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138March 1962
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Strange Adventures #138

DC · March 1962 · on sale 1962-01-25

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Series
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#138
Publication date
March 1962
Key date
1962-03-00
On-sale date
1962-01-25
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Secret of the Dinosaur Skeleton!cover1pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Secret of the Dinosaur Skeleton!comic story8.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe GiellaKandar; Jim Hanson; Oarda
3-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
4From Many Lands...public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Lou Cameron; inks: Lou Cameron; letters: Ira Schnapp
5The Fantastic Fingers of Felix Faust!promo (ad from the publisher)0.67pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
6Now in a Magazine of His Own!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy; letters: Ira Schnapp
7The Man Who Climbed Into Space!comic story7.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Bernard Sachs
8The Flash; Green Lanternpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
9-letters page1script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi
10-cartoon1script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn
11The Attack of the Giant Dogs!comic story8.67script: John Broome; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy AndersonAtomic Knights [Gardner Grayle; Douglas Herald; Marene Herald; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard; Bryndon Smith]; the Khagan
12More Startling Than Tomorrow's Science Fictionpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Ira Schnapp
14Ophiuchus and Aquilacartoon0.5script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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