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Issue Details

Issue #223
Published March-April 1970
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [July 2007].

Cover Details - "War In Washington, 1990 A.D."

Characters Atomic Knights
Genre science fiction
Pencils Murphy Anderson (signed)
Inks Murphy Anderson (signed)
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [July 2007].

8 page Adam Strange story "The Beast With The Sizzling Blue Eyes!"

Characters Adam Strange; Alanna; Edna; Edna's husband; prehistoric Rannian dinosaurs; Sardath; Zhoran Tew; Mortan
Synopsis Mortan steals an invention from Zhoran Tew and uses it to create force fields and prehistoric dinosaurs to threaten Ranagar, but Adam defeats him when he figures out the weakness of the force fields.
Genre science fiction
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Bernard Sachs
Notes First appearance of Mortan; also appears in Mystery In Space #80, #91.
Reprinted From Mystery In Space (DC, 1951 series) #62

1 page Spotlight On Strange Adventures letters page "Spotlight On Strange Adventures"

Script Julius Schwartz
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from: David AJ McGlone; Jerry Wilson; Rand Lee; Gary Skinner.

5 page story "The Genius Epidemic!"

Characters the 3 Herbert brothers; U.S. Army doctors; hermit; U.S. government investigators
Synopsis The Herbert brothers have absorbed radiation from a meteorite and become scientific geniuses, so the Army puts them to work solving problems and inventing until they vanish.
Genre science fiction
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks Joe Giella
Notes One of the Herbert brothers is named Jeb.
Reprinted From Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #21.

8 page Atomic Knights story "War In Washington!"

Characters Atomic Knights [Gardner Grayle; Douglas Herald; Marene Herald; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard; Bryndon]; Dalas; Khagan; Khagan's army
Synopsis Wayne and Hollis are held prisoners and Bryndon and Gayle follow one of their prisoners, Dalas, to Washington DC to free them and disable an ultraviolet ray.
Genre science fiction
Script John Broome
Pencils Murphy Anderson
Inks Murphy Anderson
Reprinted From Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #135.

Half page credits "Statement of Ownership, Management And Circulation"

Genre fact
Script Bernard Kashdan
Letters typeset
Notes Statement as of October 23, 1962. Paid circulation averages 141,179, most recent issue is 149,041.