Strange Adventures #162

From DC's Strange Adventures comes this intriguing 1964 mystery tale, "Mystery of the 12 O'Clock Man!" Murphy Anderson's cover tells the story in three striking panels: a scientist in a white lab coat counts down his impending disappearance at noon, vanishes in a burst of brilliant light labeled "ZERO," then reappears an hour later — bewildered and wondering what happened to him in between. With rockets and radar dishes looming in the background and two haunting caption boxes framing the man's confusion, this issue promises the kind of thoughtful science-fiction puzzler that made Strange Adventures such a reliable destination for imaginative readers in the early 1960s.