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Issue Details

Issue #72
Published December 1961
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Original inking credit of Joe Giella changed to Murphy Anderson based on discussion on main list from Bob Bailey and Gene Reed. Pencil and ink credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, December 2008.

Cover Details - "The Multiple Menace Weapon!"

Characters Adam Strange
Genre Adventure; Science Fiction
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes Original inking credit of Joe Giella changed to Murphy Anderson based on discussion on main list from Bob Bailey and Gene Reed. Pencil and ink credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, December 2008.
Reprinted in Adam Strange Archives, The (DC, 2004 series) #2 (November 2006); in Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (DC, 2007 series) #1 (August 2007)

14 page Adam Strange story "The Multiple Menace Weapon!"

Characters Adam Strange; Alanna; Traffic Patrolman (first appearance); Janna (first appearance); Julan (first appearance); Tedi (first appearance); the Klanf (first appearance; villains)
Synopsis Adam is pulled to Rann... 100,000 years in the future. He helps them defeat the Klanf.
Genre Adventure; Science Fiction
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes The traffic patrolman shows up a few times, with Adam disappearing each time. Pencil and ink credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, December 2008.
Reprinted in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #232 (September-October 1971); in Adam Strange Archives, The (DC, 2004 series) #2 (November 2006); in Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (DC, 2007 series) #1 (August 2007)

9 page story "Doom-Trap for Earth"

Genre science fiction
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Sid Greene
Inks Sid Greene
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks, and page count, confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).
Reprinted In From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #9 (February-March 1971)

1 page Giants of the Telescope filler "Richard C. Carrington"

Genre Fact
Notes Information for this sequence from Arthur Lortie, September 2008. Location of this sequence within this issue is unknown.