Dates
- Cover date
- November-December 1958
- On sale
- September 18, 1958
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Secret of the Eternal City! · 14.33 pages
An Earth archaeologist is caught by a "zeta-beam" and teleported to Rann near Alpha Centauri where he meets Alanna and Sardath. Alien invaders, called The Eternals, attack the planet while Adam and Alanna journey to the Brigadoon-like city of Samakand to locate a life-metal called "vitatron." Adam tricks the aliens so they're stuck in Samakand, but then he fades away, returning to Earth, awaiting the next zeta-beam.
- Our Strange Universe! · 1 pages
Educational facts about space, the sun, and stars.
- Tebutt's Comet, Halley's Comet, Pons-Winnecke Comet · Curious Comets · 0.5 pages
Educational info on Tebutt's Comet, Halley's Comet, and the Pons-Winnecke Comet.
- The Three-in-One Star · 1 pages
Educational information on Alpha Centauri, the nearest star to our solar system.
- The Planet and the Pendulum! · 9.67 pages
Zapped by the zeta-beam, Adam is teleported to Rann, where he is captured by primitive tribesmen, who believe their “Rainbow Doom” device will execute him. However, the device is actually a teleporter which sends him to Rann’s sister planet Anthorann. He meets Alanna and Sardath, who had used knowledge from Samakand scientists to journey to Anthorann, but crashed. Adam dons a Rann spacesuit from the wreckage and faces invaders from Morleen, who swing a "diamondium" pendulum to cut open the dome of New Ranagar. Adam ray-blasts the shaft, inducing the aliens to flee, then fades away to Earth.
Characters
Reprinted in
Strange Adventures (1950), The Essential Showcase 1956-1959 (1992), The Adam Strange Archives (2004), Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (2007), Showcase Presents: Showcase (2012), Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus (2017), The Hundred Comic Monthly (1956), All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (1957), All Star Adventure Comic (1959), Secret Origins (1961), Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (1980), Secret Origins Replica Edition (1998), DC Universe Secret Origins (2012), DC Universe: Secret Origins (2013), Mysteries of Love in Space (2019)