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Strange Adventures, #143

Published: August 1962

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The Face in the Atom Bomb Cloud!
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The Face in the Atom-Bomb Cloud!
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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.

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The Two-Way Time-Traveler!

"Caught in the remorseless ebb and flow of past and future, Nuclear Scientist Tod White faces an awesome doom!"

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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!

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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.

Case of the Unwanted Robot!

Story Featuring Star Hawkins

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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.

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Story Featuring Spotlight on Science

"Why are astronomers so prejudiced..."

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Story Notes

scientific inquiries from readers

See the Many Exciting Roles of Lois Lane...

Story Featuring Lois Lane

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Story Notes

house ad for Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #1, on sale June 7

Batman and Robin's Most Fantastic Foes!

Story Featuring Batman and Robin

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Story Notes

house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #3, on sale June 19

Have You Seen the New Comicpac
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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

Letter Column Featuring Spotlight on Strange Adventures

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Letters submitted by Rick Wood; Windell Mabry; Doug Storer

Krypton, the World where Superman Was Born, Lives Again!

Story Featuring Superman

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house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #5, on sale June 14

Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!
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Alvin learns that it's hard to get a good job unless you finish school, and decides against dropping out.

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Story Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Later appears in DC comics cover-dated February 1963.

Ad Featuring 100 Toy Soldiers

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Back cover.

Ad Featuring Junior Sales Club of America Cards

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Inside back cover.

Ad Featuring Frontier Cabin

Ad Featuring Chet Atkins Method

You Must Not Miss These Great Issues!

Ad Featuring Palisades Amusement Park Admission

"Boys and girls..."

Ad Featuring American Body Building Club

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Inside front cover.