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143August 1962
$0.12

Strange Adventures #143

DC · August 1962 · on sale 1962-06-26

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Series
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#143
Publication date
August 1962
Key date
1962-08-00
On-sale date
1962-06-26
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Face in the Atom Bomb Cloud!cover1pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Face in the Atom-Bomb Cloud!comic story8.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson
3-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
4Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
5Krypton, the World where Superman Was Born, Lives Again!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp
7-letters page1script: Julius Schwartz
8The Two-Way Time-Traveler!comic story7.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar SaladinoTod White (scientist); Doctor Phalaron (Doctor of Thereomatics)
9Have You Seen the New Comicpacpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp
10Batman and Robin's Most Fantastic Foes!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: Ira Schnapp
11See the Many Exciting Roles of Lois Lane...promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger; letters: Ira Schnapp
12-text article1script: Julius Schwartz
13Case of the Unwanted Robot!comic story7.67script: John Broome; pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Bernard Sachs; letters: Gaspar SaladinoStar Hawkins; Ilda
14You Must Not Miss These Great Issues!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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