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29February 1953
$0.10

Strange Adventures #29

DC · February 1953 · on sale 1952-12-29

First appearance: Emery Zackro
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Identification plate

Series
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#29
Publication date
February 1953
Key date
1953-02-00
On-sale date
1952-12-29
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Emery Zackro - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Life Ray!cover1pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Sy Barry; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Time Capsule from 1,000,000 B.C.!comic story7.67script: John Broome; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Joe GiellaAdam Blake, Captain Comet, Emery Zackro First
4-cartoon0.5script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
7Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
8The Secret of the Life-Ray!comic story5.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Bernard SachsNorman Harris; alien (unnamed)
10Uranium, Aurora, Solsticecartoon0.5script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
12Superboy Talks About... "The Holiday Spirit!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
13The Man with the Super-Spectacles!comic story5.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Bernard Sachs
14-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
15X-Ray Shadowstext article2script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
16The Space-Ship from Nowhere!comic story6script: Sam Merwin; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Bernard Sachs

Plus 5.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Tales of the Unexpected #221958On eBay ›
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #261958On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #2829 of 244#30 ›

Sources

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