Strange Adventures, #46

Published: July 1954

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Strange Adventures #46

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Issue Contents:
I Flew a Flying Saucer!
1 page science fiction

"At last! The most baffling secret of all time is exposed!"

Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"
Story 1 1 page advocacy; superhero

"Great scott! Smoke--from the headquarters of the Smallville Teen-Age Club!"

Storyline

Superboy puts out a fire at the Smallville Teen-Age Club which inspires them to start a project to educate people about fire prevention.

Characters
  • Superboy
Credits
Story Notes

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

I Flew a Flying Saucer!
Story 2 6 pages science fiction

"Look! A flying saucer! It's going to land in our city!"

Story Notes

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

Story 3 0 pages

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

Squeeze Play Saves the Day!
Story 4 1 page sports

"It's the last practice before the big game, so we'll work on bunting"

Characters
  • Bob
  • Jim
Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids
Story 5 1 page children

"Gosh, Pud, wasn't it swell of Mom 'n Pop to bring us along on this vacation to Alaska?!"

Characters
  • Pud
  • Sis
Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 6 1 page
The Body Pirate!
Story 7 6 pages science fiction

"One of these bodies conceals a killer from the stars! But which one?"

Characters
  • Les Giliam
  • Algazon
Credits
Story Notes

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

Story 8 1 page

"Tootsie Rolls...everybody likes 'em 'cause they're so chocolaty... so tasty... and they last a long time too."

"Free" Wheeling with Abbott and Costello
Story 9 1 page

"Hey, Bill! Give me that "Popsicle" bag."

Characters
  • Bill
Star Salesman
Story 10 6 pages science fiction

"Help! Get me outa here!"

Characters
  • Fred Hackett
Credits
Story Notes

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

Story 11 2 pages

"The nearest stars are almost exactly a million times as distant as the nearest planets -- thus making interstellar space more empty of stars than our solar system is empty of planets."

Story Notes

This feature contains three text articles with a small illustration: 1. Wasp-like Stars! 2. The First Birds! 3. Too Much Space!

Story 12 1 page

"More Americans ride... Hercules Lightweights than any other English-built bike!"

Interplanetary War Base!
Story 13 6 pages science fiction; superhero

"Our zero-weapon reduces body temperatures to absolute zero! Nothing can withstand it!"

Credits
Story Notes

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

Story 14 1 page

"Be the leader with your new Stewart-Warner "Cadet" bike speedometer"

Story 15 1 page

"Big! Bright! Beautiful!"

Story Notes

Ad for Phantom bicycles.

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Story 16 1 page

"Attention Superman and Batman fans!"

Characters
  • Batman (cameo)
  • Superman (cameo)
  • Robin (cameo)
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 17 1 page

"Man into space!"

Story Notes

Back cover ad for the sci-fi book club.