Strange Adventures #78
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- March 1957
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/13401
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, Editor [credited]
- Julius Schwartz, editor [attributed] (actual)
Issue contents
Cover
The Secret of the Tom Thumb Spacemen!
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Gil Kane, penciller
- Bernard Sachs, inker
- Colours
- Jack Adler, colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])
- Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #61 (1961)
- Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #73 (1 de octubre de 1959)
Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Inks were originally credited to Joe Giella, but Bob Bailey and Gene Reed agree it is Bernard Sachs.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Charles Atlas
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- , photographer
- Text
- , letterer
- , typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2"I'm really Bruce Walker of Earth, and not King Otmar of Ikaron--as these people think!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Bruce Walker
Credits
- Writing
- John Broome, scripter
- Art
- Sid Greene, penciller
- Bernard Sachs, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #78 (March 1957)
-
Strange Adventures (Colour Comics, 1954 series) #35 ([July 1957])
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Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #238 (September-October 1972)
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Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #238 (September-October 1972) — The Secret of the Tom Thumb Spacemen
- Printed in
-
All Star Adventure Comic (KG Murray, 1973 series) #84 ([December 1973?]) — The Secret of the Tom Thumb Spacemen!
- Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])
- All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #84 ([December 1973] ?)
- Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #10 (février 1959)
- Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #73 (1 de octubre de 1959)
Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
3Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Text
- , typeset
4Featuring
- Feature
- 100 Toy Pirates
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
5"Who came to America from England to seek religious freedom and landed at Plymouth, Mass. in 1620?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Buzzy [DC]
- Genre
- Non-fiction; advocacy
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Schiff, scripter
- Art
- Ruben Moreira, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Notes
This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
6"Tyrannosaurus Rex! The mightiest and most fearsome creature that ever lived on Earth!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Sterling Marsh
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Art
- Gil Kane, penciller
- Joe Giella, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #3 ([July 1958]) — The Life Battery!
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Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #230 (May-June 1971) — The Life Battery
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Mighty Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #85 ([October 1971?]) — The Life Battery
- Printed in
- Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])
- Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #10 (février 1959)
- Hercule (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #5 (octobre 1977)
- Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #3 ([July 1958])
- Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #73 (1 de octubre de 1959)
Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
7"Look Betty! I'll bet it's a flying saucer!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Wilson Chemical Company
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ray Thompson, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
- , typeset
8"The sun always rises in the east and sets in the west..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That--
- Genre
- Non-fiction; math & science
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Strange Adventures (Colour Comics, 1954 series) #34 ([June 1957]) — Untitled
- Printed in
- Superboy Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1953 series) #1958-59 ([1958])
- Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #73 (1 de octubre de 1959)
9"The space-horn created this gun from my thoughts... but will it work against this island's savage natives?"
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Strange Adventures (Colour Comics, 1954 series) #43 ([April 1958?]) — The Magic Horn from Space!
- Printed in
- Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])
- Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #10 (février 1959)
- Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #73 (1 de octubre de 1959)
Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
10"In both the polar regions of our Earth the sun continually shines for several months without setting."
Featuring
- Feature
- Spotlight on Science
- Genre
- Non-fiction; math & science
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
11"I'm a prisoner -- suspended in mid-air -- in a world no Earthman ever saw!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Robert Wilson
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Herron, scripter
- Art
- Sid Greene, penciller
- Bernard Sachs, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])
- Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #10 (février 1959)
- Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #73 (1 de octubre de 1959)
Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Stephens Credit Sales
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
- , typeset
13"Large album and stamp collection"
Featuring
- Feature
- Zenith Company
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
14"Good game Bill! Your homer won the game for us!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Junior Sales Club of America
- Genre
- Sports
- Characters
- Bill; Mickey Mantle
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- , photographer
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Inside back cover featuring a comics-form advertisement for the top third of the page with JSCA prize details and coupon occupying the rest of the page.
15"Over 100 prizes in big prize book"
Featuring
- Feature
- American Seed Co.
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.