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Issue: Strange Adventures #217
Publication Date: March 1969
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Issues: #217 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: 01/21/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: New Logo. This issue introduces a run of reprints of the classic stories of Adam Strange and the Atomic Knights, as well as other stories. Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's 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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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Adam Strange
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Secret of the Eternal City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Adam Strange (origin); Alanna; Sardath
Synopsis: An Earth archaeologist is caught by a "zeta-beam" and teleported to Rann near Alpha Centauri. He meets Alanna and Sardath. Alien invaders called The Eternals attack the planet. Adam and Alanna journey to the Brigadoon-like city of Samakand to locate a life-metal called "vitatron". Adam tricks the aliens so they're stuck in Samakand. Then he fades away, back to Earth! And waits for the next zeta-beam...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagShowcase #17 published November 1958
was Secret of the Eternal City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.33
Disclose Notes: This begins a run of reprints.
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The Brand Rustlers

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Lee Rider; H. D. Lee Company
Synopsis: Lee Rider finds that rustlers are changing brands on his Uncle Frank's cattle.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement in comic form for Lee brand blue jeans from the H. D. Lee Company, Inc. of Shawnee Mission, Kansas.

Advertisement falls in between pages 7 and 8 of the Adam Strange story.
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The Three-in-One Star

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Date of Filing: October 1, 1968.
Office of Publication: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022.

A. Total Number Copies Printed (Net Print Run):
Average Number Copies Each Issue During Proceeding 12 Months: 312,000
Actual Number of Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date: 350,000

B. Paid Circulation:
1. Sales Through Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors and Counter Sales:
Average Number Copies Each Issue During Proceeding 12 Months: 165,000
Actual Number of Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date: 182,000
2. Mail Subscriptions:
Average Number Copies Each Issue During Proceeding 12 Months: 190
Actual Number of Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date: 213

C. Total Paid Circulation:
Average Number Copies Each Issue During Proceeding 12 Months: 165,190
Actual Number of Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date: 182,213

D. Free Distribution (Including Samples) by Mail Carrier or Other Means:
Average Number Copies Each Issue During Proceeding 12 Months: 386
Actual Number of Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date: 386

E. Total Distribution (Sum of C and D):
Average Number Copies Each Issue During Proceeding 12 Months: 165,576
Actual Number of Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date: 182,599

F. Office Use, Left-Over, Unaccounted, Spoiled After Printing:
Average Number Copies Each Issue During Proceeding 12 Months: 146,424
Actual Number of Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date: 167,401

G. Total (Sum of E and F - Should Equal Net Press Run Shown in A:
Average Number Copies Each Issue During Proceeding 12 Months: 312,000
Actual Number of Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date: 350,000
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The Rise of the Atomic Knights!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #117 published June 1960
was The Rise of the Atomic Knights! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story continues in the next issue.
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The Zeroids Are Here!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Zeroids; Ideal
Character(s): Zeroids [Zintar; Zobor; Zerak]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement in comic format for Zeroids toy robots from the Ideal toy company.

Advertisement falls in between pages 2 and 3 of the Atomic Knights story.

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