Strange Adventures, #18
Published: March 1952
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Issue Contents:
The World of Flying Men!
Characters
- Captain Comet
Credits
- Pencils: Murphy Anderson
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
The Team's the Thing!
Storyline
Leave It to Binky: Binky teaches his younger brother about the importance of teamwork when playing sports.
Characters
- Binky Biggs
- Allergy Biggs
- Hank Borden
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Bob Oksner
- Inks: Bob Oksner
- Letters: Ira Schnapp (uncertain)
Story Notes
Inside front cover. Published as a public service in cooperation with leading national social welfare and youth-serving organizations.
The World of Flying Men!
Storyline
When Professor Zackro receives a distress signal from space, he and Captain Comet respond, traveling to the asteroid Thule, where they discover a young woman from Earth (daughter of Zackro's old friend) who has been raised as the child of the asteroid's kindly ruler.
Characters
- Captain Comet
- Professor Zackro
- Doriana
- King Afthors
Credits
- Script: Brad Perri
- Pencils: Murphy Anderson
- Inks: Sy Barry
Story Notes
Script and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Charlie Wild and the Hitch-Hiker
Featuring Superman and the Mole Men
Girl in the Golden Flower!
Storyline
An alien spore takes root in Brad Mulford's windowbox, blooming into a peculiar flower. Soon after, he begins to have strange dreams of a girl who takes him on various alien travels, but when the flower eventually dies, so does the girl in the dreams.
Characters
- Flora
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils: Gin
- Inks: Sy Barry
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story page credits "Robert Starr" which was a pseudonym Julius Schwartz used to make it look like he had more writers. Bob Hughes via email.
What Sparks a Champion --Sparks You!
One-Way Trip to Mars!
Storyline
David Trent answers a classified ad placed by Professor Norris that offers a trip to Mars from which no one will return.
Characters
- David Trent
- Professor Norris
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox (uncertain)
- Script: Jean-Louis Humblet (uncertain)
- Pencils: Bob Oksner
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Writer (Gardner Fox) and art credits are from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. However, "John Osgood" is a pseudonym used by John Broome at both DC and Fawcett, so it is possible that the Fox credit (the only known instance of Fox using this pseudonym) in the Schwartz records is in error. Until further analysis of the script is undertaken, the authorship of this story is in question.
"Life on Earth may be destroyed some day by a passing comet..."
Credits
- Script: Mort Drucker
- Pencils: Mort Drucker
- Inks: Mort Drucker
- Letters: Mort Drucker
Character Study! (1)
Featuring General Science Quiz
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
- Pencils: Luca Maresca
- Inks: Luca Maresca
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
The Man in the Mystery Mask!
Storyline
Ross Rackett travels 500 years into the future to avoid being caught for murdering Abner Primm.
Characters
- Ross Rackett
- Abner Primm
- Hector Van
Credits
- Script: Paulo Maffia
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Bernard Sachs
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.