Actions
 Unofficial Strange Adventures Index

Strange Adventures 16

STRANGE ADVENTURES #16

Cover Date: January 1952
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1951-11-28

< PREV
TITLE INDEX
NEXT >

Cover Credits:
Art: Gil Kane


Story: "The Ghost of Captain Comet!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn Broome (as Edgar Ray Merritt)
ArtMurphy Anderson
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Captain Comet (in between issues #15 and #17)

Supporting Character(s):

Professor Emery Zackro (in between issues #15 and #17)
Miss Torrence (in between issues #15 and #20/4; hair is blond)

Other Character(s):

Hugh Carney (first appearance; a grocer in Pineville)
Alice Morrison (first appearance; a teacher in Pineville)
Mrs. Hawkins (first appearance; an elderly widow in Pineville)
unidentified citizens of Pineville (first appearance of all)
an other-dimensional alien (first appearance; takes the "ghostly" appearance from the thoughts of anyone it meets)
Hal (first appearance; in flashback; attending a hydrogen bomb test)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Frank Carney (appearance adopted by the alien; late brother of Hugh Carney)
Bob Somers (appearance adopted by the alien; late fiancee of Alice Morrison)
Elmer Hawkins (appearance adopted by the alien; late husband of Mrs. Hawkins)

Location(s):

Midwest City
Pineville (first appearance; a small midwestern town)


2


Second Story: "The Secret of Easter Island!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsGil Kane
InksJoe Giella
EditingJulius Schwartz

Comment(s):

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


3

Third Story: "The Touch of Death!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsBob Oksner
InksJoe Giella
EditingJulius Schwartz

Comment(s):

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


4