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169October 1964
$0.12

Strange Adventures #169

DC · October 1964 · on sale 1964-08-27

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Series
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#169
Publication date
October 1964
Key date
1964-10-00
On-sale date
1964-08-27
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 Robot X-1!cover1pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Chuck Cuidera; letters: Ira Schnapp
1Smoking Is for Squares!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Prisoners of the Hour Glasscomic story7.67pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman
4-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
5-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffMoolah the Mystic
8The Criminal Who Couldn't Do Evil!comic story8.67pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
12-text article1script: Jack Miller
13-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
15The Secret of Robot X-1!comic story7.67pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort Meskin

Plus 6.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

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