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Mystery in Space #87

DC · Series began 1951 · November 1963

first appearance of I.Q.

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I.Q. (Ira Quimby, Hawkman villain) — first appearance

Dates

Cover date: November 1963
On sale: September 12, 1963
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Murphy Anderson, Carmine Infantino, George Roussosinks: Murphy Anderson, Sid Greene, Joe Kubert, George Roussosletters: Ira Schnapp, Gaspar Saladino, Joe Letteresescript: Gardner Fox, Joe Kubert

Stories

The Super-Brain of Adam Strange! · 11.67 pages
Sardath attempts to control Adam's Zeta-Beam visits to Rann, but a side-effect gives Adam a super-evolved brain which also creates a brain-wave menace for the planet. When Alanna shuts down Sardath's machine, all returns to normal but some of the brain-wave energy becomes frozen into a rock which Adam takes back to Earth.
Amazing Thefts of the I.Q. Gang! · 13.33 pages
Ira Quimby's thinking is enhanced whenever he is near the rock that Adam Strange brought back to earth containing his super brain-waves. Ira constructs several super-science devices and executes crimes until defeated by Hawkman and Hawkgirl, and the rock eventually stops emitting the brain-waves.

Characters

Katar HolHawkmanShayera ThalAdam StrangeHawkgirlAlanna StrangeSardathI.Q.Ira Quimby

Reprinted in

Action Comics (1938), All Favourites Comic (1960), The Hawkman Archives (2000), The Adam Strange Archives (2004), Showcase Presents: Hawkman (2007), Adam Strange: The Silver Age Omnibus (2017), DC Finest: Hawkman: Wings Across Time (2025)