Saturday, December 5, 2015

THE GONE&FORGOTTEN ADVENT(ure) CALENDAR: DAY FIVE


Strange Adventures
Serving as homestead, at different times, to notable Silver Age characters like Captain Comet, Adam Strange, the Atomic Knights and Animal Man - among others - you still couldn't justifiably call a book "Strange Adventures" unless a one-eyed gorilla witch doctor was brewing up trouble on your cover at least once.
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