Unofficial Strange Adventures Index

STRANGE ADVENTURES #76

Cover Date: January 1957
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1956-11-25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Joe Giella

Story: "The Tallest Man on Earth" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	John Broome
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Odes-Ar (an alien; one of the Keepers of the Peace, sent to Earth but temporarily paralyzed)

Martin Ward (a physicist; communicates with Odes-Ar)

Villain(s):

an unidentified alien race

Other Character(s):

Keepers of the Peace (a technologically advanced alien race, giants in proportion to humans)

Location(s):

Earth

United States of America

Central Iowa

an unidentified planet (homeworld of the Keepers of the Peace)

Comment(s):

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

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures #2 (2013 [February 2014])

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Second Story: "The Flying Saucers That Saved the World!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder
Pencils	Sid Greene
Inks	Joe Giella
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Comment(s):

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

Story Reprinted in:

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #14/7 (October 1981)

Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures #2 (2013 [February 2014])

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Third Story: "The Robot from Atlantis!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Joe Giella
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Darwin Jones (in between issues #70/2 and #77)

Villain(s):

Klong (first appearance; also in flashbacks; the lone surviving robot from Atlantis; feigning servitude while creating super-weapons to enslave humanity)

other robot servants (first appearance; in flashbacks to a robotic revolt 25,000 years ago; all destroyed)

Other Character(s):

various military personnel and scientists

ancient Atlanteans (in flashbacks to 25,000 years ago; all die)

Location(s):

Atlantis (in flashbacks to 25,000 years ago)

United States of America

Washington, DC

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures #2 (2013 [February 2014])

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Fourth Story: "The Hungry Meteorite!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Dave Wood
Pencils	Sid Greene
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Comment(s):

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

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures #2 (2013 [February 2014])

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