Strange Adventures, #138

Published: March 1962

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Strange Adventures #138

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Issue Contents:
Secret of the Dinosaur Skeleton!
1 page science fiction
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Secret of the Dinosaur Skeleton!
Story 2 9 pages science fiction

"As the man called Kandar walked through the streets of the city --"

Storyline

Explorer Jim Hanson accidentally frees the evil Kandar, who has been in suspended animation for 150 million years and now intends to conquer the world with the help of an animated brontosaurus skeleton.

Characters
  • Kandar
  • Jim Hanson
  • Oarda
Credits
Story 3 0 pages science fiction

"Roam the black gulfs of interplanetary space..."

Story Notes

house ad for Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #74

From Many Lands...
Story 4 1 page non-fiction; advocacy
Storyline

It takes 300 materials from 56 different countries to make an automobile; some of those are depicted here.

Credits
Story Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

The Fantastic Fingers of Felix Faust!
Story 5 1 page superhero
Story Notes

house ad for Justice League of America (DC, 1950 series) #10, on sale January 30

Now in a Magazine of His Own!
Story 6 0 pages superhero
Credits
Story Notes

house ad for Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #2, on sale January 25

The Man Who Climbed Into Space!
Story 7 8 pages science fiction
Storyline

Mountain climber Walt Davis encounters two aliens that tell him conflicting stories, and he must decide which one is true in order to save the Earth.

Credits

Featuring The Flash; Green Lantern

Story 8 0 pages

"For the very best..."

Story 9 1 page non-fiction
Story Notes

scientific inquiries from readers K.G., M.E., K.S.

Story 10 1 page non-fiction; math & science

"If all the capillaries..."

The Attack of the Giant Dogs!
Story 11 9 pages science fiction
Storyline

The Knights discover several giant Dalmatians which they soon train to serve as transportation and ride against their enemy the Khagan and his Atlantides.

Characters
  • Atomic Knights [Gardner Grayle
  • Douglas Herald
  • Marene Herald
  • Wayne Hobard
  • Hollis Hobard
  • Bryndon Smith]
  • the Khagan
More Startling Than Tomorrow's Science Fiction
Story 12 0 pages science fiction
Credits
Story Notes

house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #37 [first appearance of the Metal Men], on sale January 30

Story 13 1 page
Ophiuchus and Aquila (1)
Story 14 1 page non-fiction; math & science
Storyline

origins of the names of constellations Ophiuchus and Aquila

Story 15 1 page
Story 16 1 page
Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.