XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Strange Adventures #169
Publication Date: October 1964
Previous Base Issue Previous Issue Variant Next Issue Variant Next Base Issue
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #169 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/27/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
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:  
Disclose Reprinted In1
reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Notation
Needs Cropping
 
 
Assets1
Indicia
 
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (21 total)
Disclose Issue Images
Secret of Robot X-1!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Good work, X-1!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
Smoking Is for Squares!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, opinion
First Line: C'mom, Bob--don't be chicken... take a but.. you'll feel cool!
Synopsis: Paulette Breen (winner of the Palisades Amusement Park's Miss American Teenager contest) tells Bob and his friends that girls don't like guys who smoke.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside front cover PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
Disclose
The Prisoners of the Hour Glass

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Try to keep your footing, Tony!
Synopsis: Two shipwrecked fishermen find themselves on an island where a strange old man claims to have discovered the secret of immortality.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose
[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Tootsie Rolls go on and on after other candy is gone!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Be first in your neighborhood...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Moolah the Mystic
First Line: I will now walk on these hot coals!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Batman (cameo)
First Line: I take up comics-in full color!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: My secret new Dynaflex method
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
The Criminal Who Couldn't Do Evil!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, fantasy, occult
First Line: Can't get any traction...
Synopsis: Small-time crook Eddie Kearns steals a magic ring that gives him super-strength, but every time he tries to pull off a robbery, he ends up saving people from disaster.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Disclose
Tootsie Roll Pop

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: 207 stamps yours only for 25ยข plus 88 flags of the world...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose
[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
First Line: In the late 1800s, an Oklahoma farmer buried a large quantity of gold...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Stop! Treacherous traps!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #4, on sale August 20
Disclose
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Boys and girls!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose
The Secret of Robot X-1!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: The robot detective... he's trying to kill me--not recapture me!
Synopsis: Scientist Charles Grayson secretly attempts to improve upon a newly-deployed robot policeman but his lab assistant uses the new robot to frame Grayson for theft.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #43 published January 1968
as The Secret of Robot X-1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose
Tootsie Roll Fudge

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: I like chocolate fudge best!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
Disclose
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2025. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.