Strange Adventures #40 (1954) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Mind Monster!	cover	1	pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp	Adam Blake, Captain Comet
1	Home, Sweet Home!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Mind Monster	comic story	7.67	script: John Broome; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Bernard Sachs
6	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
7	From Eternity to Here!	comic story	6	script: Sid Gerson; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella
8	-	cartoon	0.5
10	-	cartoon	1
11	Earth's Unlucky Day!	comic story	4	script: John Broome; pencils: Sy Barry; inks: Sy Barry
12	-	text article	2	letters: typeset
13	Three Smashing Adventures of Superman	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
14	The Return of the Conqueror	comic story	5.67	script: John Broome; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Bernard Sachs

Plus 5.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Strange Adventures #226	1970	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Science Fiction: The Gorilla World #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-215-9	2025	On eBay ›

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