Unofficial Strange Adventures Index

STRANGE ADVENTURES #1

Cover Date: August-September 1950
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1950-06-21

Cover Credits:
Art: ?

Story: "The Menace of the Green Nebula!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Edmond Hamilton
Art	Howard Sherman
Editing	Julius Schwartz, Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Chris KL-99 (first appearance; also in flashbacks to origin)

Supporting Character(s):

Halk (first appearance; a Martian adventurer; last in flashback to earliest chronological appearance in issue #9/4)

Jero (first appearance; a Venusian scientist)

Loopy (first appearance; a Chameleon-Dog pet)

Jon ST-94 (first appearance; in flashback; named in a later story)

Chris KL-99's mother (first appearance; in flashback)

Villain(s):

Electrae (first appearance; deadly creatures of living electrical force that attack space ships; next in issue #9/4)

Jan Varden (first appearance; an unscrupulous promoter)

Varden's accomplices (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Radioactive Men of Nebula World (first appearance; an alien race)

Seal-Men of the Alto Star System Water-World (first appearance)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Hall of Worlds (first appearance)

Unidentified Space Sector

The Alto Star System

a lifeless outer planet

a water-world

a magnet-planet

the Green Nebula

Nebula World (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This series takes place in an alternate Earth's 21st Century.

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Second Story: "The Girl Who Couldn't Die!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	David V. Reed
Pencils	Paul Norris
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Editing	Julius Schwartz, Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Darwin Jones (first appearance; Chief of Staff of the DSI / Department of Scientific Investigation)

Other Character(s):

Eve Wilcox (first appearance; an actress; also in flashbacks; gained immortality for a time)

Marko (first appearance; a movie director; in flashbacks)

Pablo (first appearance; a resident of Xochitaxl, Mexico; claimed to be hundreds of years old)

an unidentified DSI researcher

Location(s):

Hollywood, CA

Washington, DC

Xochitaxl, Mexico (also in flashbacks)

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Third Story (reprint): "Mr. Future" (5 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Story	Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, Bernie Breslauer
Art	Dick Sprang
Editing	Julius Schwartz, Mort Weisinger

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Real Fact Comics #3 (July-August 1946)

Comment(s):

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

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Fourth Story: "The Second Deluge" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Edmond Hamilton (actual)
Inks	Sy Barry
Editing	Julius Schwartz, Mort Weisinger

Comment(s):

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

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Fifth Story: "Destination Moon!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Robert Heinlein (original screenplay), Gardner Fox (adaption)
Inks	John Fischetti
Editing	Julius Schwartz, Mort Weisinger

Comment(s):

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

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