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Strange Adventures, #47

Published: August 1954

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Issue Contents:
The Man Who Sold the Earth!

"Saturn bids 100 billion for the planet Earth!"

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The Man Who Sold the Earth!

"I bid 500 trillion for Earth!"

Storyline

The con-man "Silky" Sloane tries to sell the Earth to a group of aliens.

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Story Notes

Cover story. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Hands Across the Universe!

"The kid scooted right in front of me! N-no time to stop!"

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The Super-Perfect Servant!

"The robot servant can do anything around the house! It's perfect!"

Storyline

Unemployed chemist Ken Sabin receives a letter in the mail, offering him for $100 what is considered to be one of the finest robots ever built, to be used as a house servant. His wife suggests that he apply for a job there, and he soon has one of the robots to use around the house. However, something makes him very suspicious of the metal servants being produced...something sinister!

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Worlds Within Worlds!

"The crab warriors--poisoning our air with their deadly gas guns!"

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Join Congo Bill and Janu the Jungle Boy
Story Notes

Promotional advertisement for Congo Bill (1954 series) #1.

Classroom of Stars!

Story Featuring Spotlight on Science

"If you imagine the sky to be a gigantic classroom and the stars attending students, it is possible to devise a method of "rating" each of the star-students according to "brightness.""

Story Notes

Two text articles with an illustrated masthead: 1. Classroom of Stars! 2. Split-second Timing!

Peter Porkchops Gives Tips on Summer Fun!

Story Featuring Peter Porkchops

"Have a good time swimming--but remember roughhousing doesn't pay off!"

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Story Notes

This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.

"The centrifugal force of the Earth..."

Three Exciting New Adventures
Story Notes

Promotional advertisement for Batman (1939 series) #85.

Boys! Girls! Enter the Big Tootsie Roll Contest-Now!

Ad Featuring Tootsie Roll

Story Notes

Back cover.

"Need extra spending money? Here's $50 to use as you please!"

Story Notes

Inside back cover.

"Stop paying 89¢ for hit parade records!"

Editorial Advisory Board

"Polio research will mean victory!"

Story Notes

Includes a plug for polio research.

Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids

Ad Featuring Dubble Bubble Gum

"Attention! A leopard has broken loose from the zoo!"

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Gains Fame in Race with Flame

"Bob was on his last afternoon delivery when..."

I Wanted to Be an Artist!

"After high school I had to take a job I hated."

Story Notes

Inside front cover.