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Issue Details

Issue	#140
Published	May 1962
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Notes	Arrival date: 1962-03-27 (Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12)

Cover Details - "Prisoner of the Space-Patch!"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Letters	Ira Schnapp

8 page story "Prisoner of the Space Patch!"

Synopsis	Astronaut Bill Morton is teleported away by aliens who need his help to save their planet, but their plan is faulty, which leaves him stuck between dimensions.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Murphy Anderson

1 page Spotlight on Strange Adventures letters page

Script	Julius Schwartz
Pencils	? (logo illustration)
Inks	? (logo illustration)
Colors	? (logo illustration)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters submitted by Melvin Herbers; Andy Wickstrom; Paul Seydor

1 page Science Says You're Wrong... filler "Water is composed of a mixture of hydrogen..."

Synopsis	misconceptions about scientific fact
Genre	fact

7 page story "The Strange Adventure that Really Happened!"

Characters	Gardner Fox; Julius Schwartz; Sid Greene; General Fred Herron [writer Ed "France" Herron]; Ed Eisenberg (DC production staffer)
Synopsis	An alien invasion begins, and DC writer Gardner Fox realizes that it is happening exactly as he just wrote it in a story for the Strange Adventures comic book, but now the pages of his story are blank and he can't remember how the aliens were defeated in the end.
Genre	adventure; science fiction
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Sid Greene
Inks	Sid Greene
Letters	Sid Greene (title); ?
Notes	Letters credit added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

Half page Metal Men promo (ad from the publisher) "More Startling than Tomorrow's Science Fiction!"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Ross Andru
Inks	Mike Esposito
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	house ad for Showcase (DC, 1856 series) #38 [second appearance of the Metal Men]; on sale March 29

1 page Spotlight on Science letters page

Script	Julius Schwartz
Letters	typeset
Notes	scientific inquiries from readers

1 page Amazing Ratios filler "Compared to the weight of the body, the hummingbird..."

Genre	fact
Script	Julius Schwartz ?

Half page The Flash promo (ad from the publisher) "Just One Second!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	house ad for The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #128

Half page Adam Strange promo (ad from the publisher) "Surprise Story of the Year!"

Genre	science fiction; superhero
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	house ad for Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #75 [Adam Strange teams with the Justice League]

8 page Star Hawkins story "Case of the Worn-Out Robot!"

Characters	Star Hawkins; Ilda
Synopsis	Robot secretary Ilda is declared obsolete and must report to the junkyard for destruction, but there she stumbles on the kidbapped Mercurian diplomat that her boss, Star Hawkins, is searching for. She alerts him, the diplomat is rescued, and she receives a ten-year reprieve.
Genre	science fiction; detective
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Mike Sekowsky
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Letters	Gaspar Saladino

1 page public service announcement "Time-Out for Talk!"

Synopsis	Tim and Mike learn to talk out their disagreements instead of fighting.
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly