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Issue: Creepy Worlds #185
Publication Date: January 1979
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Issues: #185 of 250 Issues (251 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAlan Class
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Alan Class & Co. Ltd
On Sale Date: 1979
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN:
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Price: £0.20 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.

Same contents as issue #148.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: 7.25" x 9.25"
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: perfectbound
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Robot on the Rampage

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Russ Heath (signed)
Inker(s): Russ Heath (signed)
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Supreme Calculator
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #51 published March 1959
was Robot on the Rampage! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Robot on the Rampage!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Supreme Calculator
Synopsis: A supercomputer and its army of robots enslave humanity, but it is stopped when a janitor unplugs it.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-135
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The Ghost Ship of Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Frank Brandon; Ben; Charlie; Smitty
Synopsis: A reporter investigates a series of spaceship disappearances and is captured by primitive aliens. He forces them to free him by pretending that a simple gadget is a powerful bomb.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [T-156]
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The Creatures in the Volcano

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tubuai; Mauiki
Synopsis: A chief of a Pacific island tribe finds aliens in a volcano preparing to conquer Earth. He thinks his people will not believe him, so he instead agrees to sell the island to the US for nuclear tests, which destroys the aliens.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-153
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Orogo!! The Nightmare from Outer Space!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck; Jack Kirby (splash)
Inker(s): Don Heck
Letterer(s): Artie Simek (splash); Ray Holloway (pages 2-6)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Orogo; Albert Carstairs
Synopsis: An alien robot arrives to hypnotically enslave the people of Earth, but is stopped when it cannot hypnotize one old man, a blind man.
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Pages: 6
Job Number: T-593
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Trapped, But Not Forever!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (Iger Shop)
Inker(s): ? (Iger Shop)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Alice; Timbo; Mike
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Mystery Pupil

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall
Inker(s): Reed Crandall
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Colin; Mr. Plum; Gertrude
Synopsis: A dull teacher earns accolades by accidentally helping capture a Martian criminal.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: K-382
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The Strange Prison!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Everett ?
Penciller(s): Bill Everett
Inker(s): Bill Everett
Letterer(s): Bill Everett
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A man finds himself in an underwater world where their doctors have converted his body to survive underwater. The king's daughter is taken with him and so wishes to marry him, but he only wants her dowry treasure chest and steals it. He passes out on the surface since he can no longer breathe air, and is captured and placed in prison. The king tells him he will serve a two year sentence for his theft and then the doctors will reverse their work and deposit him on the surface. The dowry consisted of a chest of seashells, which they use for currency, but would be worthless on the surface.
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Pages: 3
Job Number: L-281
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The Earth-Crawlers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Henry Salt; Martha Salt
Synopsis: An inventor with a nagging wife must prevent giant roots resulting from a witch doctor's curse from overrunning Africa. He then turns to inventing a device which will harness the power of his wife's voice.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-592
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Alien on Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Christopher Rule
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: An alien lands on Earth, but cannot be understood. The humans attack it out of fear, and finally drop a nuclear bomb on it. The alien leaves, not out of fear, but because its attempt to make peaceful contact has shown that humans are barbarians.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-165
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The Martian Who Stole My Body!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Warren; Spot; Zetora (introduction, origin)
Synopsis: A Martian criminal arrives on earth and switches bodies with a man, but the man's dog can still tell the difference between them, forcing the Martian to switch back.
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Pages: 6
Job Number: T-590

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