Strange Adventures (Volume 4) #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of July, 2011.
Synopsis for "Case 21"
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Synopsis for "The White Room"
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Synopsis for "Partners"
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Synopsis for "All the Pretty Ponies"
In an alternative future set on 2017, Sofia and Javier, a rich couple, when visiting Thiago Oliveira's penthouse try out MindRide, a system that lets them connect their minds to those of other people and feel what they are feeling. This time they connect their minds with street people.
Appearing in "All the Pretty Ponies"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Thiago Oliveira
- unnamed henchman
- unnamed black criminal with blonde dyed hair
- unnamed driver with sunglasses
Other Characters:
- Javier Azedo (Dies)
- Sofia
- a street boy named Tomas (Dies)
- a pregnant street woman named Beatriz
Locations:
Items:
- MindRide
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Life and Death of Ace Arn"
Ultra, the Multi-Alien sits alone in his spaceship watching a recording of his fiance, Bonnie Blake, over and over again. Inside Ultra's mind, there are four alien intelligences. The incident that merged four alien species into Ace Arn's body creating Ultra, also merged the racial memories and personalities of their cultures in his mind. Now, the identity that belonged to Ace Arn is fading away. The other four minds have decided that they will do what they can to keep Ace's mind for as long as possible. So they sit and watch the recording. Over and over again.
Appearing in "The Life and Death of Ace Arn"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Bonnie Blake (On a TV or computer screen)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Adam Strange (Cameo)
- Captain Comet (Cameo)
- Chris KL-99 (Cameo)
- Ilda (Cameo)
- Knights of the Galaxy (Cameo)
- Mon-El (Cameo)
- Space Cabby (Cameo)
- Space Ranger (Cameo)
- Star Hawkins (Cameo)
- Starman (Cameo)
- Star Rovers (Cameo)
- Tommy Tomorrow (Cameo)
- Ultra-Man (Cameo)
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Synopsis for "Refuse"
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Synopsis for "The Postmodern Prometheus"
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Synopsis for "A 'True Story' from Saucer Country"
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- his dead wife
- An astonishing Irish nobleman(Mentioned only)
Other Characters:
- Venusians
- Orthon
Locations:
- 1952 (and possibly other years, see Notes)
Items:
Vehicles:
- Flying Saucer
Synopsis for "Spaceman"
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Notes
- "All the Pretty Ponies" story shows some dialogues with Brazilian bad words: "Puta" (bitch), "Caralho" (prick) and "Merda" (shit).
- It is unclear if "The Life and Death of Ace Arn" is meant to be canon for the New Earth continuity, or if it is just a story. For simplicity's sake, we have indexed it as happening on New Earth.
- "A 'True Story' from Saucer Country" is a story about George Adamski, a Polish American author who became widely known in ufology circles during 20th Century.
- Although the story only states the year, the meeting with Orthon allegedly took place on 20 November 1952.
- The story infers that Adamski met his dead wife, Mary Shimbersky, being alive in Venus. She died in 1954. In his 1955 book Inside the Space Ships, Adamski claimed that Orthon arranged for him to be taken on a trip to see the Solar System, including the planet Venus, the location where Orthon said the late Mrs. Adamski had been reincarnated.
- All stories in this issue are reprinted in Strange Adventures.
Trivia
- "All the Pretty Ponies" story: the stret boy wears a CBF t-shirt; The principle behind the MindRide is very similar to a plot on Bit Degeneration, a series featured in Heavy Metal Magazine.
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