DC Comics has on several occasions over the past 50+ years launched a Strange Sports Series, usually harkening trying to invoke a EC Comics-like weirdness vibe.
In 1963, The Brave and the Bold devoted five issues to an anthology-style presentation, before returning to publish standards super-hero fare in its pages.
![The Brave and the Bold - Issue 45 - January 1963](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/brave-bold-45.jpg)
![The Brave and the Bold - Issue 46 - March 1963](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/brave-bold-46.jpg)
![The Brave and the Bold - Issue 47 - May 1963](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/brave-bold-47.jpg)
![The Brave and the Bold - Issue 48 - July 1963](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/brave-bold-48.jpg)
![The Brave and the Bold - Issue 49 - September 1963](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/brave-bold-49.jpg)
Ten years later, in 1973, DC launched a separate Strange Sports Stories series that only lasted six issues. As with the 1963 version, this seemed to channel a weird fiction vibe a la House of Horrors.
![Strange Sports Stories - Issue 1 - October 1973](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/strange-sports-stories-1.jpg)
![Strange Sports Stories - Issue 2 - December 1973](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/strange-sports-stories-2.jpg)
![Strange Sports Stories - Issue 3 - March 1974](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/strange-sports-stories-3.jpg)
![Strange Sports Stories - Issue 4 - April 1974](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/strange-sports-stories-4.jpg)
![Strange Sports Stories - Issue 5 - June 1974](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/strange-sports-stories-5.jpg)
![Strange Sports Stories - Issue 6 - August 1974](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/strange-sports-stories-6.jpg)
In 1976 and 1981, DC returned to the title, this time publishing some one-offs reprinting stories from the previous two series along with some super-hero themed sports.
![DC Super Stars - Issue 10 - December 1976](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dc-super-stars-10.jpg)
![DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest - Issue 13 - September 1981](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dc-special-blue-ribbon-digest-13.jpg)
In its most recent incarnation, DC Comics’ now-defunct imprint Vertigo released a four issue anthology mini-series in 2015.
![Strange Sports Stories (Vertigo ) - Issue 1 - May 2015](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/strange-sports-stories-vertigo-1-666x1024.jpg)
![Strange Sports Stories (Vertigo ) - Issue 2 - April 2015](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/strange-sports-stories-vertigo-2-666x1024.jpg)
![Strange Sports Stories (Vertigo ) - Issue 3 - July 2015](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/strange-sports-stories-vertigo-3-666x1024.jpg)
![Strange Sports Stories (Vertigo ) - Issue 4 - August 2015](https://brian.carnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/strange-sports-stories-vertigo-4-666x1024.jpg)