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Issue: Strange Adventures #105
Publication Date: June 1959
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Issues: #105 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: 04/28/1959
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (3 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
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Fishermen from the Sea!

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Genres: science fiction
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First Line: The $10,000 challenge only Joe Weider dares to make!
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Fishermen from the Sea!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Helen Palmer; David Palmer; Sharl San; Drin Dorl
First Line: Concentrate, Helen! Only by our thoughts can we make the fish-like aliens realize we are an intelligent form of life!
Synopsis: David and Helen Palmer are captured by water-breathing aliens who intend to flood the whole world but they are scared off by an atomic bomb test.
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In Content Item: FlagFrom beyond the Unknown #20 published December 1972
as Fishermen from the Sea! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8.67
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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): "Stinger" Ray
First Line: A fisherman called "Stinger" Ray hooked a big one but it got away.
Synopsis: "Stinger" Ray sits in a row boat chewing on a Tootsie Roll.
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Fred Finds a Way!

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Genres: informational, opinion
Character(s): Fred; Jimmy; Coach
First Line: What's the matter, Fred?
Synopsis: Fred learns that there are other ways of participating in his favorite sport of baseball even though he isn't yet good enough to be picked for the team.
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Disclose Notes: The PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
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Your Passport to Strange Journeys...

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): House of Secrets; Mystery in Space
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Disclose Notes: house ad for House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #21 and Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #52
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The Case of the Stolen Earth-Faces!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Elsa Norman; Jim Norman; Betty Allen
First Line: Every man in town has turned into an alien being!
Synopsis: An alien transforms all the men in a town into duplicates of himself so that no one can spot him among the others while he searches for an element that his invading army needs.
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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): "Driver" Carr
First Line: A great golfer they call "Driver" Carr on the links is an outstanding star.
Synopsis: "Driver" Carr hits a golf ball that lands near a Tootsie Roll Pop-shaped flagstick.
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First Line: In one of your recent stories it was theorized that the asteroids...
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Disclose Notes: Spotlight on Science has answers to scientific inquiries from readers in letter-page format.
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Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: Should the head of a comet collide with the earth...
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First Line: Be my guest at the Clyde Beatty & Cole Bros. Circus combined shows at Palisades Amusement Park N.J.
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Space-Scoop-- 2159 A.D.!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jim Barnes; Chuck Adams; Alvin Harrison; Doctor Franz Bergstrom
First Line: This is one story you won't scoop me on, Adams!
Synopsis: Two interplanetary news reporters keep coming up with new scientific ways of beating each other to print.
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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Chris
First Line: There once was a bowler named Chris, who said "When my game goes amiss and the pins just won't budge, I eat Tootsie Roll Fudge then I bowl and the pins fall like this!"
Synopsis: Chris bowls terribly until he eats a Tootsie Roll Fudge candy snack, and then he rolls nothing but strikes from then on.
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First Line: Men...immediate training as heavy equipment operators
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First Line: Exact replica army grenade (as used in hand combat)
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First Line: Do you want spending money?
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First Line: Treasure chest of prized stamps from pirate strongholds!
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First Line: Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men! Given! Given! Yes we give you premiums or cash!
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
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