Dates
- Cover date
- November 1968
- On sale
- August 29, 1968
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Smoky Realm [Part 1] · 9 pages
Chief Mikki of the Undermen calls on Samson for help repelling an invasion through the subway tunnels. That done, Mindor, concludes that the invaders came from the underground network of Radio City. Samson and his friends are discovered as they spy on Zalg, leader of the Gnarly Men, planning an attack on N'Yark. Trying to escape, they run into the pit of a fire-breathing dragon.
- Ur -- Mother of Cities · Lost Civilizations · 1 pages
- The Ninety Minute Menace · 4 pages
Disasters strike Astro City every 90 minutes, and Tom figures out that the problem is one of the war satellites that wrecked civilization -- defective, but with its radioactive beams still deadly. With great struggle, Tom uses his mental powers to push the satellite out of orbit and into space.
- Jokes on You · 1 pages
- [The Smoky Realm] Part Two: The Call to Arms · 12 pages
Using the atomic-powered monitors of Radio City, Mindor discovers that the Gnarly Men are being forced to invade the surface because their magic breeze (atomic-powered air conditioning) has ceased to work. Gathering ancient manuals he gains a truce, racing against time and suspicious Gnarly Men even as Samson fends off dragons. Mindor succeeds and Samson seals off the monsters. Chef Zalg and the Grand Chief of N'Yark conclude a treaty, and Samson heads home to catch up on his sleep.
- Stiff Chicken · 0.5 pages
A rooster mistakes a bag of cement for a bag of corn, eats some, drinks water, and becomes solidified.
- Plesiosaur · 1 pages
Reprinted in
Mighty Samson (2010)