

Credits
Story Notes

This feature contains four articles: 1. Ring Around the Earth! 2. Two Thousand-to-One Shot! 3. Insect-Eating Planet! 4. Lights in the Sky!

The Man Who Couldn't Die
Story 11 7 pages science fiction

"Not even an atom bomb can kill me! I'm immortal!"

Characters
  • Mel Cardeen
Credits
Story Notes

Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Three Exciting New Adventures
Story 12 0 pages
Story 13 1 page non-fiction; math & science

"It will be possible to build a telescope on Earth which could show planets that revolve around other stars..."

Credits
Story 14 1 page

"Come on, buddy, quit being a bag-of-bones weakling like I was in 10 minutes of fun a day you can do all I did!"

Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 15 1 page western-frontier

"This way to ... Captain Tootsie's roundup time"

Characters
Story Notes

Back cover.