Issue Details

Issue	#139
Published	April 1962
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Notes	Arrival date: 1962-02-27 (Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12)

Cover Details - "The Space-Roots of Evil!"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Letters	Ira Schnapp

8 page story "Space Roots of Evil!"

Synopsis	An expedition to Venus returns to Earth and inadvertently brings back seeds which produce giant plants which threaten to absorb all moisture on the planet.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Murphy Anderson

1 page Spotlight on Strange Adventures letters page

Script	Julius Schwartz
Pencils	? (logo illustration)
Inks	? (logo illustration)
Colors	? (logo illustration)
Letters	typeset
Notes	First letters page with letters of comment on the preceding issues. Letters submitted by Paul Gambaccini; Paul Seydor

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Don't Miss These Two Super-Spectaculars!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan (illustrations)
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff; George Klein (illustrations)
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	house ad for Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #96 and Superman (DC, 1939 series) #152

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Do You Know Your Neighbors?"

Characters	Buzzy; Suzie
Synopsis	Buzzy and his friends learn about the backgrounds of their neighbors through their ethnic customs.
Genre	teen
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated November 1955.

7 page story "The World Without Tomorrow!"

Synopsis	Engineer Neil Hammond is transported to the planet Basna to help its people escape from a state of suspended animation caused by a strange gas cloud in space.
Genre	science fiction
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Sid Greene
Inks	Sid Greene
Letters	Sid Greene
Notes	Julius Schwartz appears on page 2, panel 2 as a policeman. Letters, Characters: Info by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

Half page Adam Strange promo (ad from the publisher) "Surprise Story of the Year!"

Genre	science fiction; superhero
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	house ad for Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #75 [Adam Strange teams with the Justice League]

Half page Star Names! filler "Draco and Sagittarius"

Synopsis	origin of the names of constellations Draco and Sagittarius
Genre	fact
Script	Julius Schwartz ?
Pencils	Morris Waldinger ?
Inks	Tommy Nicolosi ?

1 page Spotlight on Science letters page

Synopsis	scientific inquiries from readers
Script	Julius Schwartz
Letters	typeset

7 page Space Museum story "Secret of the Energy Weapon!"

Characters	A tree branch exhibited in the Space Museum relates to the successful defeat of an alien invasion.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Carmine Infantino
Letters	Gaspar Saladino ?

1 page Amazing Ratios filler "One ampere (unit of measure of electric current)..."

Genre	fact
Script	Julius Schwartz ?