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173February 1965
$0.12

Strange Adventures #173

DC · February 1965 · on sale 1964-12-31

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Series
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#173
Publication date
February 1965
Key date
1965-02-00
On-sale date
1964-12-31
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 Double Life of a Creature!cover1pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
1Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Secret of the Fantasy Filmscomic story8.67script: Dave Wood; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort Meskin
4Two Great Heroes... in One Magazine!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee Elias; letters: Ira Schnapp
5-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffProfessor Eureka
7Ilda -- the Glamour Robotcomic story7.67script: Dave Wood; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane; letters: Gaspar SaladinoStar Hawkins; Ilda
8House of Mystery; House of Secretspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
10-text article1script: Jack Miller
11The Double Life of a Creature!comic story8script: Dave Wood; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
12-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Curt Swan, Sheldon Moldoff, Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; letters: Ira SchnappSuperman; Batman; Sgt. Frank Rock
13-promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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