Price history & market evidence
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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $125.01 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1953-01-01 |
| 6.0 | $217.95 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1953-01-01 |
| RAW | $54.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1953-01-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 17 graded copies for Strange Adventures #28 (1953). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Captain Comet: "Devil's Island in Space"
| StoryTitle2 = The Sorcerer From The Stars | Synopsis2 = | Appearing3 = **Characters:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** * | StoryTitle3 = Collector's Item | Synopsis3 =Insect collector Adrian Hammer boasts that he has collected every species of insect in the world. One day he learns of the presence of giant spiders on an unnamed island in the South Pacific. He gets directions to the island and travels there in search of the giant spiders. After three weeks of searching, Hammer runs into a bundle of giant spider webs. He becomes entangled in them and is unable to escape. The giant spiders emerge and Hammer thinks that he is about to be eaten. He the realizes that the spiders are specimen collectors from Pluto who are out to collect life forms from Mars, Neptune, Earth and Venus. The spiders revel in glee as they remark that Hammer has completed their collection. | Appearing2 = **Characters:**
* Ylgr, an alien from a planet in Vega system * Hal Watkins **Locations:** * Zenith (Midwest metropolis) **Items:** * Degravitizer **Vehicles:** * Hal's jalopy
| StoryTitle4 = The Indestructible Giant | Synopsis4 =A giant monster appears in a small midwestern town. Commuters are horrified as the giant picks up their train and tears it apart. The giant wanders from location to location destroying military planes, ships and bridges. The military is helpless to stop the giant as it continues on its rampage. At one point the giant is struck in the shoulder by lightning, and he seems to be injured. The authorities notice the effects of the lighting and they come up with the idea of using a lighting gun to stop the giant. The only concern is that the giant being seems to be carrying a set of guns around his waist. If the lighting gun fails then the giant might turn his weapons upon humans. They decide to go ahead with the lighting attack and the Giant is killed. Upon examining his dead body, authorities notice that the weapons he carried were fake, made out of wood. They then surmise that the giant was actually a child that was lost and accidentally wandered to another planet (Earth). All of the items that he had picked up were like toys to him in a vast playground.
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Captain Comet) **Supporting Characters:** * Dr. Zackro) **Antagonists:** * Mag-a-Til ** the criminals of Lamia **Other Characters:** * The Septarch, Rulers of Lamia **Locations:** * Marshall Islands ** Bikini Atoll * Midwest City * Alaska * Planet Lamia **Vehicles:** * Cometeer)
| Notes = "Devil's Island in Space" is reprinted in * The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told)*. | Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =
Creative credits
Writers: John Broome, John Broome, Jack Miller, Jack Miller
Interior art: Murphy Anderson, Bob Oksner, Mort Drucker, Gil Kane
Source records & attribution
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