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STRANGE ADVENTURES #124
Cover Date: January 1961
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1960-11-25
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Cover Credits:
Art: Murphy Anderson
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Credits:
Story | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Mike Sekowsky |
Inks | Murphy Anderson |
Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Jim Boone (first appearance; a South Dakota highway patrol officer; next in issue #142)
- Bob Colby (first appearance; a South Dakota highway patrol officer; next in issue #142)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Faceless Creature (Chun Yull; first appearance; also in flashback preceding main story; called Chan Yull and Chen Yull in this story; see Comments; next in flashback in issue #142)
Other Character(s):
- Klaramarians (first appearance; an alien race of the sub-atomic planet of Klaramar; in flashback)
Location(s):
- Easter Island
- Southern Mexico
- Mount Rushmore, SD
- Klaramar (first appearance; a sub-atomic world)
Comment(s):
- Chun Yull was referred to as the Faceless Creature in his appearances in Strange Adventures and he was mostly referred to as Chen Yull. He was first
referred to as Chun Yull in DC Comics Presents #78 and as the Faceless Hunter from Saturn in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #8, which is how he has been referred to since.
Credits:
Story | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Gil Kane |
Inks | Bernard Sachs |
Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Walt Franklin (a former Army commando in Korea; is in a fallout shelter when the Fenn replace all other humans with robots)
Supporting Character(s):
- Molly Franklin (Walt's wife)
- Molly and Walt Franklin's son
Villain(s):
- The Vronn (an alien race)
Other Character(s):
- The Fenn (an alien race; Battle fleet commander Eyrod Kull named; see Comments)
- robot versions of Walt Franklin, his family and friends
Location(s):
- Earth
- an unidentified town in the United States
- space
Comment(s):
- This story is not part of DC Universe continuity. The Fenn are in no way connected to The Fenn introduced in Green Lantern: War Journal #7 (May 2024)
Credits:
Story | Gardner Fox |
Art | Carmine Infantino |
Lettering | Gaspar Saladino |
Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Tommy Parker (in between issues #121/3 and #127/3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Howard Parker (in between issues #121/3 and #127/3; also in flashback to earliest chronological appearance; revealed to be a former Major-General in the Space-Marines, nicknamed "The Wrecker")
- Admiral Ann "Blondy" Gordon Parker (first appearance; commander of the Colossus, the largest ship in the Space Fleet; revealed to be Howard's wife and Tommy's mom; also in flashbacks, in between the flashbacks in issues #148/3 and #142/3)
Villain(s):
- a Space Dragon (first appearance; dies)
- Zurans (first appearance; in flashback; invade the planet Alvoris; named in their next appearance in flashback in issue #142/3)
Other Character(s):
- Space-Marines (in flashback)
- Earth colonists on Alvoris (in flashback)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Unidentified Space Sector(s)
- Alvoris (first appearance; orbiting the star Procyon)
- an unidentified planet
Comment(s):
- This story takes place in the 25th Century, the flashback takes place about 15 years earlier.
Story Reprinted in:
- Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #211/2 (April 1968)