Strange Adventures #229 FN 1971 Stock Image

Grade FN
Year 1971
Publisher DC

This is a mid grade item. It will have enough minor defects that it is in clearly worse condition than a brand new freshly published comic, magazine, or book. Allowed defects for this grade include: a spine split of less than half an inch, minor water spotting or other residue, impacted corners, and an accumulation or spine stresses that may break color. An item could be assigned this grade due to either an accumulation of minor defects or one or two moderate defects.

Description

Giant-size issue. Adam Strange reprint: "Menace of the Aqua-Ray Weapon!" (from Mystery in Space 69). Script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Murphy Anderson. Atomic Knights reprint: "Danger in Detroit!" (from Strange Adventures 153). Script by John Broome, art by Anderson. Other reprint stories: "The Last Mile of Space" (from MIS 17). Script by Broome, art by Anderson. "The Day Science Ran Wild!" (from SA 82). Script by Otto Binder, pencils by Sid Greene, inks by Joe Giella. "The Electric Man!" (from SA 54). Script by Broome, art by Sy Barry. "The Mad Planet" (from MIS 19). Script by Sid Gerson, art by Virgil Finlay (a rare 6-page comic book story by the famous science fiction illustrator!). "The Hands From Nowhere!" (from SA 22). Script by Walter B. Gibson, pencils by Bob Oksner, inks by Bernard Sachs. Statement of ownership: average print run 280,328; average paid circulation 135,866. Anderson cover? 68 Pages, Full Color.

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