Strange Adventures, #75
Published: December 1956
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The Secret of the Man-Ape!
"You will now put those books inside the valise!"
Credits
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Show Exciting New Sound Films in Your Own Home
Characters
- Mickey Mouse
- Minnie Mouse
- Donald Duck
- Goofy
Story Notes
Sold by Honor House Products Corp. Inside front cover.
Secret of the Man-Ape!
"If my machine works, I'll be able to transform this gorilla into a human!"
Storyline
An alien race sends an advance spy to Earth in the form of a gorilla.
Characters
- Daxon
- Professor Amos Scott
- Hal Todd
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Joe Giella
Story Notes
Cover story.
Wildroot Cream-Oil Gives You Confidence!
"He's not very tall, but Wildroot Cream-Oil gives him confidence!"
Story Notes
An advertisement that includes a gag cartoon.
Meteoroid... Meteor... Meteorite... (1)
"Spaceships equipped with "meteroid bumpers" will prevent collisions with meteoroids!"
"We love those Smith Brothers Wild Cherry cough drops!"
Gifts to the United Nations!
"Along the east river in New York City stretches six blocks of international territory..."
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Inks:
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
The 2nd Deluge of Earth!
"Those Martians calmly keep playing dominoes -- while their machines drown Earth!"
Storyline
A blind scientist retires from professional life to work in his own private laboratory in the countryside. Martians land outside his residence and after forcing their way inside begin playing dominoes with Milo while telling him of their plans to flood the planet so they can relocate from Mars. Saltwater equals life for the Martians and their machines work to bury our continents with an ocean flood.
Characters
- Professor Milo Durand
Credits
- Script: Ed Jurist
- Pencils: Sid Greene
- Inks: Joe Giella
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Featuring Science-Snaps
"A radio listener may hear an announcer's voice before a person sitting in the broadcasting studio does, because radio waves travel faster than sound waves."
Credits
- Script: Martin Naydel
- Pencils: Martin Naydel
- Inks: Martin Naydel
Story Notes
Five separate cartoons featuring science facts.
Mystery of the Box from Space!
"For days I've been staring at this box from space -- wondering what's inside!"
Characters
- Tod Thornton
- Xlno
- Zozz
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
"There are as many scientific theories about how our world may some day end as there are theories to explain how the earth first came into existence."
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Featuring Marvels of Mars!
"When viewed from its closest satellite Phobos, Mars appears 82 times larger than does our moon from Earth..."
This Is Timearama!
"You're seeing the actual destruction of the continent Atlantis, across 5000 years of time!"
Characters
- John Larrow
- Karen Van Mansel
- Mrs. Van Mansel
- Banning Blord
Credits
- Script: Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils: Sid Greene
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
Story Notes
The Title is a play on "This is Cinerama!", the advertising slogan for the Cinerama widescreen movie format popularized from 1952-1963.
Do You Want Spending Money?
Wow! What An Amazing He-man Tony Is Now!
"You should have seen skinny me only a few weeks ago!"
Characters
- Tony Pascarella (photo)
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Time to Get a Daisy and Get in on the Fun!
Story Notes
Back cover.