Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Adventure Comics #401

Adventure Comics #401 (On Sale: November 25, 1970), has a Supergirl cover by Mike Sekowsky and Dick Giordano.

We begin with "The Frightened Supergirl" written and penciled by Mike Sekowsky and inked by Jack Abel. As Supergirl gives a public talk in Stanhope College, Nasty Luthor douses her drink with a "fear serum" concocted by her uncle Lex Luthor that causes Supergirl to rampage through Stanhope, terrified of anything.

Nasty manages to talk a terrified Supergirl into going to her house where she and Lex plan on keeping torturing her. Though Nasty's idea to scare Supergirl further with a toy car backfires when Supergirl brings the house down in her effort to escape.

Then Linda wakes up and discovers to her relief it has only been a dream. Thank god it was not an imaginary story...oh shit, nevermind. 

The back-up features Tracey Thompson in "The Strange House" written and penciled by Mike Sekowsky, with inks by Frank Giacoia. Tracey Thompson decides to investigate an abandoned haunted mansion to prove to her friend Betsy there are no such things as ghosts. As they explore the place, they run into two very real ghosts and several crooks. Tracey and Betsy manage to escape and call the police to get the crooks arrested, but Tracey still wonders who was that couple in the mansion's cellar. She realizes she doesn't need to know.

Edited by Mike Sekowsky.

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