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Strange Adventures 143

STRANGE ADVENTURES #143

Cover Date: August 1962
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1962-06-26

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Cover Credits:
Art: Murphy Anderson


Story: "The Face in the Atom-Bomb Cloud!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtMurphy Anderson
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Jim Brand (first appearance; an astronaut)

Villain(s):

The banished Anndrann (first appearance of all; also in flashback; former military leaders exiled to a barren unidentified planet)

Other Character(s):

The Anndrann (first appearance; in flashback; an alien race)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Solar system
Earth
Cape Canaveral, FL
Fort Knox, KY
Washington, DC
Johannesburg, South Africa
Shwe Dagon Shrine, Rangoon
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Bellatrix system
Anndranna (first appearance; in flashback)
Unidentified system
an unidentified planet

Comment(s):

This story is not part of DC Universe continuity.


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Second Story: "The Two-Way Time-Traveler!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksJoe Giella
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Tod White (first appearance; a nuclear scientist in 1962, due to exposure to "omega radiation," finds himself travelling back and forth in time; see Comments)

Villain(s):

unidentified Native Americans in 1717

Other Character(s):

a citizen in 1917
two police officers in 2007
D.T. Lucian Phalaron (first appearance; a Doctor of Thereomatics in the year 2187)
his nurse in 2187 (first appearance)
medical staff in the year 3087 (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Earth
an unidentified location in North America (various time periods)

Comment(s):

Originally from 1962, Tod Smith travels backwards and forwards in time, starting with April 6, 1917, 2007, 1717, 2187, 837, and 3087 where his time travel is controlled to send him to 838, back to 3087 and finally return to 1962.
This story is not part of DC Universe continuity.

Story Reprinted in:

From Beyond the Unknown #9 (February-March 1971)


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Third Story: "Case of the Unwanted Robot!" (9 Pages)
a Star Hawkins story

Credits:

StoryJohn Broome
PencilsMike Sekowsky
InksBernard Sachs
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Star Hawkins (in between issues #140/3 and #146/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Ilda (in between issues #140/3 and #146/3)

Villain(s):

two asteroid bombers (first appearance of both; Janu named; seeking to mine the core of asteroids for xanthu, a rare and valuable metal)

Other Character(s):

Drj Mjr (first appearance; the head of the Asteroid Tourist Bureau and manager of the Hotel Milky Way)
various human and alien hotel guests

Location(s):

Earth
New City
the asteroid field


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