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Issue: Showcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights #[nn]
Publication Date: August 2014
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 06/18/2014
Volume:
Pages: 580
ISBN: 9781401242909
UPC/EAN: 978140124290951999
Price: $23.99 CAD
$19.99 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 86 (66 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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reprinted 82 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hercules; Atomic Knights
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #10 published April 1977
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Credits, Masthead and Indicia

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Table of Contents

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 3
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The Year 700 After The Bomb!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, war
Character(s): Death (host); Barry of Bleeker Street; Jak/Jakki of Chelsea (unnamed); the Emperor of Weehawken (mentioned)
Synopsis: Barry of Bleeker Street travels to 1974 from 700 years in the future and tells the security staff of Lacy's department store about his world.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #42 published October 1975
was The Year 700 After The Bomb! [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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The Year 700 After The Bomb!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, war
Character(s): Death (host); Barry of Bleeker Street; Jak/Jakki of Chelsea (unnamed)
Synopsis: Barry of Bleeker Street travels to 1974 from 700 years in the future and tells the security staff of Lacy's department store about his world.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #43 published November 1975
was The Year 700 After The Bomb! [Part 2] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Originally written as an "The Adventurers' Club" story for Adventure Comics, c. #430. Part 2 of 3.
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The Emperor of Weehawken

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, war
Character(s): Death (host); Barry of Bleeker Street; Jak/Jakki of Chelsea (unnamed); the Emperor of Weehawken
Synopsis: Barry of Bleeker Street travels to 1974 from 700 years in the future and tells the security staff of Lacy's department store about his world.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #44 published January 1976
was The Emperor of Weehawken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: "The Year 700 After The Bomb!" Part 3 of 3.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Father Time
First Line: You've beaten whole armies, Superman --
Synopsis: Superman belts immovable Father Time.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #295 published January 1976
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Costume, Costume--Who's Got the Costume?

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Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Green Lantern [Xenofobe; also as Father Time]; Jimmy Olsen; Josh Coyle; Lois Lane; Jaxon the Mighty; Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Duo Damsel; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]; Element Lad; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy]; Time Trapper (behind the scenes); Madame Olga
Synopsis: Father Time steals Superman’s costume and Superman follows it to 2975, a future unlike the future he knows, an “Earth after disaster.” There, Superman meets Jaxon, who wears his costume and the two battle until they end up back in 1975. Father Time arrives and reveals that he is a Green Lantern from the 30th century. He explains that the Time Trapper eliminated all the other possible timelines, leaving only the one in which civilization is destroyed by a Great Disaster, so he pitted Superman against Jaxon so that the energy their fight generated could restore all of the possible futures.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #295 published January 1976
was Costume, Costume-- Who's Got the Costume? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: The Green Lanterns’ battle with the Time Trapper must have been earlier than contemporaneous Legion stories, as Duo Damsel (retired) and Invisible Kid (deceased) are shown as active members. This story was part of a larger attempt by DC to explain their two primary timelines. See The Amazing World of DC Comics (DC, 1974 series) #12.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction, war
Character(s): Death (host); John W. Kelvin; Sherlaw
First Line: Senator, is it my fault that the terrorists were using Kelvin machine guns?
Synopsis: John W. Kelvin, president of Kelvin Armaments, pays millions to have his scientist Sherlaw build him a suspended animation device. When nuclear war in inevitable, Kelvin is frozen for 500 years. When he awakens and goes to the surface, he is executed for causing World War Three.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #64 published June 1978
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Set in 1985 and 2485.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: horror, science fiction, war
First Line: Future historians will debate endlessly whether or not today marks the glorious beginning or...
Synopsis: The main character in this story turns out to be a dolphin that has survived the nuclear war.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #123 [Direct] published May 1983
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Job Number: J-7903
Disclose Notes: Set sometime in the future.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction, war
First Line: Slowly, painfully, you dig your way from the cold, choking debris...
Synopsis: The main character in this story turns out to be a cockroach that has survived the nuclear war.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #68 published October 1978
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Set sometime in the future. Title taken from first caption; the story contains no dialogue. The rubble of 75 Rockefeller Plaza, then DC Comics' address, is shown, along with a copy of C. Burkett's Collected Works.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Adam (intro); Gertrude (intro)
First Line: God, look at it!
Synopsis: Adam and Gertrude meet in the ruins of New York City.
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From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #86 published June 1970
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Adam; Gertrude
First Line: It's not much different here than anywhere else in this city
Synopsis: Adam and Gertrude search for food. Gertrude finds a music box.
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From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #95 published December 1971
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1.5
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[untitled]

