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187April 1966
$0.12

Strange Adventures #187

DC · April 1966 · on sale 1966-02-24

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Series
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#187
Publication date
April 1966
Key date
1966-04-00
On-sale date
1966-02-24
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 Weirdest Prison on Earth!cover1pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling; letters: Ira Schnapp
1The Enchantress of Terror Castlecomic story8.67script: Bob Haney; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Stan StarkmanThe Enchantress [June Moone] (girlfriend of Alan's, introduction, origin); Alan Dell (socialite); evil spirit (villain)
2Who Are the Real Kings of Super-Speed?promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
3-activity0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
4-in-house column0.5letters: typeset
5What's Your B. Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
6What Happened to My Wife and Kids?comic story7.67pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos
7The Weirdest Prison on Earthcomic story7.67pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling; letters: Stan Starkman
8The Epic Battle-Shocker That History Sidestepped...promo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp
9The Mourning Clocktext article1script: Jack Miller

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