Mighty Comic #20

Published
November 1960
Page count
116
Cover price
2/- [0-2-0 AUP]
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Square bound
Format
Comic series
Branding
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
 
Colour Comics Pty Ltd

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Threat of the Tornado Tyrant! (Adam Strange) Cover, 1 page

"My ray-gun blasts can't stop that destructive tornado-maker!"

Featuring

Feature
Adam Strange
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Adam Strange; Tornado Tyrant [Ulthoon]

Credits

Art
Carmine Infantino, penciller
 
Murphy Anderson, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Julius Schwartz, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #61 (August 1960)
Threat of the Tornado Tyrant!
Show/hide 1. Threat of the Tornado Tyrant (Adam Strange) Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

Feature
Adam Strange
Genre
Science fiction
Characters
Adam Strange; Alanna; Tornado Tyrant [Ulthoon] (first appearance; villain)

Credits

Writing
Gardner Fox, scripter
Art
Carmine Infantino, penciller
 
Bernard Sachs, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Julius Schwartz, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #61 (August 1960)
Threat of the Tornado Tyrant!
Also printed
United States
The Adam Strange Archives (DC, 2004 series) #Volume 1 ([February] 2004)
Threat of the Tornado Tyrant!
 
United States
Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([August] 2007)
Threat of the Tornado Tyrant!

Synopsis

After barely escaping a dying world, Adam Strange returns to Rann and has to fight the menace of a living tornado. Adam Strange versus the Tornado Tyrant.

Notes

Tornado Tyrant is also in JLA #17 and was later linked to the origin of the Red Tornado.

Show/hide 2. Fort Liberty Doesn't Answer (Tomahawk) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Tomahawk
Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Fred Ray, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Jack Schiff, original Editor
 
Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
 
George Kashdan, original Associate Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series) #69 (July-August 1960)
Fort Liberty Doesn't Answer
Show/hide 3. Untitled (Flippity and Flop) Comic story, 6 pages

"Help, Sam, Flop's got me!"

Featuring

Feature
Flippity and Flop
Genre
Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Code
219
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam

Credits

Writing
Alpine Harper, scripter
 
Cecil Beard , scripter
Art
Jim Davis, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Larry Nadle, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Flippity & Flop (DC, 1952 series) #43 (December 1958-January 1959)
No title recorded
Show/hide 4. I Sealed Earth's Doom Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

Genre
Science fiction

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Bill Ely, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Jack Schiff, original Editor
 
Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
 
George Kashdan, original Associate Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #45 (July 1960)
I Sealed Earth's Doom

Synopsis

Edaw, a being from another dimension offers to help stop a breaking dam if Manion will return to the other dimension and help him, but Edaw is really a criminal with an evil agenda.

Show/hide 5. Untitled (The Adventures of Jerry Lewis) Comic story, 26 pages

"Okay, lady! So you came out of my hat…so what did you do with the rabbit?!"

Featuring

Feature
The Adventures of Jerry Lewis
Genre
Humour

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Bob Oksner, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Larry Nadle, original editor [credited as Lawrence Nadle]

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Adventures of Jerry Lewis (DC, 1957 series) #56 (January-February 1960)
No title recorded
Show/hide 6. The Army of Interplanetary Beasts (The Space Ranger) Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Space Ranger
Genre
Science fiction
Characters
Space Ranger; Myra Mason; Cryll; Zakk Tor

Credits

Writing
Ed Hamilton , scripter
 
Gardner Fox , scripter
Art
Jim Mooney, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Jack Schiff, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #45 (January 1960)
The Army of Interplanetary Beasts
Also printed
Australia
Super Heroes Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #7 (August 1977)
The Army of Interplanetary Beasts
Show/hide 7. The Fatal Four (Big Town) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Big Town
Genre
Crime

Credits

Writing
Lee Goldsmith, scripter
Art
Jack Lehti, penciller
 
Bob Lander, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Big Town (DC, 1951 series) #15 (May-June 1952)
The Fatal Four!
Show/hide 8. Untitled (The Fox and the Crow) Comic story, 6 pages

"I bet I hit da bulls eye dis time for sure!"

Featuring

Feature
The Fox and the Crow
Genre
Superhero
Code
596

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Larry Nadle, original Editor [as Lawrence Nadle]

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Fox and the Crow (DC, 1952 series) #63 (August-September 1960)
No title recorded
Show/hide 9. Deputy for a Day Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Bill Ely, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #63 (April-May 1958)
Deputy for a Day
Show/hide 10. The Ancients Who Lived Again Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Genre
Fantasy-Supernatural

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Howard Purcell, line art
Text
Stan Starkman, letterer
Editing
Jack Schiff, original Editor
 
Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
 
George Kashdan, original Associate Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #35 (August 1960)
The Ancients Who Lived Again

Synopsis

A weird mineral gives control of a giant creature from legend to an unscrupulous man.

Show/hide 11. The Menace of the Indian Photograph (Foley of the Fighting 5th) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature
Foley of the Fighting 5th
Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Writing
John Broome, scripter
Art
Howard Sherman, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Julius Schwartz, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
All Star Western (DC, 1951 series) #114 (August-September 1960)
The Menace of the Indian Photograph!
Show/hide 12. The Secret of Easter Island Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Genre
Adventure (action)

Credits

Writing
Ed Hamilton, scripter [credited as Edmond Hamilton]
Art
Gil Kane, penciller
 
Joe Giella, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Julius Schwartz, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #16 (January 1952)
The Secret of Easter Island!

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Spiros Xenos
  • Peter Hansen

AusReprints ID

  • 1180

Entry created

  • 15/01/2004

Cover added

  • 01/03/2021

Index completed

  • 15/01/2004

Last updated

  • 19/12/2019