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Issue: Adventures into the Unknown #1
Publication Date: January 1990
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Issues: #1 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagA-Plus Comics
Brand: A+ ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Sword In Stone Productions
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.95 CAD
$2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roger Broughton ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Slick cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format:  
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta [as Frazetta] (painting, signed)
Inker(s): Frank Frazetta [as Frazetta] (painting, signed)
Colorist(s): Frank Frazetta [as Frazetta] (painting, signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Swords Against Darkness (Zebra Books, 1977 series) [book cover]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art is a reprint of the Frank Frazetta painting Fire Demon, first published as the book cover for Swords Against Darkness (Zebra Books, 1977).
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Publisher's Notes

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Broughton
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Publisher Roger Broughton welcomes the readers to publisher A+ Comics first new issues. He explains that since buying Charlton and American Comic Group (ACG), they've been preparing the release of "great material at a great price."
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated editorial; artist not credited.
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Dog Days

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nicola Cuti
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): Joe Staton
Letterer(s): Joe Staton
Editor(s): George Wildman (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Tanya; Conroy Bowser
Synopsis: Dog-man seeks help from a sorceress.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMidnight Tales #9 published October 1974
was Dog Days [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: D-6148
Disclose Notes: Black & white reprint of colour story.
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The Timeless Tribe!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes [as Adam Barr]
Penciller(s): Kenneth Landau [as Ken Landau]
Inker(s): Kenneth Landau [as Ken Landau]
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Richard Hughes (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Rod Merritt; Leona; Encepho
Synopsis: An archaeologist finds a hidden valley of shape-changers.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagForbidden Worlds #145 published August 1967
was The Timeless Tribe! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Lieutenant

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta (painting)
Inker(s): Frank Frazetta (painting)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schanes Products & Services
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: B&W ad for a limited edition print (500 copies) of Frazetta's The Lieutenant, based on L. Ron Hubbard's book, Final Blackout. Personally hand signed and numbered, the price is $2500.
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Demon of Destruction

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta [as Frazetta] (signed)
Inker(s): Al Williamson [as Williamson] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Richard Hughes (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Don Brady; Mary; Marzo
Synopsis: A physicist frees a demon.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagForbidden Worlds #1 published July 1951
was Demon of Destruction [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Black & white reprint of colour story
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Leaping Lizards

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta [as Frazetta] (painting, signed)
Inker(s): Frank Frazetta [as Frazetta] (painting, signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schanes Products & Services
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: B&W ad for a limited edition print (500 copies) of Frazetta's "Leapin' Lizards", from the cover of L. Ron Hubbard's "Writers of the Future - Volume VI" (1990). Price is $2750.
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Dawn at Stonehenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Himes
Penciller(s): Mike Zeck
Inker(s): Mike Zeck
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): George Wildman (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Richard Keith; Michael Hunter; Roland Hendricks
Synopsis: Researchers find the secret of Stonehenge.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMonster Hunters #6 published July 1976
was Dawn at Stonehenge [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: D-7676
Disclose Notes: Black & white reprint of colour story
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Stalking the Strangler

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: Police trap a murderer.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMonster Hunters #8 published November 1976
was Stalking the Strangler [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: No illustration.
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The Strange Mr. Milque

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nicola Cuti
Penciller(s): Tom Sutton [as T. Sutton] (signed)
Inker(s): Tom Sutton [as T. Sutton] (signed)
Letterer(s): Tom Sutton [as T. Sutton] (signed)
Editor(s): George Wildman (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Quentin Milque; Mr. Denton; Jenny Lindstrom
Synopsis: A vampire hunts for a wife.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMidnight Tales #10 published December 1974
was The Strange Mr. Milque [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: D6309
Disclose Notes: Black & white reprint of colour story.
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Haunted Houses

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Enrique Nieto [as Fred Nieto] (signed)
Inker(s): Enrique Nieto [as Fred Nieto] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Col. Whiteshroud
Synopsis: Col. Whiteshroud describes different types of haunted houses.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMonster Hunters #8 published November 1976
was Haunted Houses [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: D-7831
Disclose Notes: B&W reprint of colour story.
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Editorial

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Broughton?
Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman?
Inker(s): Sam Glanzman?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): The Lonely War of Willy Schultz
First Line: In 1967, while the war in Vietnam raged…
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Describes publishing history of feature; announces upcoming graphic novel reprint.
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News

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?; Ogden Whitney
Inker(s): ?; Ogden Whitney
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Herbie; Atomic Mouse
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; B&W house ads for Swords of Valor #3; Adventures Into The Unknown #3; Herbie #3; Atomic Mouse #1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta [as Frazetta] (painting, signed)
Inker(s): Frank Frazetta [as Frazetta] (painting, signed)
Colorist(s): Frank Frazetta [as Frazetta] (painting, signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Frank Frazetta; Frazetta Museum
First Line: Feel the Power of Frazetta!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad announces availability of Frazetta limited prints and posters through the Frazetta Museum.
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