Strange Adventures, #143
Published: August 1962
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The Face in the Atom Bomb Cloud!
Credits
- Pencils: Murphy Anderson
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
- Colors: Jack Adler (uncertain)
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Face in the Atom-Bomb Cloud!
Storyline
The Andrann, a group of alien conquerors, has been exiled on a remote planetoid. They develop a plan to blackmail Earth into giving them gold, which has chemical properties that will give them great power, but they are tricked when they receive fool's gold (iron pyrite) instead.
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Murphy Anderson
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
"Boys and girls..."
Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!
Storyline
Alvin learns that it's hard to get a good job unless you finish school, and decides against dropping out.
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Later appears in DC comics cover-dated February 1963.
Krypton, the World where Superman Was Born, Lives Again!
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: George Klein
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #5, on sale June 14
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
Story Notes
Letters submitted by Rick Wood; Windell Mabry; Doug Storer
The Two-Way Time-Traveler!
"Caught in the remorseless ebb and flow of past and future, Nuclear Scientist Tod White faces an awesome doom!"
Storyline
Scientist Tod White is inexplicably transported to different eras in time without warning and must find someone in the future who can help him before he is transported away again. Ironically enough, when Tod reaches the year 3087, they know all about him and use him to go into the past to obtain soil and rocks that had been bathed in radition to save the world of that year!
Characters
- Tod White (scientist)
- Doctor Phalaron (Doctor of Thereomatics)
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Joe Giella
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino (uncertain)
Story Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. The dates mentioned when Tod wakes up on his travels are stated to be: April 6, 1917, 2007, 2187, 3087, 838, and finally back to 1962.
Have You Seen the New Comicpac
Featuring Comicpac
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: George Klein
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
house ad for the Comicpac, 4 DC comics in a plastic bag for 47 cents; shown with small cover reproduction of Action Comics #391
Batman and Robin's Most Fantastic Foes!
Credits
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #3, on sale June 19
See the Many Exciting Roles of Lois Lane...
Credits
- Pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger
- Inks: Kurt Schaffenberger
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
house ad for Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #1, on sale June 7
"Why are astronomers so prejudiced..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz (uncertain)
Story Notes
scientific inquiries from readers
Case of the Unwanted Robot!
Storyline
Star Hawkins gets a job from the Asteroid Tourist Bureau to find out who has been exploding small asteroids lately, but it's robot secretary Ilda who stumbles on the perpetrators, since she isn't allowed into the fancy hotel where Hawkins is distracted by several beautful women.
Characters
- Star Hawkins
- Ilda
Credits
- Script: John Broome
- Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino (uncertain)
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Featuring Task Force
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.