Strange Adventures #24
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Golden Eggs from Saturn!", a Martian emissary named Exerel ventures to Earth in search of laughter—a mystery utterly foreign to his people. He finds an unlikely guide in Bud Hadley, a former comedian on the run from the law, whose past may hold the key to understanding joy. Written by Robert Starr and illustrated by Jim Mooney, with a striking cover by Murphy Anderson and Sy Barry, this 1952 DC classic blends cosmic curiosity with a touch of offbeat humor.
In "The Martian Joke!" from Strange Adventures #24 (1952), a curious Martian named Exerel travels to Earth to uncover the mystery of laughter—a concept utterly foreign to his kind. There, he meets Bud Hadley, an ex-comedian on the run from the law, and strikes a deal to learn the secret of humor—before the joke turns on them both.
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Reprinted in House of Mystery #62 (1957), Showcase #21 (1959), Tales of the Unexpected #40 (1959), Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly #36 (1961), Century Comic #66 (1961), Wonder Woman #150 (1964), Super Comics #2407 (1968), Super Comics #2408 (1968), Mars-serien [Metall-klanen] #4 (1968), Jupiterserien #4 (1968), From Beyond the Unknown #22 (1973), Superman Supacomic #176 (1974), Die Grüne Laterne #1 (1975), Super Comics #5, Super Comics #6
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