Issue | #443 |
Published | January 1975 |
Cover Price | 0.60 USD |
Pages | 100 |
Editing | Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell |
Notes | Additional sequences, synopses, and character appearances from Donald Dale Milne, 1/7/2006. Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007] |
Characters | Superman; Adam Strange; Hawkman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Batman; the Atom [Ray Palmer]; the Black Pirate |
Genre | Super-hero |
Pencils | Nick Cardy (signed) |
Inks | Nick Cardy (signed) |
Notes | Additional sequences, synopses, and character appearances from Donald Dale Milne, 1/7/2006. Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007] |
Characters | Superman |
Genre | Super-hero |
Notes | Contents page. |
Characters | Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Steve Lombard; Josh Coyle; Oscar Asherman; Queen Bee [Zazzala](villain); Brainiac (villain); Clayface (villain); The Harpy (villain); Merlyn (villain); Ocean Master (villain); Sinestro (villain); Chronos (villain); Gorilla Grodd (villain); Green Arrow; Black Canary; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Batman; Aquaman; Red Tornado; Elongated Man; The Atom (all as the Justice League of America); a Guardian of OA; Warden Marwell; Fortress of Solitude |
Synopsis | Queen Bee captures all of the Justice League except superman, who uses Kryptonian technology to reverse earth residents' perceptions of Clark Kent and Superman. This confuses Brainiac so that Superman can trace Queen Bee's Bee-Men back to her liar and free the Justice League, who then capture her and the other villains. |
Genre | Super-hero |
Script | Elliot S! Maggin |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Tex Blaisdell |
Notes | References Action Comics 424. |
Characters | The Sea Devils (Dane Dorrance; Biff; Judy; Nicky); Mr. Neptune; Undersea Nero; Water Alien; Sea-Sorcerer; Coral Giant; Magnetic Monster |
Synopsis | One-panel recaps of stories from Sea Devils #2-3, 6-9, and 12. |
Genre | Adventure |
Notes | References Sea Devils #2-3, 6-9, and 12. |
Characters | The Sea Devils (Dane Dorrance; Judy; Biff; Nicky); Circe Smith; Circe (from mytholgy) |
Synopsis | After watching a singer named Circe Smith at a nightclub, the Sea Devils appear to meat the mythological Circe during their next dive. She puts the male members into a contest and Dane abandons his oxygen tank, and when Judy tries to save him by sacrificing herself it jolts the boys out of their spell to save her. |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Bob Kanigher |
Pencils | Russ Heath |
Inks | Russ Heath |
Editing | Robert Kanigher |
Notes | This story could be explained as a nitrogen narcosis-induced dream of Judy's instead of a real adventure, as the male members have no memory of the adventure at the end of the story. |
Reprinted | from Sea Devils #3 (January-February 1962) |
Characters | The Quiet Man; boy |
Synopsis | A boy is fishing is what appears to be shallow water, so The Quiet Man wades in. He is immediately submerged in deep water because the boy was standing on stilts. |
Genre | gag |
Pencils | Mort Drucker? |
Script | Bob Rozakis |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Answers on page 71, between sequences 9 and 10. |
Characters | Matt Savage; Red; Clay; Mary Beth Hale; Luther Jones; Arizona Bill Pinto; Jed Crogan; Hank Blaine; Grant; Dixon; Biscuits Baker |
Synopsis | Matt concocts a ruse with his men to capture Jed Crogan and his men, who have been menacing a town and its ranchers. |
Genre | western |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Gil Kane |
Inks | Joe Giella |
Letters | Morris Waldinger |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (editor); Julius Schwartz (assistant) |
Reprinted | from Western Comics #78 (November-December 1959) |
Synopsis | definition of a mesa and a butte |
Genre | fact |
Characters | Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath |
Synopsis | Sardath attempts to control Adams Zeta-Beam visits to Rann but a side-effect gives Adam a super-evolved brain which also creates a brain-wave menace for the planet. When Alanna shuts down Sardath's machine all returns to normal but some of the brain-wave energy becomes frozen into a rock which Adam takes back to Earth. |
Genre | Science Fiction; Super-hero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
Inks | Sid Greene |
Notes | References Strange Adventures 235 and Action Comics 437. Continued in sequence 11: "Amazing Thefts of The I.Q. Gang!" |
Reprinted | from Mystery In Space #87 (November 1963) |
Characters | Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Ira Quimby [I.Q.]; I.Q. Gang (villains, intro) |
Synopsis | Ira Quimby' thinking is enhanced whenever he is near the rock that Adam Strange brought back to earth containing his super brain-waves. Ira constructs several super-science devices and executes crimes until defeated by Hawkman and Hawkgirl, and the rock eventually stops emitting the brain-waves. |
Genre | Super-hero |
Script | Gardner Fox |
Pencils | Murphy Anderson |
Inks | Murphy Anderson |
Letters | Joe Letterese |
Notes | Continued from sequence 9 "The Super-Brain of Adam Strange!" |
Reprinted | from Mystery In Space #87 (November 1963) |
Synopsis | examples of the varying structure of bird wings |
Genre | fact |
Characters | The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; King Philip of Spain; Don Carlos (dies); Count Valdez; jester |
Synopsis | Count Valdez and Don Carlos (the king's son) plot to place Don Carlos on the throne by imprisoning the king. But the jester tips off The Black Pirate, who rescues the king, imprisons Count Valdez and helps to kill Don Carlos. |
Genre | Period |
Script | Sheldon Moldoff |
Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Editing | M.C. Gaines (managing); Sheldon Mayer (editor) |
Notes | Writer revision by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005) and verified by Moldoff in interview with Roy Thomas. Previously credited to Ted Udall and/or Gardner Fox. |
Reprinted | from Sensation Comics #4 (April 1942) |
Characters | Superman (in logo) |
Letters | typeset |
Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Notes | Includes the reprint credits for the stories in this issue. |