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Adam (killed); Gertrude (killed)
First Line: Darling! I've found another food can under the rubble!
Synopsis: Adam and Gertrude find a flower, then a wall falls and crushes them.
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From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #97 published April 1972
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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Genres: science fiction, war
First Line: Over there!! Someone moved!
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In Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #22 published February 1974
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction, war
Character(s): Death (host)
First Line: I can't take any more!
Synopsis: A man finds a candy machine that is full of money, but empty of food.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #23 published March 1974
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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Genres: science fiction, war
First Line: As the last man on Earth sat alone in a room, there was a knock on the door
Synopsis: Long after the nuclear war has ended, a man finally receives his draft notice.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #30 published October 1974
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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Genres: horror, science fiction, war
Character(s): Ian Jones; Mrs. Jones
First Line: Toss off the rest of that stuff, luv
Synopsis: Mr. and Mrs. Ian Jones drink from their well. The contaminated water causes them to shrink to tiny size.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #32 published December 1974
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Set sometime in the future. Plot credit according to Skeates on a Facebook post.
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[untitled]

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Genres: science fiction, war
First Line: Another food can--something for my evening meal!
Synopsis: A man stumbles upon a miracle -- a plate-glass window still stands. After contemplating all that must have happened in front of this window, he shatters it with a brick.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #40 published August 1975
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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Genres: science fiction, war
First Line: Children! Supper!
Synopsis: As his family eats dinner, a man kills another mad mutant from the city.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #46 published May 1976
was "Children! Supper!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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Genres: horror, science fiction, war
First Line: Help! Oh, please! Somebody--help me!
Synopsis: A man hears a woman's voice, but discovers it is just a tape recording. He furiously pounds on the recorder, causing a wall to fall on him.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #47 published July 1976
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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Genres: horror, science fiction, war
First Line: Time had lost all its meaning.
Synopsis: A young scout searches the zoo for a pet. He enters the monkey cage, unaware that the creatures have been driven quite mad. And they are hungry.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #48 published September 1976
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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Genres: horror, science fiction, war
Character(s): Johnny
First Line: Ha! I remember my dad saying how boring the 1950's were!
Synopsis: A bored boy named Johnny hears the music of a rock band. He follows the sound and finds a trio of glowing musicians. Johnny dies from the radiation that the mutated minstrels emit.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #49 published November 1976
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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Genres: horror, science fiction, war
First Line: Gasp! Thank God... I've made it!
Synopsis: A man makes his way home and enters the bomb shelter in his basement. He collapses from poison gas, which has already killed his wife and children.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #53 published May 1977
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Set sometime in the future in what once was Grafton, West Virginia.
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[untitled]

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Genres: horror, science fiction, war
Character(s): Death (host); Major Preston
First Line: So you want to kill me!
Synopsis: Major Preston was a man who thrived on war. He is accidentally placed in suspended animation for centuries. When he awakens, he avoids mad mutants, then finds a city protected by a force field. The inhabitants of the city say he is infected by the same plague that the mutants have, and they place him in a prison cell. He is to be isolated for the rest of his life so that the plague doesn't spread. The plague's name is violence.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #69 published November 1978
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Set sometime in the future.
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[untitled]

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Genres: horror, science fiction, war
First Line: Helllooo... Ironic! Looking for survivors and I carry this!
Synopsis: Shortly after discarding his gun, a man sees a woman who is surrounded by a pack of hungry dogs. By the time he locates the gun and fires upon the dogs, the woman is dead.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #215 [Direct Sales] published October 1981
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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Credits
Letterer(s): Bernard F. Lagmay Jr.
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: We can manage some primitive existence, if we pool our resources with other survivors!
Synopsis: A man and woman discover a functioning robot head. The man is a computer engineer who specialized in robots. He rebuilds the robot and activates it. The robot, a product of the Government Computer Project Warrior Robots Division, kills the two humans, then searches for others.
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From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #318 [Direct Sales] published July 1983
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
Job Number: J-7920
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The Rise of the Atomic Knights

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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #117 published June 1960
was The Rise of the Atomic Knights! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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The Atomic Knights Part II

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Genres: science fiction
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #117 published June 1960
was The Atomic Knights, Part II [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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The Menace of the Water-Raider!

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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #120 published September 1960
was The Menace of the Water-Raider! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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The Cavemen of New York!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Brent Wilson
Synopsis: The Knights travel to New York City in search of a rumored large food cache. They find no one alive on the surface, but in a fallout shelter far underground there are cavemen, humans transformed by radiation.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #123 published December 1960
was The Cavemen of New York! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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The Lost City of Los Angeles

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: The Atomic Knights use gliders to fly all the way across the continent to Los Angeles.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #126 published March 1961
was The Lost City of Los Angeles! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Pencil and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, August 2008.
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World Out of Time!

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Genres: science fiction
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #129 published June 1961
was World Out of Time! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Pencil and ink credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, August 2008.
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Thanksgiving Day-- 1990!

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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #132 published September 1961
was Thanksgiving Day -- 1990! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Pencil and ink credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, November 2008.
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War in Washington!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dalas (Atlantean citizen); Khagan's army
Synopsis: Wayne and Hollis are held prisoners and Bryndon and Gayle follow one of their own prisoners, Dalas, to Washington DC to free them and disable an ultraviolet ray.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #135 published December 1961
was War in Washington! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Pencil and ink credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, December 2008.
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The Attack of the Giant Dogs!

