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Issue: Astounding Stories #98
Publication Date: January 1973
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Issues: #98 of 195 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagAlan Class
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Alan Class & Co. Ltd
On Sale Date: 1973
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: £0.08 GBP
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Alan Class (reprint editor)
Disclose Notes: Issue is undated. Estimated date based on analysis of brands and cover prices in the series.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: 7.25" x 9.25"
Paper Stock: Glossy cover newsprint interior
Binding: Perfect Bound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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The Contaminated Spaceman

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSpace War #8 published December 1960
was The Contaminated Spaceman [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover made up from panels from story "The Contaminated Spaceman".
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The Contaminated Spaceman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSpace War #8 published December 1960
was The Contaminated Space Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: 7117
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I Was the Miracle Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Williamson ?
Inker(s): Marvin Stein ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bruno Storme; Henry Stubbs
Synopsis: A brilliant but cruel businessman sets out to conquer an alien world. When he finds one he discovers that the inhabitants are far more mentally advanced then humans, possessing psychic powers. He is little more than an animal to them, and is displayed in a zoo.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Worlds #2 published February 1959
was I Was the Miracle Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-122
Disclose Notes: See original index for more information on possible credits.
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We Are the 3 Who Vanished!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Three scientists disappear without a trace, leaving a journal explaining that they were working on a time machine. The police never know what happened, because the time machine succeeded, but transformed the three men into three seventeenth-century scientists thinking about a time machine, unaware of their true identities.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Worlds #5 published August 1959
was We Are the 3 Who Vanished! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Don't Send Me...Out There!!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos
Inker(s): Carl Burgos
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A space pilot is terrified of taking another flight but his family is unsympathetic. Their attitude is out of surprise, since a robot has never before been afraid.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Worlds #5 published August 1959
was Don't Send Me...Out There!!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: T-321
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The Bottomless Box

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Mystery #5 published February 1957
was The Bottomless Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-125
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The Metal Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Angelo Torres (signed)
Inker(s): Angelo Torres (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Mystery #1 published June 1956
was The Metal Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-673
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The Long Wait

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily
Inker(s): Bernard Baily
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Mystery #1 published June 1956
was The Long Wait [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: J-691
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I Discovered the Secret of the Flying Saucers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Christopher Rule
Letterer(s): Art Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A man discovers that flying saucers are real, but are not actually ships, but alien beings able to travel through space on their own. They are often forced to crashland on Earth because of local radiation, and leave as quickly as possible.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Worlds #1 published December 1958
was I Discovered the Secret of the Flying Saucers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: T-76
Disclose Notes: This story was first told in Men's Adventures #21 (May 1953) "The Secret of the Flying Saucer" drawn by Fred Kida and retold in Tales of Suspense #11 (Sept 1960) as "I Know the Secret of the Flying Saucer!" drawn by Steve Ditko and in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #101 (October 1962) as "The Impossible Spaceship!" drawn by Don Heck.
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I Couldn't Stop the Runaway Comet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Victor Sage
Synopsis: In the year 2060 a vain elected official feels that the forces of science will be sufficient to deal with the menace of an impending comet but everything they try to either destroy or divert the comet fails. Finally all humanity, including the official, turn to prayer, and the comet is swept aside from its collision course with Earth.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Worlds #5 published August 1959
was I Couldn't Stop the Runaway Comet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-333
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I Captured the Abominable Snowman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A man lies, cheats and steals to find the abominable snowman, and eventually discovers a lama who knows the secret of the snowman and is forced to summon it. He discovers that the snowman was a greedy man like him, cursed to wear a bestial form until another took his place. He is horrified as the snowman becomes human and he is transformed into a monster.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Worlds #1 published December 1958
was I Captured the Abominable Snowman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-81
Disclose Notes: This story is retold in Strange Tales (Marvel 1951 series) #72 (December 1959) as "I Am the Abominable Snowman!" drawn by Paul Reinman, and in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #13 (November 1960) as "I Found the Abominable Snowman!" drawn by Jack Kirby. In each retelling there is a somewhat different mechanism by which the wicked protagonist becomes the snowman.

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