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Issue Details

Issue #19
Published March-April 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Cover pencils credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics; the records indicate that Frank Giacoia was paid for the inks but art spotters agree they are by Bernard Sachs (25 January 2008).

Cover Details - "Adam -- Help me! I'm being pulled into space by a magnetic meteor!"

Characters Adam Strange; Alanna
Genre Adventure; Science Fiction
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Bernard Sachs
Notes Cover pencils credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics; the records indicate that Frank Giacoia was paid for the inks but art spotters agree they are by Bernard Sachs (25 January 2008).
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

12 page Adam Strange story "Challenge of the Star-Hunter!"

Characters Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; Leothric (first appearance; villain)
Genre Adventure; Science Fiction
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Joe Giella
Notes Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (25 January 2008)
Reprinted in Adam Strange Archives, The (DC, 2004 series) #1 (February 2004); in Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (DC, 2007 series) #1

Half page filler "Planetary Names"

Notes Sequence located between the two chapters of the previous sequence.

1 page public service announcement "The Family Favorite"

1 page filler "Our Strange Universe"

1 page text article The "End" of the Universe

Letters typeset

11 page Adam Strange story "Mystery of the Mental Menace"

Characters Adam Strange; Alanna; Zakkad (first appearance; villain)
Genre Adventure; Science Fiction
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Sy Barry
Notes Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (25 January 2008); original indexer credited the inks to Joe Giella.
Reprinted in Adam Strange Archives, The (DC, 2004 series) #1 (February 2004); in Showcase Presents: Adam Strange (DC, 2007 series) #1