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Issue: Strange Adventures #205
Publication Date: October 1967
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Issues: #205 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: 08/29/1967
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Introducing... Deadman

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Deadman Collection #[nn] published January 2001
as Strange Adventures #205 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Here's a Whole Treasure Chest of Fun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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First Line: Throw your voice
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for 19 different novelty items from Honor House Prod. Corp., Dept. 86GK34, Lynbrook, N.Y. 11563.
On inside front cover.
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Who Has Been Lying in My Grave?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Heldrich (lion tamer); Leary (circus barker); Toby (circus clown); Constable Ramsey
Synopsis: Shot during a performance, trapeze artist Boston Brand dies, only to find that his spirit lives on with the ability to inhabit the bodies of others. By the will of Rama Kushna his spirit will walk among the living until his killer is found.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagDeadman #1 published July 2011
In Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #97 published August 1971
as Who Has Been Lying in My Grave? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #81 published June 1973
as Who Has Been Lying in My Grave? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5 [Direct Sales] published November 1980
as Who Has Been Lying in My Grave? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #8 published January 1985
as Túmulo Vazio [Story on Interior Page(s)]páginas 1-6, 7 (quadrinhos 1-4) e 8-17 da história original
In Content Item: FlagDeadman #1 published May 1985
as Who Has Been Lying in My Grave? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Deadman Collection #[nn] published January 2001
as Who Has Been Lying in My Grave? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Presents: Brightest Day #1 published December 2010
as Who Has Been Lying in My Grave? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Deadman created by Arnold Drake; Deadman's costume designed by Carmine Infantino.

Story across 17 pages, but pages 8 and 17 are 1/2-pages.
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For the Most in Thrills…

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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #355 (October 1967) and Detective Comics (DC, 1937 seris) #368 (October 1967), both on sale August 29th, with covers shown.
On bottom half of page 8 of first story.
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Tiger Paw Bicycle Tires

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Now you can get Tiger Paws just like the big guys!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Tiger Paws bicycle tires from Uniroyal, aka U.S. Royal Tires.
After page 8 of first story.
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Ghost Canine

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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See All the New Saturday's Super Heroes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Ad for CBS-TV's Saturday television cartoon lineup.
After page 13 of first story.
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Be My Guest at America's Greatest Amusement Park

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey with coupon for one free admission.
At bottom of page 17 of first story.
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Build Your Own Real - Electric Engine

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Now - You too can be the first on your block…
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for an Electric Engine which operates at up to 4000 rpm and costs only 89 cents.
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104 Classic Racing Foreign Modern Cars

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: You get 104 cars from this great list…
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for "the most complete set of authentic models ever assembled" for $1.49. Send to Cars - Dept. C-107, Box 397, Rockville Centre, N.Y.
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Meet Bat-Swami and Super-Seer!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #170 [80 Page Giant #G-40], on sale August 15
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War of the Mind Readers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Merle Mallory
Synopsis: A stage magician stops an invasion from the planet Uranus by tricking the aliens into believing that he really can read minds.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #65 published February 1956
was War of the Mind Readers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.5
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational
First Line: I see you use a pin in your cement tube...
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Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6567
Disclose Notes: hint submitted by Charles Williams of Decatur, Georgia
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Holy Pin-Ups!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Your own pop gallery
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for 11" x 14" color pin-ups featuring Batman and his friends and villains. Two pin-ups for 50 cents or all six for $1.00, from the DC offices at 575 Lexington Ave, New York, N.Y. 10022.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: So you want to know what's in the works for the upcoming issues in the DC line?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: listing of DC comics on sale in early September 1967; includes cover art for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #196 and World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #171
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204 pc. Revolutionary War Heroes Set

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for 204 Revolutionary War soldiers for $1.98.
On last interior page.
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Coin Collector Specials!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: To gain new friends for our mailing list
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Coin ad from "Matt Numiss", Dept. NC-8, Great Neck, New York, 11022.
On inside back cover.
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The ThunderBike

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Aurora Model Motoring ThunderBike motorcycle that can be used on HO slot car tracks. From Aurora Plastics Corp., West Hempstead, New York.
On back cover

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