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Issue Details

Issue #56
Published December 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Cover pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics; the original indexer credited the inks to Joe Giella. (9 May 2008)

Cover Details - "Menace of the Super-Atom!"

Characters Adam Strange; Alanna
Genre Adventure; Science Fiction
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Bernard Sachs
Notes Cover pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics; the original indexer credited the inks to Joe Giella. (9 May 2008)
Reprinted in Adam Strange Archives, The (DC, 2004 series) #1 (February 2004)

9 page Adam Strange story "The Menace of the Super Atom"

Characters Adam Strange; Alanna; Nimar (first appearance; villain)
Genre Adventure; Science Fiction
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (9 May 2008)
Reprinted in Adam Strange Archives, The (DC, 2004 series) #1 (February 2004)

7 page story "Raider of the Waterless World"

Genre science fiction
Script John Broome
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Murphy Anderson
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) #14 (December 1971-January 1972).

7 page story "Super-Cook of Space"

Genre science fiction
Script John Broome
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Bernard Sachs
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) #17 (June-July 1972).

1 page Giants of the Telescope filler "E. Hertzsprung"

Genre Fact
Notes Information for this sequence from Arthur Lortie, September 2008. Location of this sequence within this issue is unknown.