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Issue: Strange Adventures #78
Publication Date: March 1957
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Issues: #78 of 244 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/20/1957
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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 Secret of the Tom Thumb Spacemen!

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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, science fiction
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Strange Adventures #2 published February 2013
as Strange Adventures #78 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Check the Kind of Body You Want!

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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Secret of the Tom Thumb Spacemen!

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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bruce Walker
First Line: I'm really Bruce Walker of Earth, and not King Otmar of Ikaron--as these people think!
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #238 published September 1972
as The Secret of the Tom Thumb Spacemen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #84 published December 1973
as The Secret of the Tom Thumb Spacemen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Strange Adventures #2 published February 2013
as The Secret of the Tom Thumb Spacemen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Josely Company.
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Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quiz

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion
First Line: Who came to America from England to seek religious freedom and landed at Plymouth, Mass. in 1620?
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The Life Battery!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Sterling Marsh
First Line: Tyrannosaurus Rex! The mightiest and most fearsome creature that ever lived on Earth!
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #230 published May 1971
as The Life Battery! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Strange Adventures #2 published February 2013
as The Life Battery! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Jim and Betty Solve the "Flying Saucer" Mystery!

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First Line: Look Betty! I'll bet it's a flying saucer!
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Wilson Chemical Company.
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[untitled]

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: The sun always rises in the east and sets in the west...
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The Magic Horn from Space!

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Genres: science fiction
First Line: The space-horn created this gun from my thoughts... but will it work against this island's savage natives?
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Strange Adventures #2 published February 2013
as The Magic Horn from Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Hot and Cold!

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: In both the polar regions of our Earth the sun continually shines for several months without setting.
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The Prisoner of Space X!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Robert Wilson
First Line: I'm a prisoner -- suspended in mid-air -- in a world no Earthman ever saw!
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Strange Adventures #2 published February 2013
as The Prisoner of Space X! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Do You Want Spending Money?

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Everything You Need to Enjoy Stamp Collecting Yours for Only 25¢

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First Line: Large album and stamp collection
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Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for "Billy Bikeless"

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Genres: sports
Character(s): Bill; Mickey Mantle
First Line: Good game Bill! Your homer won the game for us!
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover featuring a comics-form advertisement for the top third of the page with JSCA prize details and coupon occupying the rest of the page.
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Choose Your Prize

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First Line: Over 100 prizes in big prize book
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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