Issue Details

Issue	#55
Published	April 1955
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual)

Cover Details - "The Gorilla Who Challenged the World!"

Genre	science fiction; mystery
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #1

6 page story "The Gorilla Who Challenged the World (Part 1)"

Genre	science fiction
Script	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Sy Barry
Inks	Sy Barry
Notes	Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).
Reprinted	in From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #5 (June-July 1970); in Showcase Presents Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #1

6 page story "Movie Men From Mars!"

Genre	science fiction
Script	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Henry Sharp
Inks	Joe Giella
Notes	Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (16 August 2007)
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #1

2 page story "A World Destroyed!"

Genre	science fiction
Script	Joe Kubert
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #1

6 page story "The Day The Sun Exploded!"

Genre	science fiction
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Notes	Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (16 August 2007)
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #1

6 page story "The Invisible Spaceman!"

Genre	science fiction
Script	Sid Gerson
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Joe Giella
Notes	Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (16 August 2007)
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #1