Comic Title: Strange Adventures #9
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1951
Approx. On Sale Date: May 2, 1951 Copyright Date April 30, 1951
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1951
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Origin of Captain Comet"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Captain Comet (of Earth-1)

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Bernard Sachs

Feature Character(s)

• Captain Comet (Adam Blake; next appearance in Strange Adventures #10)

Supporting Character(s)

• Emery Zackro (a physicist; next appearance in Strange Adventures #10)

Villain(s)

• A gang of crooks (Trigger named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• John and Martha Blake (Captain Comet's parents; no further appearances)
• Miss Booth and Betty (a music teacher and a teenaged girl; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in the first story of Strange Adventures #10.

Synopsis:
Adam Blake is born while a comet passes in the sky above. As he progresses through childhood and into adolescence, Adam discovers that he has a photographic memory and telekinetic powers. He is also a physical and mental prodigy. When Adam reaches adulthood, he approaches physicist Emery Zackro who tests Adam. Following the tests, the professor explains to Adam that he is an evolutionary mutation and possesses the abilities of future mankind.

While Adam ponders how he should use his abilities, crooks raid Zackro's lab. They want to steal a machine which Adam has perfected that creates gold from sunlight. Adam defeats the crooks using his powers of mind over matter. He then decides to keep his abilities hidden and to secretly aid humanity.

When a giant alien top lands on Earth, signaling an impending invasion, Adam dons a costume and goes into action as Captain Comet.