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Strange Adventures #8

DC · Series began 1950 · May 1951

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Dates

Cover date: May 1951
On sale: April 2, 1951
Pages: 52

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Bob Oksner, Hi Mankin, Alex Toth, Ray Thompson, Jim Mooney, Morris Waldinger, Gil Kaneinks: Win Mortimer, Bernard Sachs, Hi Mankin, Ray Thompson, Ray Burnley, Tom Nicolosi, Frank Giacoiascript: Gardner Fox, Hi Mankin, John Broome, Jack Schiff, Julius Schwartz, Mann Rubin

Stories

Evolution Plus! · 10 pages
Scientist Ralph Gain invents a machine that can evolve animal subjects. His hoodlum friend, Johnny Farrel, accidentally kills him and uses the machine on himself, running up the evolutionary ladder until he finds himself devolved into a gorilla's form. He tries to convinced authorities that he is Gain but he slowly loses his mind and becomes a gorilla in thought as well as form.
Untitled · 0.75 pages
A robot wins $500 in a wrestling contest but wants his winnings in gasoline.
Time Capsule from Tomorrow! · 10 pages
In the far future, E-semex conceives a plan to defeat the Vegan invaders by warning people in the past.
Untitled · 0.75 pages
Brainstorm travels to 1,000,000 BC to get proof that his time machine works.
Revolt of the Humans! · 10 pages
In the year 8685, mankind is ruled by a supreme machine that provides for their every need. After a meeting with a Neo girl, Athon discovers that the rule of the Machine is not so benevolent and works to destroy it.
To the Stars! · General Science Quiz · 2 pages
Quizzes related to astronomy, geology, and physics.
The Great Rocket Hoax! · 9 pages
A hoax goes awry and Bruce Karson accidentally journeys to Venus, only to be accused of staging a hoax on his return.

Publisher’s description

Prepare, dear readers, for another collection of truly Strange Adventures! An ape claims to be a human genius, but others fear he may be a dangerous foe-could he be both? When a strange interstellar object begins telling Allyn Drake the future, he finds himself embroiled in a battle across time and space! To free himself from the machines, a man must use the most human emotion of all-love. In our final tale, an astronaut plans to create a hoax trip to Venus, but when he accidentally actually arrives to our neighbor planet, truth quickly becomes stranger than fiction!

Reprinted in

My Greatest Adventure (1955), Tales of the Unexpected (1956)