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Strange Adventures #18

DC · Series began 1950 · March 1952

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Dates

Cover date: March 1952
On sale: January 30, 1952
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Murphy Anderson, Bob Oksner, Ray Thompson, Alex Toth, Mort Drucker, Raymond Perry, Carmine Infantinoinks: Murphy Anderson, Bob Oksner, Sy Barry, Ray Thompson, Bernard Sachs, Mort Drucker, Raymond Perryletters: Ira Schnapp, Gaspar Saladino, Mort Druckerscript: Jack Schiff, John Broome, Gardner Fox, Mort Drucker, Julius Schwartz

Stories

The World of Flying Men! · 7.67 pages
When Professor Zackro receives a distress signal from space, he and Captain Comet respond, traveling to the asteroid Thule, where they discover a young woman from Earth (daughter of Zackro's old friend) who has been raised as the child of the asteroid's kindly ruler.
Girl in the Golden Flower! · 5.67 pages
An alien spore takes root in Brad Mulford's windowbox, blooming into a peculiar flower. Soon after, he begins to have strange dreams of a girl who takes him on various alien travels, but when the flower eventually dies, so does the girl in the dreams.
One-Way Trip to Mars! · 3.67 pages
David Trent answers a classified ad placed by Professor Norris that offers a trip to Mars from which no one will return.
Character Study! · General Science Quiz · 2 pages
The Man in the Mystery Mask! · 7.67 pages
Ross Rackett travels 500 years into the future to avoid being caught for murdering Abner Primm.

Reprinted in

Challengers of the Unknown (1958), Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (1960), DC Special (1968), From Beyond the Unknown (1969), Pulp Fiction Library: Mystery in Space (1999)