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Issue: Adventures into the Unknown #39 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1953
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Issues: #39 of 174 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagAmerican Comics Group
Brand: American Comics Group ACGView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Best Syndicated Features, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
Disclose Notes: Issue copyright by Best Syndicated Features, Inc.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Tale of Terror

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ken Bald
Inker(s): Ken Bald
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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50 Cowboys & Indians; 41 Circus Toys

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Wild West toy and Circus toy from unamed company at 45 West 45th St, NY, NY, on inside front cover.
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Tale of Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter
Inker(s): Lin Streeter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Satan; Scotty; Georgette; Lou; unnamed editor; demons
Synopsis: Satan himself sells a story to a comic book editor and demons threaten the creative staff until the printing plates are destroyed, and the demons along with them.
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Pages: 6
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Boys, Get That Real R.R. Engineer's Thrill

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lionel Trains
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Lionel Trains.
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Behind The Door!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rosie Ferrero
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Joan
Synopsis: Joan keeps repeating a horrific experience of entering a house with a monster lurking within, unable to tell where a daydream ends and reality begins.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The author is a 14 years old fan of this comic book.
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Apollo's Fatal Gloves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Camy
Inker(s): George Wilhelms
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Glen Sanders; Apollo; Ginny; unnamed janitor
Synopsis: Glen Sanders finds a pair of magic gloves but they are stolen by someone who uses them to murder, until Apollo creates a second pair so Glen can defeat the murderer.
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In Content Item: FlagShock v3 #2 published May 1971
as Apollo's Fatal Gloves [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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It's New...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Skeleton Hand
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Skeleton Hand comic.
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Hurry! Get Your Own Gold Lettered Personalized Wallet!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Smith Brothers Cough Drops, featuring a Personalized Wallet for $0.35 plus the front of a cough drop box.
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The Ghostly Flag-Raising

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pete Riss?
Inker(s): Pete Riss?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Uncanny Mysteries
Synopsis: Relates that some Army personnel have seen an apparently ghostly recreation of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima on the anniversary of the actual event.
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Pages: 1
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The Hungry Horde

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jon Blummer
Inker(s): Jon Blummer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mark; Martha; Mr. Mason; Master Vampire
Synopsis: After a theft of a large amount of blood plasma, Mark and Martha are called to investigate. They discover the Master Vampire using the plasma to create an army but destroy the army and the Master.
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In Content Item: FlagChilling Tales of Horror v1 #3 published October 1969
as The Hungry Horde [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #6 published March 1974
as The Hungry Horde [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Let's Talk It Over!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Becky Stone; M. Barrows; B. Wagner; Jean Tennaro, with illustration and editorial.
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The Skeleton's Secret!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Elwood Barker; Frank Moore; Len; Stella Barker (as skeleton)
Synopsis: To forestall a tough exam, Frank Moore steals a skeleton from a classroom, but the skeleton of the professor's wife has a plan of revenge against her murdering husband.
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In Content Item: FlagACG's Heroes #[nn] published January 2002
as The Skeleton's Secret! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Evil Eye

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): King Ward
Inker(s): King Ward
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mike Benson; Hester
Synopsis: Mike escapes from prison and kills an old woman but she has placed a curse on him and he goes mad before he is recaptured.
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Pages: 3
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Giant Collection of 100 Games $1

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Seagee Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for games, books, and other toys from Seagee Co. on inside back cover.
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Announcing the New Daisy Defender

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Defender
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Daisy Defender air rifles on back cover.

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