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Issue: Strange Adventures #157
Publication Date: October 1963
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Issues: #157 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: 08/29/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

Script, pencils, and inks credits for cover and main stories listed in letter column of #161.
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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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Plight of the Human Cocoons!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
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In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #3 published June 2008
as [Cover - Strange Adventures #157]; Plight of the Human Cocoons! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Play It Safe!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: A day in the life of a forest ranger (billed as a "true story from the records of the Minnesota Warden Service").
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
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Plight of the Human Cocoons!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella; Frank Giacoia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Four men from Earth are captured by friendly aliens who need their help to discover the reason why they are shrinking.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Writer, Penciller and Inker credits listed in Strange Adventures 161,
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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): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 0.33
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The Flashiest News of the Year

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: house ad for Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1, on sale August 15
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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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: Two pounds of feed are necessary to develop one pound of chicken-broiler...
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Pages: 1
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The Immortality Seekers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Herron
Penciller(s): Sid Greene
Inker(s): Sid Greene
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sid Greene
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Aliens visit Earth to rediscover the secret of immortality which was found there millions of years earlier by another member of their race, but lost before he could reveal it to his home world.
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Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Writer, Penciller and Inker credits listed in Strange Adventures 161.
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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): Tootsie Roll Pop
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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 Paul B. Schotz; Joe Finley; John Page
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Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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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): Zenith Company
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Pages: 0.5
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Rescue by Moonlight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): John Giunta; Murphy Anderson ? (narrator's head)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Feature(s): Space Museum
Character(s): Alan Strange (descendant of Adam Strange in the 25th century); Tommy Parker; Howard Parker; Llalla (first appearance)
Synopsis: Tommy's father relates the story of Alan Strange, who stopped thieves from stealing some parastil, a rare metal used to make money in the 25th century.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Adam Strange Archives #3 published June 2008
as Rescue By Moonlight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Writer, Penciller and Inker credits listed in Strange Adventures 161.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Fudge
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Pages: 0.33
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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First Line: Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines...
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blast Off
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Pages: 0.5
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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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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 100 Toy Soldiers
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): 104 Kings' Knights
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wallace Brown, Inc.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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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): Revolutionary War Soldiers
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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