Strange Adventures #51 is an issue of the series Strange Adventures (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1954.
Synopsis for "The Man Who Stole the Air"
Appearing in "The Man Who Stole the Air"
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- Clyde Chambers
- Barton
- United States Army
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Synopsis for "Superboy Says: Know Your Country!"
one-page ad comic from National Social Welfare
Appearing in "Superboy Says: Know Your Country!"
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Synopsis for "Warning from Another World"
Estimating temperature and chemicals tolerated by a dying alien, a female doctor is able to save his life.
Appearing in "Warning from Another World"
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- Dr. Grant
- Dr. Proctor
- Dr. Rawlings
- An Uranian
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- Uranian spaceship
Synopsis for "The Amazing Secret of Jules Verne"
Appearing in "The Amazing Secret of Jules Verne"
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- Alfred Winston
- Jules Verne (Flashback only)
- DeVoiselle (Flashback only)
- United States Army
- An enemy nation
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Synopsis for "The Metal that Mastered Men"
Appearing in "The Metal that Mastered Men"
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- Professor Cromwell
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- Element 102
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- "Warning from Another World" is reprinted on DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest Vol 1 14
- The Amazing Secret of Jules Verne:
- while the enemy nation is never specified, its red rocket is an obvious reference to Communism. The man shown wasn't Russian, but probably Chinese or North Korean.
- The great treasure is aluminum. Aluminum was considered extremely valuable in the 19th century before the development of efficient extraction methods. Until the mid-19th century, aluminum was very rare and difficult to extract from bauxite, its most common ore. The extraction process was complex and expensive.
In 1827, Friedrich Wöhler successfully isolated pure aluminum for the first time, but only in small quantities. This increased interest in the metal due to its lightness and resistance to corrosion. Due to its rarity and silvery sheen, aluminum was used to make jewelry and luxury items. For example, Napoleon III of France had aluminum cutlery for his most distinguished guests, while less important guests used gold cutlery. At that time, aluminum was as expensive as gold. In 1855, an aluminum bar was displayed at the Exposition Universelle in Paris alongside the French crown jewels. In 1886, Charles Martin Hall and Paul Héroult independently developed an electrolytic method for extracting aluminum, known as the Hall-Héroult process. This method drastically reduced the cost of aluminum production, making it affordable and common. Industrial Revolution and Commercial Use: With the new method, aluminum became widely used in industry, in items such as household utensils, architectural structures, and eventually in the manufacture of airplanes and automobiles. This technological development transformed aluminum from a precious and rare metal into one of the most widely used and inexpensive metals in the world.
- "The Metal that Mastered Men" implies element 102 would give telepathic powers to a person nearby it. Element 102 on the periodic table is nobelium (No), discovered 3 years after the publication of this issue.
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