Strange Adventures #153 Values

Publisher: DC, 1963

About Strange Adventures #153

Third appearance of the Faceless Creature. Murphy Anderson cover and art. Gil Kane art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Threat of the Faceless Creature

Characters: Faceless Creature

Pencils: Murphy Anderson

Inks: Murphy Anderson

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!

Synopsis: Alvin thinks about leaving school until he talks to his dropout friend George, who has to go back to night school because he can't get a good job.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Jack Schiff

Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff

Inks: Sheldon Moldoff

Letters: Ira Schnapp

Notes: Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare. Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated August 1962.

Title: Threat of the Faceless Creature

Characters: Chan Yull [Faceless Creature]; Bob Colby; Jim Boone; Klee Pan

Synopsis: The Faceless Creature appears again with a devious plan for revenge on Earth.

Pages: 9.670

Script: Gardner Fox

Pencils: Gil Kane

Inks: Sid Greene

Letters: Gaspar Saladino

Notes: Third appearance of the Faceless Creature (previously in #124 and #142), who later becomes a member of the Forgotten Villains in the 1980s. Sid Greene's usual depiction of Julius Schwartz as a character occurs in page 6 panel 3 (bespectacled bystander).

Title: Danger in Detroit [Part 1]

Characters: Atomic Knights [Gardner Grayle; Marlene Herald; Douglas Herald; Bryndon Smith; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard]; Dr. Abner Henderson; Organizer Kadey; Blue Belts

Synopsis: The Knights visit Dr. Henderson in Detroit where he is trying to revive the automobile industry, and encounter Organizer Kadey and his Blue Belts, who plan to control things in their city.

Pages: 7.670

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Murphy Anderson (signed) [as MA]

Inks: Murphy Anderson (signed) [as MA]

Reprints: Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #229 (March-April 1971)

Notes: Murphy Anderson's hidden signature [as MA] located on page one, in foreground.

Title: Danger in Detroit Part 2

Characters: Atomic Knights [Gardner Grayle; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard; Bryndon Smith; Marlene Herald; Douglas Herald]; Dr. Abner Henderson; Organizer Kadey; Blue Belts

Synopsis: The Knights learn that Kadey has atomic pistols, which fortunately their armor resists. They arrest him and return to Durvale in the first new automobile produced in Detroit.

Pages: 6.670

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Murphy Anderson (signed)

Inks: Murphy Anderson (signed)

Reprints: Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #229 (March-April 1971)

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	1	4	3	4	3	7	7	2	3	2	0	0	45
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	1	4	3	4	3	7	7	2	3	2	0	0	45

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