Strange Adventures, #47
Published: August 1954
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The Man Who Sold the Earth!
"Saturn bids 100 billion for the planet Earth!"
Credits
- Pencils: Murphy Anderson
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
I Wanted to Be an Artist!
"After high school I had to take a job I hated."
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
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.
Characters
- "Silky" Sloane
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: Sy Barry
- Inks: Sy Barry
Story Notes
Cover story. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Three Exciting New Adventures
Story Notes
Promotional advertisement for Batman (1939 series) #85.
Gains Fame in Race with Flame
"Bob was on his last afternoon delivery when..."
Characters
- Bob
"The centrifugal force of the Earth..."
Hands Across the Universe!
"The kid scooted right in front of me! N-no time to stop!"
Characters
- Floyd Nelson
- Thothoo
- Harry
Credits
- Script: Sid Gerson
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids
"Attention! A leopard has broken loose from the zoo!"
Characters
- Pud
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
Editorial Advisory Board
"Polio research will mean victory!"
Story Notes
Includes a plug for polio research.
Peter Porkchops Gives Tips on Summer Fun!
"Have a good time swimming--but remember roughhousing doesn't pay off!"
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Rube Grossman
- Inks: Rube Grossman
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
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!
Characters
- Ken Sabin (unemployed chemist)
- Mrs. Sabin
- robot (villain)
Credits
- Script: Sid Gerson
- Pencils: Irwin Hasen
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
Classroom of Stars! (1)
"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!
Join Congo Bill and Janu the Jungle Boy
Story Notes
Promotional advertisement for Congo Bill (1954 series) #1.
Worlds Within Worlds!
"The crab warriors--poisoning our air with their deadly gas guns!"
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Joe Giella
"Stop paying 89¢ for hit parade records!"
"Need extra spending money? Here's $50 to use as you please!"
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Boys! Girls! Enter the Big Tootsie Roll Contest-Now!
Story Notes
Back cover.