Price history & market evidence
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $146.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1951-09-01 |
| 6.0 | $182.14 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1951-09-01 |
| 8.0 | $280.51 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1951-09-01 |
| 9.2 | $883.90 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1951-09-01 |
| 9.6 | $37,617.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1951-09-01 |
| 9.8 | $34,197.15 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1951-09-01 |
| RAW | $95.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1951-09-01 |
| 10.0 | $44,456.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1951-09-01 |
| 9.2 | $325.00 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
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Graded population
CGC records 70 graded copies for Strange Adventures #12 (1951). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Captain Comet: "The Girl from the Diamond Planet"
At the Midwest City library, Lilly Torrence) hopes to impress Adam Blake) with her knowledge of astronomy but his cool demeanor causes her to run away crying. She doesn't realize that he is secretly the mutant Captain Comet and he is unable to reciprocate romantic love for common humans. That night, in the lab of Emery Zackro), Blake sees a recurring supernova and sets out in his costume and gear to investigate in the Cometeer).
Meanwhile, on the planet Hyperba, Radea) is turning down the advances of a man. She is also a mutant among her people and cannot relate to them. She sees the Cometeer barreling toward a nearby diamond planet whose inhabitants are hostile and goes to save the poor soul landing there.
She finds Comet stunned by The Green Ones and saves him. As Comet comes to from the effects of their paralysis ray, he uses his mental powers to quickly defeat them. They go to her home world where she explains that the Sun Games are soon to begin: tests of physical strength, agility, and mental skill where the losers are forced to fly into their sun Vigo and detonate a nuclear weapon to keep the star from dying.
Comet volunteers to compete knowing the danger but is sabotaged by the Hyperban leader Chadro, causing him to lose. He is forced into a rocket and Radea leaps after him, causing both of them to be stranded on a death course into Vigo. Comet reveals to Radea that the warheads are timed for destruction and the missions don't need to be manned. He uses telekinesis to pull *Cometeer* toward them and they leap into his ship at the last moment.
Back on Hyperba, Comet deposes Chadro and reveals that he was using the games as a way to eliminate political enemies. The Hyperbans choose Radea to rule them and Comet returns to Earth having found a mental equal whom he could love; he invites her to come visit when she is not burdened with her responsibilities. At the library, he accidentally lets a locket fall from his pocket that has a photo of Radea in it and Lilly finds it, puzzled at who the woman could be.
| Synopsis2 =A federation cruiser follows a smuggling ship to Polaris. The smugglers escape to the planet surface and Captain Reynolds decides to feign damage to his ship to give them an excuse to land. The Galaxy Federation is prohibited from landing on Polaris due to a pact agreement. Reynolds suspects that the Polarians are developing a Thought Machine to wage another war but he cannot prove that they have one. The Polarians offer to help repair the captains vessel so he can get underway. The Polarians observe as the federation ship takes off but they are surprised to find that Captain Reynolds has sneaked off and remained behind. He locates the Thought Machine and asks it to calculate the ultimate number. The machine powers up and destroys itself trying to answer the impossible question. | Synopsis3 = | Synopsis4 =
| Editor1_1 = Julius Schwartz
| Writer1_1 = John Broome | Writer2_1 = John Broome | Writer3_1 = Jack Miller | Writer4_1 = Gardner Fox
| Penciler1_1 = Murphy Anderson | Penciler2_1 = Alex Toth | Penciler3_1 = Mel Keefer | Penciler4_1 = Carmine Infantino
| Inker1_1 = Murphy Anderson | Inker2_1 = Sy Barry | Inker3_1 = Bernard Sachs | Inker4_1 = Bernard Sachs
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| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Captain Comet) **Supporting Characters:** *Radea of Hyperba) *Emery Zackro) **Antagonists:** *Chadro *The Green Ones **Other Characters:** *Eckero *Lilly Torrence) **Locations:** *Solar System **Earth ***United States of America ****Midwest City *Quadrangle FF17 **Diamond Planet **Hyperba **Vehicles:** *Cometeer)
| Appearing2 = **Characters:** * Capt. Dane Reynolds * Stony **Antagonists:** * Polarians **Locations:** * Future (after Galactic War III) ** Polaris **Items:** * Thought Machine **Vehicles:** *
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| Notes = * "The Brain Masters of Polaris" is reprinted in From Beyond the Unknown Vol 1 2.
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Creative credits
Writers: John Broome, John Broome, Jack Miller, Gardner Fox
Interior art: Murphy Anderson, Alex Toth, Mel Keefer, Carmine Infantino
Source records & attribution
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