Issue Contents:
Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons!
Characters
- Adam Strange
- Alanna
Credits
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
132 Pc. Roman Soldiers Set
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons! [Part 1]
Storyline
Hawkman and Hawkgirl bring Adam and Alanna back to Earth to get married, but Mortan uses the zeta-beam to bring Alanna back to Rann and to lead Adam into a trap.
Characters
- Adam Strange
- Alanna
- Hawkman [Carter Hall
- Katar Hol] (cameo)
- Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall
- Shayer Hol] (cameo)
- Mortan (villain)
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
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Names Do Hurt!
Storyline
Jim learns a lesson when he calls other people names.
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff (uncertain)
- Inks: Morris Waldinger (uncertain)
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons, Part 2
Characters
- Adam Strange
- Mortan
- Alanna
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Sequence added by Bob Bailey.
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100 Magnets
Story Notes
LOC from readers John DeVries, Andy Wickstrom, Michael Sterling, and Charles Csizmar.
The No-Name Planet!
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Sid Greene
- Inks: Sid Greene
- Letters: Sid Greene
Story Notes
Page count changed and letterer added. Since this was the last Julius Schwartz science-fiction comic (published after Strange Adventures #163) before his assignment to the Batman titles, Sid Greene drew three portraits of Schwartz on the last page. (Note added by Bob Bailey.)
Featuring Strange Adventures; Detective Comics
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"It takes 24 1/2 days for the sun to make a complete revolution..."
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Story Notes
Inside back cover.
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Story Notes
Back cover.