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Strange Adventures, #5

Published: February 1951

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Issue Contents:
The Man Who Could Vanish!
Credits
The World Inside the Atom!

Story Featuring Chris KL-99

Storyline

Chris and his crew respond to a distress call from a sub-atomic world, where they liberate the population from an oppressive tyrant.

Credits
The Perfect Weapon!
Storyline

Physicist Hiram Sprague develops a force field to protect cities against atomic attack and accidentally cuts off his city from the outside world.

Credits
Mr. Wilkins Sees the Future!
Storyline

Ordinary, average man, Roy Wilkins, glimpses the future and discovers that he's destined to become famous.

Credits
Story Notes

Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

The Man Who Could Vanish!
Storyline

A scientist makes a criminal invisible and when the crook becomes bored with theft, he begins to invisibly aid the police.

Credits
Genie of the Bottle
Storyline

Benedictus invents saftey glass.

Credits

"Why is ice slippery?"

Storyline

A short science quiz.

Credits

Story Featuring Professor Eureka

"So you'd like the job as my assistant?"

Storyline

A young man learns what the professor means by "travel."

Credits
Story Notes

This story is on the upper 3/4 page between the science quiz and the Columbia bicycle advertisement.

The World of Adventure in Books
Storyline

Tomahawk, Green Arrow, and the Shining Knight explain to two boys how exciting reading can be.

Credits
Your Christmas Daisy
Story Notes

An advertisement for Daisy Manufacturing Co., "1000-Shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine" featuring Red Ryder. Back cover.

"Now any auto repair job can be a 'push-over' for you!"

Story Notes

An advertisement for MoToR's "Auto Repair Manual." Inside back cover

Lucky Block
Story Notes

A sequential art advertisement for Nestle's "Crunch" candy bar. This advertisement appears on the lower 1/4 page between the vanishing man story and the "Genie of the Bottle" story.

"Be king of the road with this great bike!"

Story Notes

An advertisement for Westfield Manufacturing's "Columbia" bicycle. This advertisement is on the lower 1/4 page between the Professor Eureka story and the Tomahawk ad.

"Panic stalks the forest at the dread cry of 'Warpath!'"

Story Notes

An in-house promotional advertisement for Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series) #3.

Western Saddle Ring!
Story Notes

An advertisement for Smith Brothers Cough Drops, highlighting a novelty ring available with a Smith Brothers Cough Drops boxtop. This advertisement is on the lower half of the page between the "Heavenly Twins" story and the public service announcement.

Heavenly Twins
Storyline

The facts about the discovery of binary stars.

Story Notes

This story is on the upper half of the page between the "Mr. Wilkins" story and the western saddle ring advertisement.

Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes

An in-house promotional advertisement for the DC line, emphasizing their editorial advisory board of psychiatrists, juvenile justice officials, and other authorities on juvenile behavior. This advertisement is on the lower half of the page between the Dubble Bubble advertisement and the "Mr. Wilkins" story.

"Gee, Tommy, what a neat skating sweater!"

Credits
Story Notes

A sequential art advertisement for Fleer's chewing gum, "Double Bubble." This advertisement is on the upper half of the page, between the Nabisco advertisement and the Editorial Advisory Board statement.

"See yourself in Straight Arrow's cave!"

Story Notes

An advertisement for a novelty ring available with a boxtop from National Biscuit Company's breakfast cereal, "Nabisco Shredded Wheat."

Captain Tootsie at the Snow Carnival

Ad Featuring Captain Tootsie , Ad Featuring Tootsie Roll

Storyline

Captain Tootsie exposes a fake snow sculpture.

Characters
Other
Credits
Sensational Bargain Offer!
Story Notes

An advertisement for General Mills' breakfast cereal, "Wheaties," highlighting Disney comics as promotional items available with two Wheaties boxtops.

"New -- and Great!"

Story Notes

An in-house promotional advertisement for Big Town (DC, 1951 series). Inside front cover.