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Issue: Strange Adventures #88
Publication Date: January 1958
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Issues: #88 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: 11/24/1957
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Most information indexed originates from Julius Schwartz' personal editorial records provided by DC Comics.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted From1
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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The Gorilla War Against Earth!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, science fiction
Character(s): Darwin Jones
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Strange Adventures #2 published February 2013
as Strange Adventures #88 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Acclaimed!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Gorilla War Against Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Darwin Jones
Synopsis: A talking gorilla claims to be part of an alien invasion force but Darwin Jones proves that it is a trick by another group of aliens to capture an atomic bomb.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Strange Adventures #2 published February 2013
as The Gorilla War Against Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Wanted: A Teen-Age Code

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Synopsis: After Dave unthinkingly goes along with some bad behavior by his friends, he realizes his mistake and decides to develop a code of conduct for everyone at his school to follow.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
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The Warning out of Time!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Larry Lloyd finds a map underneath a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci that foretells natural disasters around the world.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Strange Adventures #2 published February 2013
as The Warning Out of Time! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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DC Brings You the Kings of Comedy!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various (illustrations)
Inker(s): various (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (illustrations)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Sergeant Bilko (DC, 1957 series) #5, The Adventures of Jerry Lewis (DC, 1957 series) #42, The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #48, and Jackie Gleason and the Honeymooners (DC, 1956 series) #10
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: Phobos -- Mars' closest satellite...
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In Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #74 published December 1962
as [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Bodyguard from Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: An alien civilization whose sun is dying searches for the rare element that will rekindle it.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Strange Adventures #2 published February 2013
as Bodyguard From Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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How to Measure the Diameter of the Sun

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystery in Space #9 published August 1952
was How to Measure the Diameter of the Sun [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Intelligence of Birds!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Spotlight on Science
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Secret of the Sleeping Spaceman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A comatose alien is found in a crashed spaceship and scientists try to figure out how to revive him.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Strange Adventures #2 published February 2013
as The Secret of the Sleeping Spaceman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Garcelon Stamp Co.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Disneyland Tours
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
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
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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