My Greatest Adventure #28
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeMy Greatest Adventure #28 (cover date February 1959) is a representative mid-run chapter of DC's popular science-fiction anthology series, which ran from 1955 through its eventual transformation into a Doom Patrol vehicle at issue #80. Its chief point of historical interest is the presence of Jack Kirby, who both penciled and inked the lead story 'We Battled the Microscopic Menace!' — one of several freelance contributions Kirby made to DC anthology titles during this period before his career-defining work of the 1960s. The issue carries no recorded first appearances or landmark story developments, making it a period artifact of Silver Age sci-fi anthology craft rather than a narrative turning point.
In "I Stalked the Camouflage Creatures," a mysterious thief plunders a missile testing base, baffling security chief Munston—until Blake arrives to investigate. With no leads, Blake sets up cameras, only to discover that the base’s furniture has come to life, launching a bizarre heist. The story unfolds with eerie precision, as the team tracks the living objects to a quake-riven crevice, where a hidden signal triggers a warhead’s explosive core. Art by Doug Wildey brings the surreal threat to life, while Bob Brown’s cover captures the moment of tension with sharp, dramatic flair.
In "I Stalked the Camouflage Creatures," Jo and Blake investigate a series of mysterious thefts at a missile testing base, where security seems flawless—until the cameras catch the impossible: furniture coming to life and stealing supplies. When a couch fights back and is subdued by a generator, the duo follows the trail to a crevice left by a recent earthquake, where a signal triggers an explosion in a stolen warhead. The story, written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, unfolds with quiet dread and surreal menace.
In "We Battled the Microscopic Menace!" from My Greatest Adventure #28 (1959), scientists Saunders and Drake face a terrifying threat when a tiny, unseen creature begins sabotaging their mineral samples. After a failed attempt to eliminate it, they track its trail through a mysterious hole in the lab wall, leading them to a town under construction where the creature’s presence becomes unmistakable. With their Jeep melted by a strange ray and bullets turning to slag, they must think fast—especially when they notice the windscreen remains untouched.
In the jungles of South America, Martin stumbles upon three eerie fiesta masks from a street hawker, unaware that one—his—is the legendary Mask of Mastery. When he dons it, he discovers he can command animals, but soon learns the other two masks—of Fear and Doom—are in use, unleashing chaos through Parker and Ellis. As the masks' influence spreads, Martin must decide how far he’ll go to stop them.
In "The Superstitious Mine Owner!" from My Greatest Adventure #28 (1959), miner Oll Sparks strikes gold—literally—after crafting a lucky charm from iron pyrites, only to see his fortune vanish when the charm is broken. As luck turns and his mine runs dry, Sparks’ rise and fall unfold in a quiet, grounded tale of belief and consequence.
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The series was originally bi-monthly but shifted to a monthly schedule beginning with issue #23, so #28 arrived as part of that accelerated monthly run. Whitney Ellsworth held the credited editorial role, with Jack Schiff, Murray Boltinoff, and George Kashdan serving as associate editors — the same editorial infrastructure that oversaw the bulk of DC's anthology output in this era. Kirby's contribution was almost certainly a work-for-hire freelance assignment, typical of how DC staffed its anthology pages in the late 1950s, drawing on a rotating pool of established talent.
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- Cover date: February 1959; on-sale date: December 9, 1958; published by National Comics Publications (DC).
- The issue runs 36 pages in full color at a cover price of ten cents.
- Three stories appear: 'I Stalked the Camouflage Creatures' (art uncredited in main sources beyond the cover), 'We Battled the Microscopic Menace!' (pencils and inks by Jack Kirby), and 'We Wore the Forbidden Masks!' (pencils and inks by Bob Brown).
- The Kirby story — roughly 7.67 pages — centers on scientists Professor Elliott Saunders and Marcus Drake battling a microscopic creature that grows to destructive size after exposure to a positive ion beam, ultimately defeated with a negative ion generator.
- 'I Stalked the Camouflage Creatures' features Doctor Munston and Special Agent Blake investigating shapeshifting alien thieves at a missile testing base — a Cold War-inflected sci-fi plot typical of the series.
- Cover art is by Bob Brown; colors on the Brown-drawn story are credited to Jack Adler, with lettering by Ira Schnapp.
- The inside front cover 'The Magic Card!' was scripted by Jack Schiff with art by Bernard Baily; a humor filler page also appears.
- The series would go on to introduce the Doom Patrol at issue #80, and was renamed The Doom Patrol with issue #86 — placing #28 well within the pre-superhero anthology phase of the title's history.
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Reprinted in Big Boy #40 (1960), Mystery in Space #10 (1960), All Favourites Comic #17 (1960), Mi Gran Aventura #6 (1961), Colossal Comic #35 (1965), Big Boss #20 (1974), Big Boss #23 (1975), The Jack Kirby Omnibus #1 (2011), Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly #21
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