Strange Adventures (1950-1973)
English
154 pages
Volume 1
Strange Adventures
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Don't miss this collection of science fiction short stories from some of Vertigo's all-time greats, as well as the hot new talents of tomorrow! From the far reaches of space to the not so distant future, this anthology is loaded with unsettling short stories that will hijack your imagination and take you to strange, mysterious places. Collects Strange Adventures #1 and Mystery in Space #1.
45 pages
Issue 1
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #1
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The premiere issue of DC's first science fiction series! Join Chris KL-99 and the crew of the Pioneer as they face "The Menace of the Green Nebula!" This issue also features an adaptation of the movie Destination Moon drawn by Curt Swan, plus a slew of original science fiction tales told by some of the top DC and sci-fi creators of the era.
43 pages
Issue 2
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #2
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Another issue of amazing science fiction tales including, "The Doom from Planet-X!", "The Secret of the Flying Saucers!", "The Endless War!", and another adventure for Chris KL-99 in "The World of Giant Robots." Also includes features by master artists Jack Kirby and Virgil Finlay.
40 pages
Issue 3
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #3
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Chris KL-99 stars in another interplanetary thriller after Earth's metal monuments and landmarks are stolen by "The Metal World!" Features other tales of amazing science fiction including "The Secret Fate of Adolph Hitler!" and "The Stranger from the Stars."
42 pages
Issue 4
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #4
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Time-travel, robots, interplanetary cops and robbers, and "The Invaders from the Nth Dimension!," all in this issue of DC's amazing science fiction series.
42 pages
Issue 5
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #5
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Another new Chris KL-99 interplanetary adventure to "The World Inside the Atom!" When a protective shield against the atomic bomb is created, will its defensive perfection turn it instead into "The Perfect Weapon!"? Also features the exciting science fiction stories "The Man Who Could Vanish!," "Mr. Wilkins Sees the Future!," and more.
44 pages
Issue 6
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #6
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Please! Before it's too late-listen to-"The Confessions of a Martian!" Read the harrowing details that occurred when Earth became innocent game for "The Vampire World." And take a one-way trip to the future with "The Last Man and Woman!," plus other outstanding stories!
43 pages
Issue 7
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #7
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Strange Adventures delivers its seventh installment of thrills! In this issue: A scientific leap for ants could mean the last breath for humanity! Donald Parr protects Jupiter with his life-and 99 more! How can actress extraordinaire Margo Trent deliver the performance of 1951 when she's trapped in 3000 A.D.? Finally, Chris KL-99 has traveled to every known region of the universe, but his secret quest may be nearing its end…
44 pages
Issue 8
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #8
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Prepare, dear readers, for another collection of truly Strange Adventures! An ape claims to be a human genius, but others fear he may be a dangerous foe-could he be both? When a strange interstellar object begins telling Allyn Drake the future, he finds himself embroiled in a battle across time and space! To free himself from the machines, a man must use the most human emotion of all-love. In our final tale, an astronaut plans to create a hoax trip to Venus, but when he accidentally actually arrives to our neighbor planet, truth quickly becomes stranger than fiction!
43 pages
Issue 9
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #9
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CAPTAIN COMET DEBUTS! Don't miss the sensational origin of one of DC's first science fiction heroes, born 100,000 years ahead of his time. In our following adventures, a button that can provide anything might be too good to be true; a world of illusion is gripped by madness; and Chris KL-99 learns the secret past of a trusted ally!
45 pages
Issue 10
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #10
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Captain Comet battles to save the Earth from "The Air Bandits from Space!" Genius inventor and adventurer Bram Hilton explores the Multiverse in "The Other Earths!," plus other amazing tales of science fiction.
26 pages
Issue 11
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"PLIGHT OF THE HUMAN COCOONS!" Four men from Earth are captured by friendly aliens who need their help to discover the reason why they are shrinking. Plus, "THE IMMORTALITY SEEKERS!" Aliens visit Earth to rediscover the secret of immortality which was found there, millions of years earlier by another member of their race, but lost before he could reveal it to his home world.
25 pages
Issue 12
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"I LIVED A HUNDRED LIVES!" A man learns that he has extraordinary powers and has lived many lives, extending back to prehistoric times, dying and being reborn all over! "HAPPY HOBBY TIME." Superboy shows Frank that he can be creative, regardless of whether his creations are perfect, and that an expressive hobby can provide lifelong enjoyment. Plus, A man's tattoos of terrible monsters materialize in giant form and cause destruction until he figures out how to keep them on his body in "THE MAN WITH THE WEIRD TATTOOS."
17 pages
Issue 13
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First appearance of Buddy Baker, Animal Man!
17 pages
Issue 14
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Strange Adventures continues in 'H-Hour for a Hurricane Hunter!'
14 pages
Issue 15
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #190
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Buddy Baker decides to don a costume and become a super hero using his animal powers!
13 pages
Issue 16
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #195
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Strange Adventures continues in 'Animal Man, Hero or Freak?'
13 pages
Issue 17
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #201
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Strange Adventures continues in this tale featuring Animal Man and the Mod Gorilla Boss.
