Strange Adventures #109

DC Comics

United States

Published
October 1959
Page count
36
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
DC: Superman National Comics
 
DC: Superman National Comics
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/15274

Credits

Editing
Julius Schwartz, editor

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Show/hide Cover The Man Who Weighed 100 Tons! Cover, 1 page

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Genre
Science fiction

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Art
Gil Kane, line art
Colours
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Text
Ira Schnapp, letterer

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Printed in
Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #24 (avril 1960)
Show/hide 1. Draw Me (Art Instruction, Inc.) Advertisement, 1 page

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Art Instruction, Inc.

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Notes

Inside front cover.

Show/hide 2. The Man Who Weighed 100 Tons! Comic story, 9 pages

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Genre
Science fiction

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Writing
Gardner Fox, scripter
Art
Mike Sekowsky, penciller
 
Bernard Sachs, inker
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Text
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Printed in
Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #24 (avril 1960)
 
All Favourites Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #22 ([December 1960])

Notes

Cover story.

Show/hide 3. Untitled [Heat Conduction... Heat Convection... Heat Radiation...] (What's the Difference Between...) Cartoon, 0.5 pages

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What's the Difference Between...
Genre
Non-fiction; math & science

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Show/hide 4. Untitled (Palisades Amusement Park) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

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Palisades Amusement Park

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Show/hide 5. Untitled (Colorfoto) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

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Colorfoto

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Show/hide 6. Untitled (Frontier Cabin) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

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Frontier Cabin

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Show/hide 7. The Warning from One Million B.C.! Comic story, 7.67 pages

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Genre
Science fiction
Characters
Clyde Harrison; Professor Beatty

Credits

Writing
Otto Binder, scripter
Art
Sid Greene, line art
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Text
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Also printed
Australia
Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #23 (March 1960)
The Warning from One Million B.C.!
 
United States
From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #11 (June-July 1971)
The Warning from One Million B.C.!
Printed in
Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #32 (novembre 1960)

Synopsis

Clyde Harrison and Professor Beatty uncover seven robots while digging in the desert. The robots come to life and start to build some mechanism, but is it for good or evil?

Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Show/hide 8. Untitled (Green Lantern) Promo (ad from the publisher), 0.33 pages

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Green Lantern

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Show/hide 9. It's Fun to Learn! Public service announcement, 1 page

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Genre
Advocacy

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Writing
Jack Schiff, scripter
Art
Bernard Baily, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
Ira Schnapp, letterer

Synopsis

While helping his friends clear a lot for a ball field, a teen impresses them with the practical knowledge he learned in school.

Show/hide 10. Untitled (Amazing Asteroids) Cartoon, 0.5 pages

"The masses of some asteroids are so small..."

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Amazing Asteroids
Genre
Non-fiction; math & science

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Printed in
The Atom (DC, 1962 series) #15 (October-November 1964)
Show/hide 11. Untitled (Wilson Chemical Co.) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

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Wilson Chemical Co.

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Show/hide 12. Untitled (Spotlight on Science) Letters page, 1 page

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Spotlight on Science

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Show/hide 13. Secret of the Tick-Tock World! (Space Museum) Comic story, 8 pages

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Space Museum
Genre
Science fiction
Characters
Harvey Drake; Tommy Parker; Howard Parker

Credits

Writing
Gardner Fox, scripter
Art
Carmine Infantino, line art
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Text
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Also printed
Australia
Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #23 (March 1960)
Secret of the Tick-Tock World!
 
United States
From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #25 (November-December 1973)
Secret of the Tick-Tock World!
Printed in
Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #32 (novembre 1960)

Synopsis

The story of how an old wrist watch saved the planet Shalador.

Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Show/hide 14. Untitled (Stephens Credit Sales) Advertisement, 1 page

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Stephens Credit Sales

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Show/hide 15. Untitled (Garcelon Stamp Co.) Advertisement, 1 page

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Garcelon Stamp Co.

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Show/hide 16. Untitled (Charles Atlas) Advertisement, 1 page

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Charles Atlas

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Inside back cover.

Show/hide 17. Untitled (Midwest Card Company) Advertisement, 1 page

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Midwest Card Company

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Back cover.


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On-sale date from copyright registration.