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1August-September 1950
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Strange Adventures #1

DC · August-September 1950 · on sale 1950-06-21

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Identification plate

Series
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
August-September 1950
Key date
1950-08-00
On-sale date
1950-06-21
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Destination Mooncover1letters: Ira Schnapp
1Danger Trailpromo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Menace of the Green Nebula!comic story10script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard ShermanChris KL-99 (introduction); Halk; Jerro; Loopy; Jan Varden
4Job Counselorpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
5The Girl Who Couldn't Die!comic story8script: David V. Reed; pencils: Paul Norris; inks: Bernard SachsDarwin Jones; Eve Wilcox; Marko; Pablo
6Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
8Mr. Futurecomic story5script: Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, Bernie Breslauer; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang; editing: Mort WeisingerH. G. Wells
9Message to Parentspublic service announcement0.5letters: typeset
11The Second Delugecomic story8script: Gardner F. Fox, Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Sy BarryJohn Marquait; Alan Dennis; Lina Marquait
12Pioneers In Sciencecartoon0.67script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tommy Nicolosi
14The Man Who Lived 2000 Years!text story2pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
15Destination Moon!comic story8script: Gardner Fox, Robert Heinlein; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Fischetti; editing: Mort WeisingerJim Barnes; Dr. Charles Cargraves; General Thayer; Joe Sweeney
16Through the Telescopecartoon0.67script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tommy Nicolosi
18Calling All Science Fiction Fans!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 4.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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