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Strange Adventures 42

STRANGE ADVENTURES #42

Cover Date: March 1954
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1954-01-27

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Cover Credits:
Art: Murphy Anderson


Story: "The Planet of Ancient Children!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn Broome
ArtMurphy Anderson
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Captain Comet (in between issues #41 and #43; also in flashback to an earlier adventure, see Comments)

Supporting Character(s):

Professor Emery Zackro (in between issues #41 and #43)

Villain(s):

the Frall (first appearance; in flashback; a yellow space dragon which attacks Glete once a century, immune to radiation; dies)

Other Character(s):

Gleteans (first appearance; an alien race who age in reverse)
Tandar (first appearance; in flashback; Supreme Councillor and spokesman for Glete)
other Gleteans (some in flashbacks; Myria, Silvra named)
two children on Earth (first appearance; a boy and a girl playing "Captain Comet")

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Midwest City
Unidentified Space Sector
Glete (first appearance; in flashback)

Comment(s):

Captain Comet relates a tale from when he was first testing the Cometeer for intergalactic travel.


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Second Story: "I Delivered Mail from Mars!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsMort Drucker
InksJoe Giella
EditingJulius Schwartz

Comment(s):

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

Story Reprinted in:

From Beyond the Unknown #14 (December 1971-January 1972)


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Third Story: "The Eternal Prisoner" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StorySid Gerson
PencilsGil Kane
InksBernard Sachs
EditingJulius Schwartz

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 Eye-Dropper World" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsMurphy Anderson
InksJoe Giella
EditingJulius Schwartz

Comment(s):

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


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