Strange Adventures
| Strange Adventures | |
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Strange Adventures #1 (August–September 1950). Artist unknown.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher |
(vol. 1, 3 & JSA...) DC Comics (vol. 2 & 4) Vertigo |
| Schedule |
(vol. 1) Bimonthly (#1-2, #212-244 Monthly (#3-211) (vol. 2 & JSA...) Monthly |
| Format |
(vol. 1) Ongoing series (vol. 2, 3, and JSA...) Limited series |
| Genre |
Horror Science fiction |
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List
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| Creative team | |
| Written by | Neal Adams, Arnold Drake, Gardner Fox, Jack Miller |
| Artist(s) | Neal Adams, Steve Ditko, Carmine Infantino, Gil Kane, Bernard Krigstein, Mike Sekowsky, and Alex Toth |
Strange Adventures was the title of several American comic books published by DC Comics, the first of which began in 1950.
Strange Adventures ran for 244 issues and was DC Comics' first science fiction title. It began with an adaptation of the film Destination Moon. The sales success of the gorilla cover-featured story in Strange Adventures #8 (May 1951) led DC to produce numerous comic book covers with depictions of gorillas. The series was home to one of the last superheroes of the pre-Silver Age of Comic Books era, Captain Comet, created by writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino in issue #9. A combination of the "Captain Comet" feature with the "gorilla craze" was presented in issue #39 (December 1953). Other notable series included Star Hawkins which began in issue #114 (March 1960) and the Atomic Knights which debuted in issue #117 (June 1960).
In 'The Strange Adventure That Really Happened' in issue #140 (May 1962), real life comics creators editor Julius Schwartz and artist Sid Greene struggle to make writer Gardner Fox recall a story he has written that holds the key to saving the Earth from alien invasion. In a rare acknowledgement of the rest of the DC universe in Strange Adventures, one panel mentions Gardner Fox having previously met the Flash in the iconic Silver Age story "Flash of Two Worlds".
Strange Adventures #180 (September 1965) introduced Animal Man in a story by Dave Wood and Carmine Infantino. The character was revived by writer Grant Morrison in 1988. Writer Bob Haney and artist Howard Purcell created the supernatural character the Enchantress in Strange Adventures #187 (April 1966). The Enchantress appears in the 2016 live-action movie Suicide Squad, portrayed by Cara Delevingne.
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