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166July 1964
$0.12

Strange Adventures #166

DC · July 1964 · on sale 1964-05-28

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Series
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#166
Publication date
July 1964
Key date
1964-07-00
On-sale date
1964-05-28
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Space Pets for Sale!cover1pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
2I Lived in Two Bodies!comic story8.67pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack SparlingCliff Battles
4Learn from Your Hobbies!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
5Watch for the First Superboy 80 Page Annual!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp
6The Hermit Who Haunted Mt. Menacecomic story7.67pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell
8-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffPeter Puptent
9House of Secrets; House of Mysterypromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
10-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
11-text article1letters: typeset
12Space Pets for Sale!comic story7.67pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman
14The Whole Batman Family!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Sheldon Moldoff, Curt Swan; inks: Sheldon Moldoff, Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 5.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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