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| Title = Strange Adventures
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| Title = Strange Adventures
 
| Image = Strange Adventures 156.jpg
 
| Image = Strange Adventures 156.jpg
 
| Volume = 1
 
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| StoryTitle1 = The Man With The Head of Saturn
 
| StoryTitle1 = The Man With The Head of Saturn
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| Synopsis1 = A Saturnian summons American soldiers to fight his twin brother, who rules Jupiter. The evil brother, on other hand, summons URSS soldiers.
| Synopsis1 =
 
   
| StoryTitle2 = Threat of the Witch-Woman
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| StoryTitle2 = Atomic Knights: "Threat of the Witch-Woman"
| Synopsis2 =
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| Synopsis2 = The Atomic Knights help to heal a woman who is manifesting strange demons to exist.
   
 
| Appearing1 =
 
| Appearing1 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
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* Prof. Bill Smathers
* <br/>
 
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* Eddie Bender
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* Other fellow former soldiers
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
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* {{a|[[Saturnians|Kandare Ohl]]}} {{Only}}
* <br/>
 
'''Villains:'''
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'''Antagonists:'''
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* Alagor Von {{Only Dies}}
* <br/>
 
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** URSS soldiers
 
'''Other Characters:'''
 
'''Other Characters:'''
 
* <br/>
 
* <br/>
 
'''Locations:'''
 
'''Locations:'''
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* Calder College
* <br/>
 
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* {{a|[[Saturn (planet)]]}}
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* {{a|[[Jupiter (planet)]]}}
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* {{a|[[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|URSS]]}}
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* [[Korean War]] {{Mentioned}}
 
'''Items:'''
 
'''Items:'''
 
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'''Featured Characters:'''
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
* {{a|[[Atomic Knights (Earth-86)|Atomic Knights]]}}
 
* {{a|[[Atomic Knights (Earth-86)|Atomic Knights]]}}
:*{{a|[[Gardner Grayle (Earth-One)|Gardner Grayle]]}}
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** {{a|[[Gardner Grayle (Earth-86)|Gardner Grayle]]}}
:*{{a|[[Wayne and Hollis Hobard (Earth-One)|Wayne Hobard]]}}
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** {{a|[[Wayne Hobard (Earth-86)|Wayne Hobard]]}}
:*{{a|[[Wayne and Hollis Hobard (Earth-One)|Hollis Hobard]]}}
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** {{a|[[Hollis Hobard (Earth-86)|Hollis Hobard]]}}
:*{{a|[[Bryndon Smith (Earth-86)|Bryndon Smith]]}}
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** {{a|[[Bryndon Smith (Earth-86)|Bryndon Smith]]}}
:*{{a|[[Douglas Herald (Earth-One)|Douglas Herald]]}}
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** {{a|[[Douglas Herald (Earth-86)|Douglas Herald]]}}
:*{{a|[[Marene Herald (Earth-One)|Marene Herald]]}}
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** {{a|[[Marene Herald (Earth-86)|Marene Herald]]}}
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
* Fred Donner {{1st}}
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* Fred Dromer {{1st}}
* Henrietta Donner {{1st}}
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* Henrietta Dromer {{1st}}
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* Dr. Pickering
'''Villains:'''
 
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'''Antagonists:'''
 
* Fallow {{only}}
 
* Fallow {{only}}
 
'''Other Characters:'''
 
'''Other Characters:'''
 
* <br/>
 
* <br/>
 
'''Locations:'''
 
'''Locations:'''
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* {{a|[[Earth-86]]}}
* Durvale
 
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** {{a|[[1992]]}}
* Harrow
 
 
*** {{a|[[Durvale]]}}
 
*** Harrow
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*** {{a|[[New Orleans]]}}
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'''Items:'''
 
'''Items:'''
 
* <br/>
 
* <br/>
 
'''Vehicles:'''
 
'''Vehicles:'''
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* Berry-fuel powered Knights' Auto
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| Notes = * The two stories have, directly or indirectly, the influence of the [[Cold War]] as a context of that age.
| Notes =
 
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* 1992, in the Atomic Knights' story, describes a then alternative future (this book was written in 1963). The atomic holocaust that devastated [[Earth-86]] occurred in an alternative 1986.
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** Harrow, in the same story, is not {{WP|Harrow|one of the homonymous cities}}, but it is located in the USA.
 
| Trivia =
 
| Trivia =
 
| Recommended =
 
| Recommended =

Revision as of 02:27, 2 May 2020

"The Man With The Head of Saturn": A Saturnian summons American soldiers to fight his twin brother, who rules Jupiter. The evil brother, on other hand, summons URSS soldiers.

Strange Adventures #156 is an issue of the series Strange Adventures (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1963.

Synopsis for "The Man With The Head of Saturn"

A Saturnian summons American soldiers to fight his twin brother, who rules Jupiter. The evil brother, on other hand, summons URSS soldiers.

Appearing in "The Man With The Head of Saturn"

Featured Characters:

  • Prof. Bill Smathers
  • Eddie Bender
  • Other fellow former soldiers

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Alagor Von (Single appearance; dies)
    • URSS soldiers

Other Characters:


Locations:

Items:


Vehicles:




Synopsis for Atomic Knights: "Threat of the Witch-Woman"

The Atomic Knights help to heal a woman who is manifesting strange demons to exist.

Appearing in Atomic Knights: "Threat of the Witch-Woman"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Fred Dromer (First appearance)
  • Henrietta Dromer (First appearance)
  • Dr. Pickering

Antagonists:

  • Fallow (Single appearance)

Other Characters:


Locations:

Items:


Vehicles:

  • Berry-fuel powered Knights' Auto

Notes

  • The two stories have, directly or indirectly, the influence of the Cold War as a context of that age.
  • 1992, in the Atomic Knights' story, describes a then alternative future (this book was written in 1963). The atomic holocaust that devastated Earth-86 occurred in an alternative 1986.



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