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Issue: Strange Adventures #26
Publication Date: November 1952
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Issues: #26 of 244 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/01/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Captain Comet vs. Miss Universe!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Comet; Miss Universe
First Line: Stand back Miss Universe! I can handle this menace!
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Pages: 1
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Buzzy Says "You Get What You Vote For!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, opinion, teen
Character(s): Buzzy Brown; Mr. Brown
First Line: Hey, fellers, don't tell me the meeting's all over!
Synopsis: Joe discovers you can't get what you want if you don't vote.
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Disclose Notes: inside front cover; this PSA, produced in sequential-art comics style, later appeared in DC comics cover-dated January 1964
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Captain Comet vs. Miss Universe!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Comet; Miss Universe; Professor Zackro
First Line: How times change! The newsmen used to lionize me that way!
Synopsis: A super-powered girl from the year 100,000 arrives and shows up Captain Comet at every turn.
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Pages: 8
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lionel Trains
First Line: Boys get that real R.R. engineer's thrill that comes only with Lionel trains
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
First Line: Here comes that new kid...
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
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Gateway to the Future!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): George Washington; Captain Robert Trent
First Line: These are the amazing weapons of the future George Washington!
Synopsis: Captain Robert Trent is transported from the Revolutionary War into the future of 1952 where he gathers information on future technology to help George Washington's army in his own time. But when he returns, none of the future inventions work and Washington dismissed him as a madman.
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Your Hair's Best Friend

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Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Advertisement that includes a gag cartoon.
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Amoeba, Fahrenheit, Fossil

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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Scientific Word Origins
Synopsis: Origins of the words "amoeba," "Fahrenheit," and "fossil."
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Pen & Pencil Set!

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Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Mankind's Greatest Inventions and Discoveries!

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: The discovery and use of fire...
Synopsis: Depiction of four of the greatest scientific discoveries in history, accompanied by a request for readers to send in their own lists of the four greatest discoveries.
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The Master of Mind over Matter!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Elmo the Great; Derek Blake
First Line: Fire that doesn't burn!
Synopsis: Derek Blake discovers the secret of Elmo the Great's powers.
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In Content Item: FlagCentury Comic #65 published October 1961
as The Master of Mind Over Matter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #396 published February 1970
as The Master of Mind over Matter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #11/1970 published November 1970
as Åndens seier over materien! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDie Grüne Laterne #9 published June 1976
as Herrscher über die Materie! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Mystery Album #11 published January 1980
as The Master of Mind over Matter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Around the World in One Hour and Twenty-Three Minutes!

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Penciller(s): ? (logo illustration)
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: Have you ever wondered whether it would be possible to fire a shot from a cannon which...
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Pages: 2
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New -- and Great!

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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Big Town
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Disclose Notes: house ad for Big Town (DC, 1951 series) #18, with a reminder to watch the Big Town television series Thursday nights on the CBS network
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Big Features in One Big Book!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Disclose Notes: house ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #61
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Mars -- on Channel 8!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bob Tarrant; Eric Mills
First Line: He had the only television set on Earth that could tune in on other worlds in space millions of miles away!
Synopsis: Bob Tarrant experiments with his television set until he can receive transmissions from Mars. When washed-up movie director Eric Mills learns about this he kills Tarrant so that he can use the Martian transmissions as the basis for a new movie. However, he finds out that the Martians were using Tarrant, and now him, to help them invade Earth.
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First Line: Enter the big Tootsie Roll contest now...
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Uncle Bernie's Fun Shop

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Feature(s): Novelty Mart
First Line: Buy now at our low low prices!
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Get a Daisy and Get in on the Fun!

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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sheaffer's
First Line: The 2 best ways to fill a pen
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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