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Strange Adventures #8 (DC, 1951) is not the first DC comic book that featured a gorilla cover.  That distinction belongs to Action Comics #6 (DC, 1938).  But Strange Adventures #8 is widely cited as the cover that sparked the gorilla cover mandate at the publisher.  The cover of that issue by Win Mortimer is based[...]

Strange Adventures is such an awesome DC Comics series that, at this point, needs to get more love from the modern readership Many of the things I hear in my shop that people are looking for in books- sci-fi action, crazy stories, and out-there characters who are too offbeat for their own good, are located[...]

Deadman's debut in Strange Adventures #205 in 1967 alongside Carmine Infantino shows high-wire circus performer Boston Brand who called himself (and dressed as) Deadman before his transformation into a superhero, because he thought that his audience was hoping to watch his death during his performance This issue even somehow slipped a drug storyline past the[...]

The historically important DC Comics series Strange Adventures was launched in 1950 and ran for 244 issues before ending in 1973.  The title introduced a number of well-remembered DC Comics characters over the years, including Captain Comet, Animal Man, and Deadman Largely remembered as one of a number of 1950s comic book titles during this[...]

Earlier this week, during the latest episode of Hollywood Babble-On, filmmaker Kevin Smith shared the news that EP Greg Berlanti & HBO Max's DC's Strange Adventures had been scrapped and that the future wasn't looking too bright for Berlanti's "Green Lantern" series, either According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter released this afternoon, the[...]

But what about those projects that have been quietly floating around in limbo for the past two years? In this case, we're talking about EP Greg Berlanti's DC's Strange Adventures and Finn Wittrock-starring Green Lantern series Well, according to filmmaker & multimedia talent Kevin Smith in the latest episode of Hollywood Babble-On," things are not[...]

Edgar Hoover as early as August 1950 that, "It is doubtful, however, that an appreciable decrease in juvenile delinquency would result if crime comic books of all types were not readily available to children." Strange Adventures #2, the Promise Collection, DC Comics 1950. Interestingly, Hoover went on to explain to Kefauver that he felt that education rather[...]

Strange Adventures #11 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, the penultimate issue of this story by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, and Doc Shaner In this preview, we see Adam Strange finally get what he deserves: a slap in the face from his wife The solicit promises massive secrets will be revealed this issue[...]

Strange Adventures #10 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday as Tom King, Mitch Gerads, and Doc Shaner's magnum opus approaches its conclusion It's Allana Strange who will be taking matters into her own hands, according to this solicit But first things first: a gratuitous shower scene! What does any of this have to[...]

The historically important DC Comics series Strange Adventures was launched in 1950 and ran for 244 issues before ending in 1973.  The title introduced a number of well-remembered DC Comics characters over the years, including Captain Comet, Animal Man, and Deadman Largely remembered as one of a number of 1950s comic book titles during this[...]

But Manchin has gone to work for the day, so I am currently wearing his bathrobe and soaking my feet in his bathtub while I write to you about the latest tweets from superstar comic book creators Mitch Gerads and Tom King, who, along with Doc Shaner, are the creative team behind the DC Comics[...]

Is Deathstroke a friend or foe…and what are his plans for Batman? SRP: $3.99 Then on the 15th/16th September, they will have a fourth printing of DCeased: Dead Planet #1 and second printings of #2, and issues of Strange Adventures. DCEASED DEAD PLANET #1 (OF 6) 4TH PTG After a corrupted Anti-Life Equation turned billions into monsters –[...]

For his half of the book, Michael Holt flies to the planet Rann to continue the investigation of Adam Strange — an investigation Strange himself requested and one also requested by Batman. The cover of Strange Adventures #4 Credit: DC Comics On the other hand, in what might be a flashback, Adam Strange gets stuck on Earth[...]

Through both, each man is being tested: Adam by the harsh Rannian deserts, apparently avoiding the oppression of mechanical menaces, and Holt is tested by the task in front of him, the question of investigating a beloved hero. The cover of Strange Adventures #2 published by DC Comics with the creative team of Tom King, Mitch[...]

It's Strange Adventures #2 tops the list, even divided into two covers. Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming[...]

