Unofficial Strange Adventures Index

STRANGE ADVENTURES #17

Cover Date: February 1952
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1951-12-26

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Cover Credits:
Art: Gil Kane

Story: "Beware the Synthetic Men!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	John Broome (as Edgar Ray Merritt)
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Joe Giella
Lettering	Gaspar Saladino
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Captain Comet (in between issues #16 and #18)

Supporting Character(s):

Professor Emery Zackro

Villain(s):

The Synthetic Men (first appearance of all; also in flashbacks to a year earlier; all turn to marble)

Alpha

Beta

Gamma

Delta

Epsilon (name not spoken, but implied as the fifth Synthetic, all named after Greek letters)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Stanton (first appearance; creator of the Synthetic Men; also in flashbacks)

General Dalton (first appearance; United States Army Chief of Staff; in flashback)

citizens of Calcit, UT (first appearance of all; the Sheriff and Charlie named)

Location(s):

Calcit, UT (first appearance; a small town near Salt Lake City)

Midwest City

Washington, DC

Story Reprinted in:

DC Super-Stars #6 (August 1976)

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Second Story: "The Last Days of Earth!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Comment(s):

As this story is not part of DC Universe continuity, it will not be fully indexed.

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Third Story: "The Brain of Dr. Royer!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Mann Rubin (as Manny Rubin)
Pencils	Alex Toth
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Comment(s):

As this story is not part of DC Universe continuity, it will not be fully indexed.

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