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Strange Adventures 144

STRANGE ADVENTURES #144

Cover Date: September 1962
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1962-07-26

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Cover Credits:
Art: Murphy Anderson


Story: "When the Earth Blacked Out!" (15 Pages)
The Atomic Knights

Credits:

StoryJohn Broome
ArtMurphy Anderson
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

The Atomic Knights
Gardner Grayle (in between issues #141//3 and #147/2)
Marene Herald (in between issues #141//3 and #147/2)
Douglas Herald (in between issues #141//3 and #147/2)
Hollis Hobard (in between issues #141//3 and #147/2)
Wayne Hobard (in between issues #141//3 and #147/2)
Bryndon Smith (in between issues #141//3 and #147/2)

Villain(s):

Mole-Creatures (first appearance; an underground race)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Durvale (Billy and Mr. Morris named)

Location(s):

Durvale

Comment(s):

This story takes place in 1991.
It is stated the atomic war started on October 9, 1986 and the city of St. Louis was hit on October 19th. It's later stated the H-Bombs were inadvertently released by the Mole-Creatures on October 20th.

Story Reprinted in:

Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #226 (September-October 1970)
The Atomic Knights ([May] 2010)
Showcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights (2014)


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Second Story: "The Imaginary Dooms!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksJoe Giella
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Billy (first appearance; a young boy)

Villain(s):

Mommolek (first appearance; a native of Kor-Am; uses a "hallucinator" against the rest of his people)

Other Character(s):

natives of Kor-Am (first appearance of all; Aretrion and Kia named)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Unidentified pace Sector
Kor-Am (first appearance)
Kor-El

Comment(s):

Billy is reading a copy of Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #136 (January 1962).
This story is not part of DC continuity.


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