Strange Adventures, #78
Published: March 1957
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The Secret of the Tom Thumb Spacemen!
Credits
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
- Colors: Jack Adler
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Inks were originally credited to Joe Giella, but Bob Bailey and Gene Reed agree it is Bernard Sachs.
Check the Kind of Body You Want!
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Secret of the Tom Thumb Spacemen!
"I'm really Bruce Walker of Earth, and not King Otmar of Ikaron--as these people think!"
Characters
- Bruce Walker
Credits
- Script: John Broome
- Pencils: Sid Greene
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
Story Notes
Sold by Josely Company.
Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quiz
"Who came to America from England to seek religious freedom and landed at Plymouth, Mass. in 1620?"
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Inks:
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
The Life Battery!
"Tyrannosaurus Rex! The mightiest and most fearsome creature that ever lived on Earth!"
Characters
- Sterling Marsh
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Joe Giella
Jim and Betty Solve the "Flying Saucer" Mystery!
"Look Betty! I'll bet it's a flying saucer!"
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
Story Notes
Sold by Wilson Chemical Company.
"The sun always rises in the east and sets in the west..."
The Magic Horn from Space!
"The space-horn created this gun from my thoughts... but will it work against this island's savage natives?"
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Carmine Infantino
Hot and Cold!
"In both the polar regions of our Earth the sun continually shines for several months without setting."
The Prisoner of Space X!
"I'm a prisoner -- suspended in mid-air -- in a world no Earthman ever saw!"
Characters
- Robert Wilson
Credits
- Script: Ed Herron
- Pencils: Sid Greene
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
Do You Want Spending Money?
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"Large album and stamp collection"
Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for "Billy Bikeless"
"Good game Bill! Your homer won the game for us!"
Characters
- Bill
- Mickey Mantle
Story Notes
Inside back cover featuring a comics-form advertisement for the top third of the page with JSCA prize details and coupon occupying the rest of the page.
Choose Your Prize
"Over 100 prizes in big prize book"
Story Notes
Back cover.