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Issue: Strange Adventures #44
Publication Date: May 1954
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Issues: #44 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: 03/24/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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The Plant that Plotted Murder!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Captain Comet; Joyce Rollins
First Line: Captain Comet's strangest foe--
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In Content Item: FlagTitanes Planetarios #23 published September 1955
as La planta de la muerte [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Binky Says: "Welcome Amigo!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Character(s): Binky; Allergy; Pablo; Bill
First Line: Hey, Allergy, dig that new Mexican kid who moved in town last week!
Synopsis: Allergy mocks the new kid in town because he lives down in "Shacktown" and speaks English poorly. Bill and Allergy approach Pablo who tells them about his dad, and how their family has traveled all over the US picking beans & strawberries. Pablo has a great rock collection and the boys become friends.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside front cover PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
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The Plant That Plotted Murder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Captain Comet; Uno; Joyce Rollins
First Line: Avoiding detection, the aliens landed on Earth--threatening the very existence of humanity!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics; the original indexer credited the inks to Murphy Anderson.
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[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
First Line: I'm afraid of wild animals in these woods...
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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A Switch in Time!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Willy Todd; Antonius Vittus
First Line: Hmff! Off to lunch for 2000 years! Very funny!
Synopsis: Willy and Antonius switch places via time travel and each man works his own get-rich-quick scheme. Willy's payload of gold and silver is too much weight for his rocketship, so he buries them in ancient New Mexico so that he can dig them up later in the future present. Willy arrives just in time to witness an atomic bomb test wipe out his hidden location.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Line of Stars Presents Tomahawk

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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The City That Went Mad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Professor Dwight MacKay; Lydia MacKay; Bob Croft; Jim Blake
First Line: Puff! I-I'm worn out!
Synopsis: Unknown to Bob and Jim who are testing their mental telepathy radio, their commands are forcing the entire city to commit crazy acts. The professor on a mission to stop the madness tracks down Bob and disconnects his transmitter wires.
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In Content Item: FlagMighty Comic #83 published June 1971
as The City that Went Mad [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Scripto
First Line: Scripto guarantees the best...in writing!
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Amazing Ratios
First Line: The 200-inch mirror of the new Mt. Palomar telescope...
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In Content Item: FlagMystery in Space #40 published October 1957
as [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRip Hunter... Time Master #5 published November 1961
as [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Ring Around the Earth!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: That the moon is at present the closet astonomical body to Earth will hardly surprise our readers.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This feature contains four articles:
1. Ring Around the Earth!
2. Two Thousand-to-One Shot!
3. Insect-Eating Planet!
4. Lights in the Sky!
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The Man Who Couldn't Die

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mel Cardeen
First Line: Not even an atom bomb can kill me! I'm immortal!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.67
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Three Exciting New Adventures

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: It will be possible to build a telescope on Earth which could show planets that revolve around other stars...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Come on, buddy, quit being a bag-of-bones weakling like I was in 10 minutes of fun a day you can do all I did!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
First Line: This way to ... Captain Tootsie's roundup time
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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