24 pages
Issue 18
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #205
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"WHO HAS BEEN LYING IN MY GRAVE?" Featuring the first appearance and origin of Boston Brand, a.k.a. Deadman! Plus, "WAR OF THE MIND READERS!"
25 pages
Issue 19
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #206
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"AN EYE FOR AN EYE." Jeff Carling is being blackmailed by the leader of a rebel motorcycle club. As Deadman investigates, he discovers a connection that could solve his own murder!
25 pages
Issue 20
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #207
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"WHAT MAKES A CORPSE CRY?" Hill's Circus is leaving town, but Deadman will remain behind to investigate another lead in the case of his murder!
23 pages
Issue 21
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #208
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"HOW MANY TIMES CAN A GUY DIE?" Parts one and two. Boston Brand recounts a brief association he had with a trapeze artist named Eagle, who might have a connection to his murderer!
29 pages
Issue 22
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #209
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"HOW MANY TIMES CAN A GUY DIE?" Part three. While in the body of a circus helper named Pete, Deadman discovers that the Eagle is using his acrobatic talents to stage jewel heists from skyscraper offices!
22 pages
Issue 23
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #210
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"HIDE IN SEEK!" Deadman seeks to learn what happened to the police detective who was assigned to investigate his murder! Plus, "DESIGNS FOR DISASTER!"
24 pages
Issue 24
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #217
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Adam Strange is an archaeologist working in the country of Caramanga in South America. A group of hostile Incan villagers begin chasing Adam, but he manages to elude them when his body is struck by a strange beam of energy.
27 pages
Issue 25
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #218
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Adam Strange traces the path of the Zeta-Beam and intercepts it, instantly teleporting back to the planet Rann. He arrives in a region called Vardana. A tribe of natives known as the Zoora discover Adam Strange and apprehend him. They bring him back to the Tower of Rainbow Doom, and subsequently transport him to Rann's sister world, Anthorann.
25 pages
Issue 26
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #220
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Waiting for the Zeta-Beam in the South African veldt, Adam Strange is shocked to find that the Zeta-Beam never appears. Wondering what happens, he calculates that the next beam will come in about eight days somewhere over the Atlantic. Traveling there at the appropriate time, Strange is relieved to be struck by the Zeta-Beam and transported to Rann. There he is greeted by a frantic Alanna, who was worried she would never see Adam again. She explains that eight days ago, instead of Adam appearing, a lizard creature the Rannians call "Zaradak" appeared instead. They soon realized that the Zeta-Beam that Adam had missed was intercepted by a runaway planet. Since then, the creature has been wreaking havoc on the city of Ranagar.
24 pages
Issue 27
Strange Adventures (1950-) #222
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"BEYOND THE WALL OF DEATH!" Adam Strange is Zeta-Beamed back to Rann where he finds he must pull a Trojan Horse maneuver to liberate Alanna and other Ranagarians from the warlike Reekans.
26 pages
Issue 28
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For once Adam Strange-the Earthman who is regularly teleported across 25 trillion miles of space to the planet Rann on the wings of a Zeta-Beam-knows the sharp bite of failure! Never before has a menace to his adopted planet defeated him! Yet now-confronted by a weapon that threatens the life of his interplanetary sweetheart, as well as that of Rann!
57 pages
Issue 29
Strange Adventures (1950-) #226
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"THE MAGIC-MAKER OF RANN!" Adam Strange returns to Rann to discover that all the people on the planet have mind-over-matter powers, but that they have inexplicably gone mad. Plus, "THE MECHANICAL MASTERS OF RANN!" and "WHEN THE EARTH BLACKED OUT!"
39 pages
Issue 30
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Adam Strange and the Justice League of America join forces to take on "The Time-Wise Thief!"
26 pages
Issue 31
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #241
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Once again in New York City, Adam Strange is once more stopped by a police officer that has seen him twice disappear while driving in his own car (In both issue #72 and issue #77) When Adam spots somebody who looks like Alanna on Earth he tries to get out of his car, but the police officer forces him to actually park it. Catching up with the girl, it turns out to be Alanna, who explains to him that her father repaired the device that could control the Zeta-Beam and sent her to Earth to visit Adam.
25 pages
Issue 32
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #242
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Traveling to Ranagar, Adam Strange is set to give out the annual award for scientist of the year, which is awarded to Akor Barth of Anathul for his radiation-detector device. One of the scientists watching the ceremony isn't satisfied with winning an award, but wants to take over the whole planet.
24 pages
Issue 33
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #243
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Traveling once more to Rann, Adam Strange is suddenly attacked by Alanna and the people of Ranagar. He soon finds that they have been controlled by a being called the Emotion Master, who is using his Coilodyne to control the emotions of others.
22 pages
Issue 34
Strange Adventures (1950-1973) #244
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Flying to intercept the Zeta-Beam that is due to strike the Australian Outback, Adam is shocked to discover his foe Jakarta the Dust Devil is free. Jakarta attacks him and manages to intercept the Zeta-Beam, trapping Adam on Earth until the next one.
