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Issue: Strange Adventures #144
Publication Date: September 1962
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Issues: #144 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: 07/26/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 22 (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
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When the Earth Blacked Out!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Atomic Knights
Character(s): Atomic Knights
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In Content Item: FlagThe Atomic Knights #[nn] published July 2010
as Strange Adventures No. 144 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights #[nn] published August 2014
as When the Earth Blacked Out! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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For the Best in Comics Entertainment

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When the Earth Blacked Out! [Chapter 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Atomic Knights
Character(s): Atomic Knights [Gardner Grayle; Douglas Herald; Bryndon Smith; Marene Herald; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard]
Synopsis: The Knights meet a race of hostile mole-people from an underground civilization.
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #226 published September 1970
as When the Earth Blacked Out! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Atomic Knights #[nn] published July 2010
as When the Earth Blacked Out! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Atomic Knights #[nn] published July 2010
as Atomic Knight vs Mole Man [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]detail from splash
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights #[nn] published August 2014
as When the Earth Blacked Out! [Chapter 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Writer(s): Julius Schwartz ?
Penciller(s): ? (logo illustration)
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: informational
Feature(s): Spotlight on Science
First Line: On what basis do scientists theorize that the core of the Earth...
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Krypton, the World where Superman Was Born, Lives Again!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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When the Earth Blacked Out! Chapter 2

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: 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 mole-people are defeated because of their aversion to light. Later, Douglas reveals his discovery that the mole-people's first step in their plan was six years earlier when they began the nuclear war that destroyed most life on Earth.
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #226 published September 1970
as When the Earth Blacked Out! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Atomic Knights #[nn] published July 2010
as Table of Contents [Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)]page 13, panel 3
In Content Item: FlagThe Atomic Knights #[nn] published July 2010
as Introduction [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]page 13, panel 2
In Content Item: FlagThe Atomic Knights #[nn] published July 2010
as When the Earth Blacked Out! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights #[nn] published August 2014
as When the Earth Blacked Out! Chapter 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Fudge
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Writer(s): Julius Schwartz
Penciller(s): ? (logo illustration)
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spotlight on Strange Adventures
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Melvin Herbers; Danny Lasse; Paul Seydor; Rock Wood
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Optical -- Visual -- Spectroscopic -- Eclipsing Binary Stars

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Genres: informational
Feature(s): What's the Difference Between--
Synopsis: describes the difference between various types of stars
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Feature(s): Zenith Company
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Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Buzzy
Character(s): Buzzy Brown; Susie Gruff; Wolfie
Synopsis: Wolfie learns a lesson about playing pranks while swimming.
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Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated September 1952.
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The Imaginary Dooms!

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Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A young science fiction fan is accidentally brought to the planet Kor-Am to save its people from a strange menace, and he figures out the solution that had eluded them.
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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Pop
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Batman and Robin's Most Fantastic Foes!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
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Disclose Notes: house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #3
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See the Many Exciting Roles of Lois Lane...

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lois Lane
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Feature(s): Chet Atkins Method
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Feature(s): Frontier Cabin
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Feature(s): Convoy Terror
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Feature(s): Wallace Brown, Inc.
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Feature(s): Revolutionary War Soldiers
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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