Issue Details

Issue	#56
Published	December 1959
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Notes	Cover pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics; the original indexer credited the inks to Joe Giella. (9 May 2008)

Cover Details - "Menace of the Super-Atom!"

Characters	Adam Strange; Alanna
Genre	Adventure; Science Fiction
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Notes	Cover pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics; the original indexer credited the inks to Joe Giella. (9 May 2008)
Reprinted	in Adam Strange Archives, The (DC, 2004 series) #1 (February 2004)

9 page Adam Strange story "The Menace of the Super Atom"

Characters	Adam Strange; Alanna; Nimar (first appearance; villain)
Genre	Adventure; Science Fiction
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Notes	Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (9 May 2008)
Reprinted	in Adam Strange Archives, The (DC, 2004 series) #1 (February 2004)

7 page story "Raider of the Waterless World"

Genre	science fiction
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Notes	Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).
Reprinted	In From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #14 (December 1971-January 1972).

7 page story "Super-Cook of Space"

Genre	science fiction
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Mike Sekowsky
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Notes	Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).
Reprinted	In From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #17 (June-July 1972).

1 page Giants of the Telescope filler "E. Hertzsprung"

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