Strange Adventures

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Strange Adventures (Eng. "Wondrous Adventure") is the title of a comic series that the US publisher DC Comics published between 1950 and 1973.

According to its title, the series specialized in science fiction and fantasy stories, most of which were set in space.

Release dates

In its almost twenty-three-year term, the Strange Adventures reached a total of 244 issues, with two to four stories being presented in each issue, which - independently of one another - were devoted to different concepts, characters and locations.

With the number 202, the focus was shifted from the previously dominant area of ​​sci-fi / fantasy towards mystery / occultism. In order to highlight the change in content - which has the double connotation of the English word strange , which can mean both "strange" in the sense of "wonderful, imaginative" and "irritating, strange, disturbing" - the series logo was used visually changed with that edition. With No. 217 there was another change in the logo. In terms of content, from this edition - until it was discontinued with no. 244 - only reprints of material already published in earlier editions were reprinted.

Editor Julius Schwartz took care of the editorial support of the series for most of its running time . The best-known writer who contributed stories for Strange Adventures was Gardner Fox . Among the drawings that took care of the visual design of the stories presented are Neal Adams , Murphy Anderson , Arnold Drake, Carmine Infantino , Gil Kane , Bernard Krigstein, Mike Sekowsky and Alex Toth .

In the meantime, the Strange Adventures have been revived several times in the form of miniseries: From November 1999 to February 2000, DC-Imprint Vertigo published a four-part miniseries under the Strange Adventures title, which contained various fantastic stories in the old manner, but in adaptation to the changed narrative. and signing conventions of the 1990s. Brian Azzarello , Brian Bolland and Dave Gibbons were involved as authors, and Klaus Janson and Frank Quietly as draftsmen .

A six-part mini-series under the title JSA followed from October 2004 to March 2005 . Strange Adventures , which featured Justice Society of America adventures in the spirit of the old Strange Adventures . This series was authored by Kevin J. Anderson , and Barry Kitson was the draftsman .

From May to December 2009, an eight-part mini-series by Jim Starlin was finally published under the title Strange Adventures , in which three protagonists of the classic Strange Adventures - Adam Strange, Bizzaro and Captain Comet - experience shared adventures.

The features of Strange Adventures

Recurring series published within Strange Adventures include:

  • Chris KL-99 (Issues # 1-3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15),
  • Darwin Jones (Issues # 1, 48, 58, 66, 70, 76-77, 79, 84, 88, 93, 149, 160),
  • Captain Comet (Issues # 9-49),
  • Space Museum (sporadically from # 104 to 161),
  • Star Hawkins (sporadically from # 114 to 185),
  • Atomic Knights (sporadically from # 117 to 160, reprints in 217–231),
  • Faceless Creature from Saturn (Issues # 124, 142, 153),
  • Star Rovers (Issues # 159, 163), Animal Man (Issues # 180, 184, 190, 195, 201),
  • Immortal Man (Issues # 177, 185, 190, 198),
  • Enchantress (Issues # 187, 191, 200),
  • Deadman (issues # 205 through 216) and
  • Adam Strange (Issues # 217 through 244).

Awards

Strange Adventures won the Alley Awards for General Fantasy in 1963 . In 1965 she received the award for the Best Regularly Published Fantasy Comic , in 1966 the same award for the Best Fantasy / SF / Supernatural Title , in 1967 the award for the best cover picture (drawn by Neal Adams, issue # 207), and in 1967 the award for Best Full -Length Story ( Who's Been Lying in My Grave? In # 205 by Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino) and in the same year the award for the Best New Strip (Deadman by Drake and Infantino).

Reprints

  • JSA. Strange Adventures , New York 2010. (Paperback, comprises the six-part 2004 miniseries)
  • Strange Adventures , New York 2010. (Paperback, comprises the eight-part 2009 mini-series)

literature

  • Wizard catalog