Comic Title: Strange Adventures #42
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1954
On Sale Date: January 29, 1954 Copyright Date January 27, 1954
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1954
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.

Newsstand Date January 29, 1954
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V8 #11

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Planet of Ancient Children"
Pages: 6

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

Writer: John Broome
Artist: Murphy Anderson

Feature Character(s)

• Captain Comet (last appearance in Strange Adventures #41; next appearance in Strange Adventures #43)

Supporting Character(s)

• Emery Zackro (last appearance in Strange Adventures #41; next appearance in Strange Adventures #43)

Villain(s)

• The Frall (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The Gleteans (a race that ages in reverse; Tandar, Myria, and Silvra named; no further appearances)
• Two unnamed children (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
While on a trip through space, Captain Comet lands on the planet Glete where people age in reverse. They are born in the bodies of the frail, then age backward until reaching a childlike form. Captain Comet helps the Gleteans defeat a winged monster called a Frall, then returns to Earth. He is careful not to reveal the location of Earth to the Gleteans because he fears with their advanced science they could one day choose to invade.