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9June 1951
$0.10

Strange Adventures #9

DC · June 1951 · on sale 1951-04-30

First appearance: Captain CometFirst appearance: Adam BlakeOrigin: Adam Blake
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Identification plate

Series
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#9
Publication date
June 1951
Key date
1951-06-00
On-sale date
1951-04-30
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Captain Comet - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Adam Blake - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Adam Blake, Captain Comet.

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 Origin of Captain Comet!cover1pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Ira SchnappAdam Blake First, Captain Comet First
1Top Value in America's Top Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Origin of Captain Comet!comic story10script: John Broome; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Bernard Sachs; letters: Pat GordonAdam Blake First, Captain Comet First
5Push-Button Paradisecomic story7.67script: Gardner F. Fox; pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Bernard SachsJan Dat; Don Walker
9The Mad Worldcomic story10script: John Osgood; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Joe GiellaThon Blayne; Oria; Ogralb; Karbus
12Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
13Up in the Air!text article2script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond Perry
14The Exile of Spacecomic story10script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy AndersonChris KL99; Halk; Jerro; Loopy; Mirdath; Rork
15-comic story0.5script: Irwin Hasen; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen; letters: Irwin HasenProfessor Brainstorm; Mrs. Brainstorm
17-comic story0.75script: Irwin Hasen; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen; letters: Irwin HasenRobbie the Robot
19Superboy Says: "Know Your Country!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperboy; Sigrid; Sigrid's mother

Plus 7.58 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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