Strange Adventures #39 (1953) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits
0	The Guilty Gorilla!	cover	1	pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
1	Binky Says: "Know Your Community!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Guilty Gorilla!	comic story	5.67	script: John Broome; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson
4	Of Time and Earth!	cartoon	0.5
6	-	cartoon	1
7	The Negative Invasion!	comic story	5.67	script: Sid Gerson; pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Joe Giella
9	-	cartoon	0.5
11	-	cartoon	1	pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger
12	The Carbon-Copy Genius	comic story	6	script: Sid Gerson; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Sy Barry
13	-	text article	2	letters: typeset
15	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
16	Phantom Earth	comic story	6	script: Sid Gerson; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Bernard Sachs
17	Three Smashing Adventures	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 4.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #146	1978	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Science Fiction: The Gorilla World #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-215-9	2025	On eBay ›

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