Strange Adventures #201 (June 1967) — F+ (6.5)
Animal Man vs. The Mod Gorilla Boss — one of the wildest, most beloved oddities of the Silver Age. A cult-favorite issue with a cover so loud and so bizarre it might as well be a mission statement for 1960s DC weirdness. Infantino and Roussos deliver a neon punch of a cover: a pinstripe-suited gorilla tossing Buddy Baker like a rag doll. Peak go-go-era insanity.
Inside, you get two full Animal Man stories, a horror-suspense opener, house ads, and the quintessential mix of strange, spooky, and straight-up surreal that defined Strange Adventures in the late Schiff era.
Cover — “The Mod Gorilla Boss!”
Art: Carmine Infantino & George Roussos
A striped-suit super-gorilla calling himself “the real McCoy”? Only 1967 could give us this much swagger and this much chaos in one image.
“The Cackling Conjurer!” — 11.5 pages
Art: Bernard Baily
Two explorers stumble into the lair of an ancient sorcerer hunting the last ingredient for renewed immortality. Classic Baily atmosphere — shadows, menace, and that slow-creeping dread he did better than almost anyone.
“The Mod Gorilla Boss!” — 11.5 pages
Art: Jack Sparling
A gang leader transforms himself into a gorilla to boost his criminal empire, and Buddy Baker has to match him power-for-power. An essential early Animal Man story with all the offbeat charm that made the character a later cult icon.
Solid mid-grade with strong color pop. Front cover is bright with light spine wear, small stress lines, and minor corner softening. Back cover shows light handling and faint discoloration at the edges. Interior pages are off-white and firmly attached. A clean, well-presenting copy of one of the great oddball Silver Age issues.
Strange Adventures #201 (June 1967) — F+ (6.5)
Animal Man vs. The Mod Gorilla Boss — one of the wildest, most beloved oddities of the Silver Age. A cult-favorite issue with a cover so loud and so bizarre it might as well be a mission statement for 1960s DC weirdness. Infantino and Roussos deliver a neon punch of a cover: a pinstripe-suited gorilla tossing Buddy Baker like a rag doll. Peak go-go-era insanity.
Inside, you get two full Animal Man stories, a horror-suspense opener, house ads, and the quintessential mix of strange, spooky, and straight-up surreal that defined Strange Adventures in the late Schiff era.
Cover — “The Mod Gorilla Boss!”
Art: Carmine Infantino & George Roussos
A striped-suit super-gorilla calling himself “the real McCoy”? Only 1967 could give us this much swagger and this much chaos in one image.
“The Cackling Conjurer!” — 11.5 pages
Art: Bernard Baily
Two explorers stumble into the lair of an ancient sorcerer hunting the last ingredient for renewed immortality. Classic Baily atmosphere — shadows, menace, and that slow-creeping dread he did better than almost anyone.
“The Mod Gorilla Boss!” — 11.5 pages
Art: Jack Sparling
A gang leader transforms himself into a gorilla to boost his criminal empire, and Buddy Baker has to match him power-for-power. An essential early Animal Man story with all the offbeat charm that made the character a later cult icon.
Solid mid-grade with strong color pop. Front cover is bright with light spine wear, small stress lines, and minor corner softening. Back cover shows light handling and faint discoloration at the edges. Interior pages are off-white and firmly attached. A clean, well-presenting copy of one of the great oddball Silver Age issues.
