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Issue: Strange Adventures #230
Publication Date: May 1971
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Issues: #230 of 243 Issues (244 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/25/1971
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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Secret of the Moon Sphinx!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #79 published February 1973
as Secret of the Moon Sphinx! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-751
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Secret of the Moon Sphinx!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystery in Space #36 published February 1957
was Secret of the Moon Sphinx! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Job Number: S-762
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Book mistakenly credits Bernard Sachs as inker.
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Threat of the Witch-Woman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Atomic Knights
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #156 published September 1963
was Threat of the Witch-Woman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15.34
Job Number: S-763
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story in two parts of 9.67 and 5.67 pages.
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Search for a Lost World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #82 published January 1971
as Search for a Lost World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #67 published April 1956
was Search for a Lost World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-764
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Life Battery!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #78 published March 1957
was The Life Battery! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-765
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Prisoner of Two Worlds!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Darwin Jones
Character(s): Darwin Jones
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMighty Comic #88 published April 1972
as Prisoner of Two Worlds [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #58 published July 1955
was Prisoner of Two Worlds! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-766
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Riddle of the Runaway Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystery in Space #40 published October 1957
was Riddle of the Runaway Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-767
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Vengeance of the Dust Devil!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Adam Strange; Alanna; Jakarta (a dust devil, name revealed in this story, last seen in Mystery in Space #68, next seen in Mystery In Space #84); unnamed citizens of Melbourne, Australia; unnamed citizens of Ranagar; a female hobby shop clerk in Melbourne
Synopsis: Adam Strange returns to Rann, unknowingly carrying Jakarta, the last surviving Dust Devil. It found a way to avoid being turned into glass like the rest of his race and, seeking revenge, he attacks Ranangar. When the pair return to Earth near Melbourne, Australia, Adam accidentally discovers that static electricity can freeze Jakarta, traps him with a Wimshurst Machine (a machine that discharges electricity) and then turns the Dust Devil over to Australian authorities where he is immobilized and kept in a prison laboratory.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystery in Space #70 published September 1961
was Vengeance of the Dust Devil! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Job Number: S-768
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Adam is given a replacement jet-rocket for the one he lost in Mystery in Space #69. It's revealed that Adam has a secret hideaway in the Australian Outback. Writer Fox took the name Jakarta from the capital and largest city of Indonesia.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-760
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Jim Vlcko, Rudy Rankins and Gerard Triano.

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