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17February 1952
$0.10

Strange Adventures #17

DC · February 1952 · on sale 1951-12-26

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Series
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#17
Publication date
February 1952
Key date
1952-02-00
On-sale date
1951-12-26
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Beware the Synthetic Men!cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane; letters: Ira Schnapp
1Buzzy Says: "Be Yourself-- Your Best Self!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBuzzy
2Beware the Synthetic Men!comic story7.67script: Edgar Ray Merritt; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino
6Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
7The Last Days of Earth!comic story7.75script: Gardner F. Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella
10Frederick Wilhelm Besselcomic story0.67script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
11-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
12Magnetic Attraction!text article2script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
13The Brain of Dr. Royer!comic story7.67script: Manny Rubin; pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Bernard Sachs
15-cartoon0.67script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
17Why Summer Is Hot and Winter Coldcomic story1script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker

Plus 5.74 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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