Strange Adventures, #140
Published: May 1962
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Prisoner of the Space-Patch!
Credits
- Pencils: Murphy Anderson
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Prisoner of the Space Patch!
Storyline
Astronaut Bill Morton is teleported away by aliens who need his help to save their planet, but their plan is faulty, which leaves him stuck between dimensions.
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Murphy Anderson
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
Story Notes
Letters submitted by Melvin Herbers; Andy Wickstrom; Paul Seydor
"Water is composed of a mixture of hydrogen..."
Storyline
misconceptions about scientific fact
The Strange Adventure that Really Happened!
Storyline
An alien invasion begins, and DC writer Gardner Fox realizes that it is happening exactly as he just wrote it in a story for the Strange Adventures comic book, but now the pages of his story are blank and he can't remember how the aliens were defeated in the end.
Characters
- Sid Greene
- General Fred Herron [writer Ed "France" Herron]
- Ed Eisenberg (DC production staffer)
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Sid Greene
- Inks: Sid Greene
- Letters: Sid Greene
Story Notes
Letters credit added by Bob Bailey.
More Startling than Tomorrow's Science Fiction!
Credits
- Pencils: Ross Andru
- Inks: Mike Esposito
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
house ad for Showcase (DC, 1856 series) #38 [second appearance of the Metal Men]; on sale March 29
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
Story Notes
scientific inquiries from readers A.T., I.L., E.R., O.W., L. F.
"Compared to the weight of the body, the hummingbird..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz (uncertain)
Just One Second!
Credits
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
house ad for The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #128
Surprise Story of the Year!
Credits
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
house ad for Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #75 [Adam Strange teams with the Justice League]
The Case of the Worn-Out Robot!
Storyline
Robot secretary Ilda is declared obsolete and must report to the junkyard for destruction, but there she stumbles on the kidbapped Mercurian diplomat that her boss, Star Hawkins, is searching for. She alerts him, the diplomat is rescued, and she receives a ten-year reprieve.
Characters
- Star Hawkins
- Ilda
Credits
- Script: John Broome
- Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Featuring Justice League of America; Green Lantern
"For the very best..."
Time-Out for Talk!
Storyline
Tim and Mike learn to talk out their disagreements instead of fighting.
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.