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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published November-December 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "The Planet and the Pendulum!"

Characters Adam Strange
Genre Adventure; Science Fiction
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Gil Kane
Reprinted in Essential Showcase 1956-1959, The (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Adam Strange Archives, The (DC, 2004 series) #1 (February 2004); in Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (DC, 2007 series) #1

15 page Adam Strange story "Secret of the Eternal City"

Characters Adam Strange (first appearance; origin); Rann (a planet; first appearance); Alanna (first appearance); Sardath (first appearance); The Eternals (first appearance)
Genre Adventure; Science Fiction
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Bernard Sachs
Reprinted in Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961); in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #217 (March-April 1969); in Essential Showcase 1956-1959, The (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1980 series) #nn (October 1980); in Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #1; in Adam Strange Archives, The (DC, 2004 series) #1 (February 2004); in Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (DC, 2007 series) #1

10 page Adam Strange story "The Planet and the Pendulum"

Characters Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; Rann; Anthorann
Genre Adventure; Science Fiction
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Bernard Sachs
Reprinted in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #218 (May-June 1969); in Essential Showcase 1956-1959, The (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Adam Strange Archives, The (DC, 2004 series) #1 (February 2004); in Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (DC, 2007 series) #1