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Issue: Strange Adventures #159
Publication Date: December 1963
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Issues: #159 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: 10/29/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Mystery in Space #88 and 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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The Maze of Time!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Norton Products
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Maze of Time!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Gil Kane [as G. K.] (signed)
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson [as M. A.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: An alien race decides to test the humans of Earth by sending three astronauts back in time and seeing how they deal with prehistoric menaces, and how they solve the problem of returning to their own time.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCentury Comic #93 published January 1963
as The Maze of Time [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
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Now -- Together -- In One Great Magazine!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell
Inker(s): Howard Purcell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman; Hawkman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: house ad for The Brave and the Bold, (DC, 1955 series) #51
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The Untold Stories of Superman!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #8, on sale November 21
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Batman and Robin's Most Thrilling Mystery Cases!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #6, on sale November 14
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Your Free Trip Around the World!

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: After telling the boys some tales, the sea captain takes them to the library where they can travel anywhere just by reading.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated June 1966.
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Yes Virginia-- There Is a Martian!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inker(s): Carmine Infantino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Eddie Purvis
Synopsis: Eddie Purvis and his parents help a stranded Martian return to his people.
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In Content Item: FlagCentury Comic #93 published January 1963
as Yes Virginia, There Is a Martian [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrom Beyond the Unknown #13 published October 1971
as Yes, Virginia -- There Is a Martian! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Atom; The Flash
First Line: For the very best...
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Pages: 0.33
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Julius Schwartz ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Amazing Ratios
First Line: Although the life history of the moth and butterfly are quite similar...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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 Joseph Farrell; Don Stanwood; Robert Malisani; Jeff Sosnaud
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Will the Star Rovers Abandon Earth?

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
Feature(s): Star Rovers
Character(s): Star Rovers [Rick Purvis; Karel Sorenson; Homer Glint]
Synopsis: Each of the Rovers suffers an accident on another world that makes it impossible to return to Earth.
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In Content Item: FlagFrom Beyond the Unknown #21 published February 1973
as Will the Star Rovers Abandon Earth? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10.67
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Series continued from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series).
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mystery in Space; Justice League of America
First Line: For the very best...
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Pages: 0.33
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
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First Line: Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines...
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Littleton Coin Co.
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Zenith Co.
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Task Force
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Pages: 1
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126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gilbert Auto-rama
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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