Strange Adventures, #173
Published: February 1965
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The Double Life of a Creature!
Credits
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"
Storyline
Superboy puts out a fire at the Smallville Teen-Age Club which inspires them to start a project to educate people about fire prevention.
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Previously published in DC comics cover-dated July 1954.
The Secret of the Fantasy Films
Storyline
A man develops a process that seems to project a film audience directly into the action, but his financial backers learn that his discovery comes with a terrible price.
Credits
- Script: Dave Wood
- Pencils: Mort Meskin
- Inks: Mort Meskin
Story Notes
On the page between page 4 and page 5 of the previous story sequence.
Two Great Heroes... in One Magazine!
Credits
- Pencils: Lee Elias
- Inks: Lee Elias
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
house ad for Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #97
"At last! I have finished the perfect electronic brain!"
Characters
- Professor Eureka
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Coming Your Way in '65- The Greatest Superman Products Ever!
Story Notes
Ad for upcoming Superman branded products from various companies.
Ilda -- the Glamour Robot
Storyline
Ilda takes a second job as a movie actress but the producers are only trying to trick her into giving them information about Star's cases.
Characters
- Star Hawkins
- Ilda
Credits
- Script: Dave Wood
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Gil Kane
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Featuring House of Mystery; House of Secrets
"For the very best..."
"Soon after the ending of World War I..."
Credits
- Script: Jack Miller (uncertain)
The Double Life of a Creature!
Storyline
Professor Axoll finds a buried humanoid creature which turns out to be a policeman from an underground civilization.
Credits
- Script: Dave Wood
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
"Readers... the most sensational bargains in thrilling stories today..."
Characters
- Superman
- Batman
- Sgt. Frank Rock
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Pencils: Joe Kubert
- Inks: Joe Kubert
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
house ad for 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #5 (Batman), #6 (Superman), and #7 (Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales) on the page between page 5 and page 6 of the previous story sequence
"Make it a happy holiday..."
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Ad for a Gigantic Frankenstein model. Back cover.