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81June 1957
$0.10

Strange Adventures #81

DC · June 1957 · on sale 1957-04-21

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Series
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#81
Publication date
June 1957
Key date
1957-06-00
On-sale date
1957-04-21
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Secret of the Shrinking Twins!cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Secret of the Shrinking Twins!comic story6script: John Broome; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Bernard Sachs
3You'll Want to Join Up with Sgt. Bilkopromo (ad from the publisher)1
4-cartoon1script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tommy Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn
5The Spaceman of 1,000 Disguises!comic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Joe Giella
6-comic story0.5script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tommy Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn
8Worldwide Adventures in Science!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
9The Friendly Enemies from Space!comic story6script: Ed Herron; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Bernard Sachs
10Hazards of Bird-Flight!text article2script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
11-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12The Magic Box from Nowhere!comic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Frank Giacoia; inks: Joe Giella

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures #2
ISBN 978-1-4012-3846-9
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