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Issue: Forbidden Worlds #78 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1959
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Issues: #78 of 145 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
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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
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The Stray!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inker(s): Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #118 published January 1976
as The Stray! [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #144 published January 1980
as The Stray! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #73 published ?
as The Stray! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Stray!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes [as Greg Olivetti]
Penciller(s): Al Williamson
Inker(s): Al Williamson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joe Green; Helen Green; Little Joe Green
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In Content Item: FlagAvontuur Classics #1883 published January 1969
as De zwerver [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSamson #11 published June 1969
as Der fremde Hund [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #118 published January 1976
as The Stray! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAl Williamson Forbidden Worlds #[nn] published January 2009
as The Stray [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Master of Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes
Penciller(s): Al Wenzel (signed)
Inker(s): Al Wenzel (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dr. Taligari
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In Content Item: FlagUnknown Worlds #47 published April 1966
as The Mysterious Dr. Taligari [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
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Pages: 1
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The Oracle Stone!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes [as Charles La Coste]
Penciller(s): John Rosenberger [as Jon Diehl]
Inker(s): John Rosenberger [as Jon Diehl]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mark; Carol; Alexander the Great; King Richard; Henry
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): From Your Editor- To You!
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Eddie Baggett, George Fisher, "Krowax," Mrs. G. Breeding, Don Killian, Ronald Lambert, Dale Anderson & Larry Palmerson, Stephen Klips, Janet Goodman, Lee Blanchard, and Chuck Swanland.
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The Flaming Phantom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]
Penciller(s): Al Wenzel
Inker(s): Al Wenzel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mrs. Edwards
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Pages: 5
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Queen of Uranus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes [as Thomas R. Drew] (signed)
Penciller(s): Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inker(s): Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Gwendolyn Purdy; Marilyn; James T. Cannon (Principal); Johnny; Kryptos
First Line: Poor Gwendolyn Purdy! Her pupils laughed at her---her principal criticized her---and no one else seemed to know she existed!
Synopsis: Gwendolyn Purdy is mocked by her pupils and criticized by her principal. Gwendolyn shows the pupils her tektite collection but then loses her temper which is seen by Cannon. Later, back home the tektite collection starts glowing. Two aliens tell her that their leader, Kryptos, wants to meet her. Kryptos thinks earth women are ugly but wants to take Gwendolyn back to Uranus. Gwendolyn goes home to think about this and decides to improve her appearance. When Kryptos meets her again he is horrified and asks to be released from his request. Later Cannon asks Gwendolyn out to a dance.
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In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #118 published January 1976
as Queen of Uranus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8

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