Strange Adventures, #114
Published: March 1960
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Secret of the Flying Buzz Saw!
Credits
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Joe Giella
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
"Dear Friend -- My name is Charles Atlas."
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Secret of the Flying Buzz Saw!
"This white dwarf star I'm on will explode in ten seconds!"
Storyline
An alien work crew comes to earth and starts leveling buildings, but it's all for the purpose of saving Earth. The aliens know that a white dwarf star is on a collision course with Earth so they want to mount a cannon to deflect the star from its path. But they miss. Earth's last chance is Rick Jordan, who's invented the Graviton, a device that can create a temporary zero gravity field and allow Rick to plant explosives on the dwarf star.
Characters
- Rick Jordan
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Russ Heath
- Inks: Russ Heath
"Whales drink water..."
The Man Who Conquered Time!
Featuring Showcase; Rip Hunter... Time Master
Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz
"In what story did a cabin boy become captain of a large schooner after a mutiny?"
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Inks:
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
The Man Who Created Himself!
"Doctor, at the very moment I'm lying here in your office -- I'm standing three thousand years in the future."
Storyline
Frank Barrows wakes to a voice telling him that the future depends on him. Frank builds an android duplicate of himself which is sent to the future, but Frank and the android can communicate with each other across time. In the future, light-beings from Aldebaran are "inhaling" argon and "exhaling" monargon, a poisonous waste. Future historical records show that Barrows had developed a technology that could help, but the android duplicates a Frank before he had started that research. Frank is able to knock an electron off an argon atom and get poisonous chlorine and chase away the light-beings.
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Sid Greene
- Inks: Sid Greene
Featuring Amazing Ratios
"If the Earth were placed inside a prominence..."
Featuring Spotlight on Science
Story Notes
Letters from B.H., A.W., M.E., H.B.
The Case of the Martian Witness!
"Cannot... let... Earthman... find... me!"
Storyline
Star's luck is holding steady. He hasn't had a case in a week and he's had to pawn Ilda, his robot secretary. Luckily, Star is hired to locate a fugitive who's thought to be hiding on Vesta, an asteroid mining settlement, in the Red Jungle. But with a little tracking skill and the help of the creepy vegetation of the Red Jungle, he nabs the fugitive, gets his prisoner, and gets Ilda back from the pawn shop, promising never to pawn her again.
Characters
- Star Hawkins (introduction)
- Ilda (introduction)
- Qar-Miq
- Charl Scott
Credits
- Script: John Broome
- Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
Featuring Pyro Plastics Corp.
"How do you rate as a model builder?"
Featuring Jaro Stamp Co.; Maxim Stamp Co. Inc.
"208 different world wide stamps 25¢"
Featuring Stephens Credit Sales
"Do you want spending money? Sell these popular Patriotic and Religious Mottoes"
Featuring Wilson Chemical Co.
"Win a big prize! Can you name the 6 foreign countries these pictures stand for?"
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
"Make money get prizes with fast selling American Seeds"
Story Notes
Back cover.