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Issue: Strange Adventures #21
Publication Date: June 1952
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Issues: #21 of 244 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/28/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (5 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
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The Monster That Fished for Men!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, science fiction
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Pages: 1
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Superman Says: "Hop on the Welfare Wagon!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Eyes of Other Worlds!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction, superhero
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Pages: 8
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What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Boy! He's excited!
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for A Date with Judy.
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The Genius Epidemic!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): the 3 Herbert brothers; U.S. Army doctors; hermit; U.S. government investigators
Synopsis: The Herbert brothers have absorbed radiation from a meteorite and become scientific geniuses, so the Army puts them to work solving problems and inventing until they vanish.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #223 published March 1970
as The Genius Epidemic! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: One of the Herbert brothers is named Jeb.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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Case of the Crossed-Up Car Crook

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That--
First Line: All meteors enter the Earth's atmosphere at the same velocity...
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Pages: 1
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The Monster That Fished for Men!

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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Paul Martin; Lois
Synopsis: Paul Martin is convinced that something is living in a poisonous lake.
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In Content Item: FlagFrom beyond the Unknown #13 published October 1971
as The Monster That Fished for Men! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDie Grüne Laterne #2 published November 1975
as Das Monster das nach Menschen fischte! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3.67
Disclose Notes: Cover story. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Feature(s): Out of This World; Necco
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): General Science Quiz
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Pages: 2
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The Boy Who Changed the Future!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
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In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #153 published November 1965
as The Boy Who Changed the Future [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Dr. Robert G. Aiken

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Giants of the Telescope
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In Issue: FlagSuperman Supacomic #154 published June 1972uncertain
In Content Item: FlagMystery in Space #42 published February 1958
as Dr. Robert G. Aitken [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #156 published August 1972
as Giants of the Telescope [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Star Spangled Comics; Adventure Comics
First Line: The oldest symbol in comics...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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