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STRANGE ADVENTURES #9
Cover Date: June 1951
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1951-04-30
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Frank Giacoia (?)
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Credits:
| Story | John Broome (as Edgar Ray Merritt) |
| Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
| Inks | Bernard Sachs |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Captain Comet (Adam Blake; first appearance; next in issue #10; also in flashbacks to his birth and childhood)
Supporting Character(s):
- John and Martha Blake (first appearance for both; Adam's parents; in flashback only)
- Professor Emery Zackro (first appearance; next in issue #10; a prominent physicist)
Villain(s):
- Three crooks (first appearance for all; attempt to steal Zackro's gold distilling machine)
- The Astur (no appearance; only top-ship seen)
Other Character(s):
- Miss Booth (first appearance; a teacher; in flashback)
- Betty (first appearance; a college student; in flashback)
Location(s):
- Midwest City (first appearance; not yet named)
Comment(s):
- Adam's abilities begin showing themselves at age 4.
- Since Adam is only 20 at the beginning of the modern part this story, he probably graduated high school and college at an early age.
- This story continues directly into next issue.
- This story, and next issue's, story are retold in Secret Origins Annual Vol. 2 #1/2 with new details.
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Alex Toth |
| Inks | Bernard Sachs |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz, Mort Weisinger |
Comment(s):
- As this story is not part of DC Universe continuity, it will not be fully indexed.
Credits:
| Story | John Broome (as John Osgood) |
| Pencils | Bob Oksner |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz, Mort Weisinger |
Comment(s):
- As this story is not part of DC Universe continuity, it will not be fully indexed.
Credits:
| Story | Edmond Hamilton |
| Art | Murphy Anderson |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Chris KL-99 (in between issues #7/5 and #11/4)
Supporting Character(s):
- Halk (revealed that he was formerly the Chief Scientist of Mars; in between issues #7/5 and #11/4; also in flashback to earliest chronological appearance preceding issue #1)
- Jero (in between issues #7/5 and #11/4)
- Loopy (in between issues #7/5 and #11/4)
Villain(s):
- Electrae (last in issue #1)
- Rork (first appearance; a tyrant using space crystals to fire on those wishing to overthrow him)
- Rork's supporters (first appearance of all)
Other Character(s):
- Martians
- an unidentified alien race
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Unidentified Space Sector
- an unidentified planet
- the Crystal Moons (first appearance; three destroyed; one taken to Mars)
- an unidentified planet
Comment(s):
- This series takes place in an alternate Earth's 21st Century.
Story Reprinted in:
- Pulp Fiction Library: Mystery in Space ([September] 1999)