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Issue: Strange Adventures #141
Publication Date: June 1962
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Issues: #141 of 243 Issues (244 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/26/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S.; Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Digital Edition
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Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Battle Between the Two Earths!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #14 [Direct] published October 1981
as Classic Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Tomorrow's Stars Appear Today!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy; Joe Kubert; Gil Kane; Ross Andru
Inker(s): Nick Cardy; Joe Kubert; Murphy Anderson; Mike Esposito
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover; house ad for Aquaman (DC, 1962 series). Hawkman [then appearing in The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series)], Atom (DC, 1962 series) and Metal Men [then appearing in Showcase (DC, 1956 series)]
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Battle Between the Two Earths!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Invaders from the planet Ergdol, which is located in the Earth's orbit, but on the opposite side of the sun, plan to conquer Earth using a small model of the planet at the entrance of the World's Fair.
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In Content Item: FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #14 [Direct] published October 1981
as Battle between Two Earths! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Your Pass to New Worlds!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: Frank takes his friends to the public library where they are impressed with the different kinds of books that can teach them new things.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
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Big-Big-Big News About a Small-Small-Small Super-Hero!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Atom
Character(s): Atom; Jason Woodrue
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #1, on sale April 24
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Julius Schwartz
Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger
Inker(s): Tommy Nicolosi
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Spotlight on Strange Adventures
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Steve Perrin; Steve Stern; Paul Seydor
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Gran'pa Fights a Space-War!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Sid Greene
Inker(s): Sid Greene
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Johnny's grandfather has been telling stories for years about encountering alien invaders during World War I. No one but Johnny actually believes the stories, until the aliens return in the present, and Gran'pa knows how to defeat them.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic #72 published September 1962
as Gran'pa Fights a Space War [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
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Wheet! Wheet!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Brave and the Bold; Hawkman
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: house ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #42, on sale April 26
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 100 Toy Soldiers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Garcelon Stamp Co.
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Julius Schwartz
Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger (logo illustration)
Inker(s): Tommy Nicolosi (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Spotlight on Science
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: scientific inquiries from readers H.T., A.E., H.T., N.P., V.A., I.S.
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Menace of the Metal Looters!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Feature(s): The Atomic Knights
Character(s): Atomic Knights [Gardner Grayle; Marene Herald; Douglas Herald; Bryndon Smith; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard]
Synopsis: The Knights encounter alien raiders who want to steal their armor, which was exposed to radiation and turned into the metal that the aliens call Zaxion, which they have used to conquer many planets.
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #225 published July 1970
as Menace of the Metal Looters! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #66 published December 1970
as Menace of the Metal-Looters! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantomet #6/1987 published January 1987
as Trusselen fra metallplyndrerne! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Atomic Knights #[nn] published July 2010
as Menace of the Metal-Looters! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights #[nn] published August 2014
as Menace of the Metal-Looters! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Adam Strange
First Line: Roam the black gulfs of interplanetary space...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: house ad for Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #76
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Salada Tea Bags
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Pages: 1
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For the Best in Comics Entertainment

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Honor House Prod. Corp.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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