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Issue: Strange Adventures #163
Publication Date: April 1964
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Issues: #163 of 244 Issues
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: 02/27/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Hawkman #1 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
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Creature in the Black Light!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
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The Golden Rule

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Character(s): Bob Hope
Synopsis: The Golden Rule is universal.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated April 1967.
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The Creature in the Black Light!

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A scientist tries to discover the secret of an invisible alien that can only be seen in black light.
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Pages: 12
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: 104 classic racing foreign modern cars...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: There are 35,000 taste bud receptors on the tongue of an ox...
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Electrifying announcement!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Hawkman (DC, 1964 series) #1, on sale February 20
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Marvin Sandler and Bruce Yunker.

Editor Schwartz talks about leaving this title and taking on Batman (DC, 1940 series) and Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series).
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How Can Time Be Stopped?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Star Rovers [Homer Glint; Karel Sorenson; Rick Purvis]
Synopsis: The Rovers must figure out how to stop the lizard aliens who are planning to conquer Earth with a time-weapon that has already turned Homer into an old man and Karel into a teenager.
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In Content Item: FlagFrom beyond the Unknown #22 published April 1973
as How Can Time Be Stopped? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12.67
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
First Line: For the very best in comics reading
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Pages: 0.33
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First Line: Be first in your neighborhood...
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132 "Fighting Ships"

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Disclose Notes: Sold by Helen of Toy.
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Task Force

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Helen of Toy.
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100 Pc. Toy Soldier Set

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Letterer(s): typeset
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[untitled]

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First Line: Brother, can you spare a dime...
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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First Line: Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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