Strange Music Inc of Lee's Summit, Missouri, is opposing DC Comics' attempted trademark of the phrase 'Strange Adventures' DC has a new Strange Adventures TV series and also just published a revival of the comic book. Screenshot of Strange Music Inc from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdfH_1YWo9g Bleeding Cool reported last year that DC Comics' decision to trademark Strange Adventures may[...]

With the latest Tom King epic using readers as a psychologist's couch to work out his issues in stores last Wedensday, DC Comics has revealed a first look at Strange Adventures #2, from King, Mitch Gerads, Doc Shaner, and Clayton Cowles Even without any words in this preview, you can just tell the comic is[...]

and dealing with issues from it. Well, we're happy to say that King finally writes something different in Strange Adventures. Yes, Strange is still dealing with the issues of coming home from a war and attempting to reconcile his experiences with a "normal" life. But now he's also dealing with the hassles of being a successful writer. Making media[...]

And this week it's all about Strange Adventures and Strange Academy Sadly no Doctor Strange up for FOC… but someone noticed that Ablaze Media had managed to get The Cimmerian through all the Conan IP trademark issues that had seen all orders cancelled previously. TOP 25 ADVANCE REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPS Publication Price Publisher STRANGE ADVENTURES #1 (OF 12) $4.99 DC COMICS STRANGE[...]

DC's new maxiseries Strange Adventures, by writer Tom King and artists Mitch Gerads and Evan "Doc" Shaner, was solicited with a standard DC Comics label However, it has now been redesignated a DC Black Label Ages with a 17+ content descriptor on its card stock covers DC Comics want retailers and readers to see this[...]

DC Comics has revealed the release date for Strange Adventures, the upcoming project by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, and Evan "Doc" Shaner which breaks from previous Tom King works by being about Donald Trump instead of PTSD First announced at New York Comic Con as coming in 2020, we now know the first issue will[...]

At New York Comic-Con's World's Finest panel and then on Twitter, DC Comics revealed a first look at the upcoming Strange Adventures by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, and Doc Shaner First announced at San Diego Comic-Con, King expressed an interest in finally writing a story that wasn't about PTSD, instead making it something that reflects[...]

So bear that in mind. DC Comics and Warner Bros have just trademarked the phrase 'Strange Adventures' for; Entertainment services, namely, providing entertainment content in the nature of ongoing television programs and non-downloadable videos in the fields of live-action, comedy, drama and reality; entertainment services in the nature of live-action, comedy, drama, and reality television series; production[...]

We just learned that Tom King, Mitch Gerads, and Doc Shaner are working on an Adam Strange comic called Strange Adventures at DC Comics for release in 2020 And at the DC Sunday Conversation panel at San Diego Comic-Con, King shared a few details on the project with DC Publisher Dan Didio and the assembled[...]

Strange Adventures will be a new series starring Adam Strange. 2020 KING • SHANER • GERADS#DCStrangeAdventures pic.twitter.com/7Eg2fFeRsy — DC (@DCComics) July 21, 2019 Following DC's announcement on twitter, King tweeted a quote from Phillip K Dick. "And he thought, strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then." —Phillip K[...]

It's a sunny summer's day in London, the mind drifts into odd places. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree.

As Rich said earlier today, that Strange Adventures cover does look a bit strange as printed, and not for the intended adventurous reason  Of course, this is not the first time advertising or marketing has appeared on the front cover of a comic book Since Paul Pope is a Kirby fan, and since I'll use[...]

This is the cover to Strange Adventures, published by Vertigo today. And here's the solicited version. See the difference? Yes, that's right, logo, publisher logo, price, credits, cover text and… a massive Green Lantern ad slapped on the top. While this looks fine on the Green Lantern books published today, and okay I suppose on the cover of[...]

We mentioned yesterday that Lauren Beukes has written a story with Inaki Miranda for the Vertigo anthology Strange Adventures And asked who was next. Well, Goran Sudzuka is an old hand at Vertigo, with Y The Last Man, Outlaw Nation and Lady Joanna/Hellblazer under his belt But I think this is Paul Cornell's debut work[...]

So who is contributing to the Strange Adventures anthology book from Vertigo shipping next month? The solictations say; STRANGE ADVENTURES #1 Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO, SCOTT SNYDER, PETER MILLIGAN and others Art by EDUARDO RISSO, JEFF LEMIRE, KEVIN COLDEN and others Including the first chapter of Brian and Eduardi's new Vertigo book Spaceman. But who else? After all there are[...]