Strange Adventures, #105
Published: June 1959
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Fishermen from the Sea!
Credits
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Gil Kane
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
"The $10,000 challenge only Joe Weider dares to make!"
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Fishermen from the Sea!
"Concentrate, Helen! Only by our thoughts can we make the fish-like aliens realize we are an intelligent form of life!"
Storyline
David and Helen Palmer are captured by water-breathing aliens who intend to flood the whole world but they are scared off by an atomic bomb test.
Characters
- Helen Palmer
- David Palmer
- Sharl San
- Drin Dorl
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
- Inks: Joe Giella
"A fisherman called "Stinger" Ray hooked a big one but it got away."
Storyline
"Stinger" Ray sits in a row boat chewing on a Tootsie Roll.
Characters
- "Stinger" Ray
Fred Finds a Way!
"What's the matter, Fred?"
Storyline
Fred learns that there are other ways of participating in his favorite sport of baseball even though he isn't yet good enough to be picked for the team.
Characters
- Fred
- Jimmy
- Coach
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
The PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Your Passport to Strange Journeys...
Featuring House of Secrets; Mystery in Space
Credits
- Pencils: Bill Ely
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Bill Ely
- Inks: Gil Kane
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
house ad for House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #21 and Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #52
The Case of the Stolen Earth-Faces!
"Every man in town has turned into an alien being!"
Storyline
An alien transforms all the men in a town into duplicates of himself so that no one can spot him among the others while he searches for an element that his invading army needs.
Characters
- Elsa Norman
- Jim Norman
- Betty Allen
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Sid Greene
- Inks: Sid Greene
"A great golfer they call "Driver" Carr on the links is an outstanding star."
Storyline
"Driver" Carr hits a golf ball that lands near a Tootsie Roll Pop-shaped flagstick.
Characters
- "Driver" Carr
"In one of your recent stories it was theorized that the asteroids..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz (uncertain)
Story Notes
Spotlight on Science has answers to scientific inquiries from readers in letter-page format.
"Should the head of a comet collide with the earth..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz (uncertain)
"Be my guest at the Clyde Beatty & Cole Bros. Circus combined shows at Palisades Amusement Park N.J."
Space-Scoop-- 2159 A.D.!
"This is one story you won't scoop me on, Adams!"
Storyline
Two interplanetary news reporters keep coming up with new scientific ways of beating each other to print.
Characters
- Jim Barnes
- Chuck Adams
- Alvin Harrison
- Doctor Franz Bergstrom
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Manny Stallman
- Inks: John Giunta
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino (uncertain)
"There once was a bowler named Chris, who said "When my game goes amiss and the pins just won't budge, I eat Tootsie Roll Fudge then I bowl and the pins fall like this!""
Storyline
Chris bowls terribly until he eats a Tootsie Roll Fudge candy snack, and then he rolls nothing but strikes from then on.
Characters
- Chris
"Men...immediate training as heavy equipment operators"
"Exact replica army grenade (as used in hand combat)"
"Do you want spending money?"
"Treasure chest of prized stamps from pirate strongholds!"
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
"Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men! Given! Given! Yes we give you premiums or cash!"
Story Notes
Sold by Wilson Chemical Co. Back cover.