Strange Adventures, #77
Published: February 1957
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The World That Slipped Out of Space!
"That convict's last request before walking the last mile was for those toy balloons! Why?"
Credits
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Joe Giella
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
We'll Ripple Your Body with Muscle and Load T-N-T in Your Fists
Featuring The National Sports Council
Characters
- Bob Cousy (photo)
- Ted Kluszewski (photo)
- Joe Louis (photo)
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The World That Slipped Out of Space!
"This anti-matter explosion about to be set off up here is a menace to me!"
Characters
- Dan Torrence [Lobo]
- Darwin Jones
- Miss Peters
Credits
- Script: John Broome
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
Story Notes
An inker was not listed in the editorial records, but art scholars believe Bernard Sachs was the inker.
"If the world's tallest tree (the 273-foot tall, 101-foot round "General Sherman" in Sequoia National Park, California) were cut up, it could furnish enough wood to supply a box of matches to every person on Earth."
The Incredible Eyes of Arthur Gail!
"Those people in the air! They must be riding an invisible Ferris wheel!"
Storyline
An accident causes Arthur Gail to lose the ability to see anything that is not organic which allows him to clear himself when charged with stealing his companies secret formula.
Characters
- Arthur Gail
- Mr. Bliss
- Fairlie
Credits
- Script: Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils: Sid Greene
- Inks: Joe Giella
Winter Sports Champions of the World
"Started by the ancient Greeks, the Olympic games stand for international friendship through fine sportsmanship."
Storyline
Feature on 1956 Winter Olympics.
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Inks:
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
Buy Daisy Fun with Your Christmas Money!
The Paul Revere of Time!
"Thunderclaps from that cloud--sounding like a human voice!"
Characters
- Henry Brown [Vor Dex]
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
"We love those Smith Brothers Wild Cherry cough drops!"
Animal-Like Behavior of Plants!
"At first thought, it would hardly seem possible that there could be any striking similarities between the life processes of two such widely different types of living things as plants and animals."
The Mental Star-Rover!
"The space-adventures you write are so vivid, Hal Crane... as if you actually live them!"
Characters
- Hal Crane
- Jakkon
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: Sid Greene
- Inks: Joe Giella
"To the boys and girls of America..."
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
Do You Want Spending Money?
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!
"Jumpin' Jupiter! You're sure sizzling th' ol' rocket today, Ted!"
Characters
- Ted
- Penny
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
Story Notes
Sold by Wilson Chemical Company. Back cover.