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: The Knights discover several giant Dalmatians which they soon train to serve as transportation and ride against their enemy the Khagan and his Atlantides.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #138 published March 1962
was The Attack of the Giant Dogs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8.67
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Menace of the Metal-Looters!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Ki-Ling; Borsra
Synopsis: The Knights encounter alien raiders who want to steal their armor, which was exposed to radiation and turned into the metal that the aliens call Zaxion, which they have used to conquer many planets.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #141 published June 1962
was Menace of the Metal Looters! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8.67
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When the Earth Blacked Out!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Atomic Knights
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #144 published September 1962
was When the Earth Blacked Out! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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When the Earth Blacked Out! [Chapter 1]

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: The Knights meet a race of hostile mole-people from an underground civilization.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #144 published September 1962
was When the Earth Blacked Out! [Chapter 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8.67
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When the Earth Blacked Out! Chapter 2

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: The mole-people are defeated because of their aversion to light. Later, Douglas reveals his discovery that the mole-people's first step in their plan was six years earlier when they began the nuclear war that destroyed most life on Earth.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #144 published September 1962
was When the Earth Blacked Out! Chapter 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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The King of New Orleans! [Part 1]

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: The Knights go on an expedition to New Orleans in search of doctors, but they receive an unfriendly reception when they arrive.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #147 published December 1962
was The King of New Orleans! [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
Job Number: S-573
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The King of New Orleans! Part 2

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): King Touro
Synopsis: The Knights confront King Touro, who has brainwashed all the doctors in New Orleans, and depose him.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #147 published December 1962
was The King of New Orleans! Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
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The Plant That Hated Humans! [Part 1]

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Alva Judson (flashback)
Synopsis: Bryndon tells Gardner about a strange plant species he encountered during his travels, telepathic plants that have human characteristics. Later, the Knights learn that these plants have been attacking people.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #150 published March 1963
was The Plant That Hated Humans! [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Plant That Hated Humans! Part 2

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: The Knights battle the rapidly-reproducing sentient plants, finally defeating them by cutting off their source of water.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #150 published March 1963
was The Plant That Hated Humans! Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8.67
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Danger in Detroit [Part 1]

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Blue Belts
Synopsis: The Knights visit Dr. Henderson in Detroit where he is trying to revive the automobile industry, and encounter Organizer Kadey and his Blue Belts, who plan to control things in their city.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #153 published June 1963
was Danger in Detroit [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.5
Disclose Notes: Murphy Anderson's hidden signature [as MA] located on page one, in foreground.
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Danger in Detroit Part 2

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Blue Belts
Synopsis: The Knights learn that Kadey has atomic pistols, which fortunately their armor resists. They arrest him and return to Durvale in the first new automobile produced in Detroit.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #153 published June 1963
was Danger in Detroit Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6.5
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Threat of the Witch-Woman

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Henrietta Dromer; Fred Dromer; Dr. Pickering; Mr. Fallow
Synopsis: The Knights encounter a woman with a unique form of radiation sickness that causes her hallucinations to materialize in the real world.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #156 published September 1963
was Threat of the Witch-Woman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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Here Come the Wild Ones! [Part 1]

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mrs. Porter (carpenter's wife - mentioned); wild ones [Ken; Danny; Pete]
First Line: Of all the tragedies caused by the Hydrogen War of 1986, one of the most heart rendering [sic] was the band of homeless, hungry boys who charged into isolated villages, terrorizing the inhabitants!
Synopsis: The Knights encounter a roving band of boys who want to become outlaws when they grow up. Marene disguises herself as a boy and infiltrates the group.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #160 published January 1964
was Here Come the Wild Ones! [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6.67
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Here Come the Wild Ones! Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Blue Belt six; Dr. Howard Melton (mentioned)
Synopsis: Kadey and his Blue Belts stumble upon a pre-war invention that turns people into automatons. They use it to enslave the rebel boys until the Knights defeat them.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #160 published January 1964
was Here Come the Wild Ones! Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Signed in panel 3 on (last) page 15. Also included under the signature is "30" which is typographical shorthand in journalism for "End" indicating that Anderson knew this was the last Atomic Knights story he would illustrate.

Source - Interview with Murphy Anderson in "The Silver Age Sci-Fi Companion" by Mike W. Barr. Page 13 LH column.
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Is He Legend or Man?

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Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Atlas
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From Content Item: Flag1st Issue Special #1 published April 1975
was Is He Legend or Man? [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Atlas the Great! (Chapter One)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Atlas; Chagra (unidentified); Kargin
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From Content Item: Flag1st Issue Special #1 published April 1975
was Chapter One: Atlas the Great! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Set in the city of Hyssa.
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Atlas the Untamed (Chapter Two)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Atlas; Atlas' father (flashback); Atlas' mother (flashback); Chagra (unidentified); Hyssa (unidentified, flashback); Kargin
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From Content Item: Flag1st Issue Special #1 published April 1975
was Chapter Two: Atlas the Untamed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Avenger! (Chapter Three)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Atlas (flashback); Atlas' father (flashback); Atlas' mother (flashback); Chagra (flashback); Hyssa (unidentified, flashback)
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From Content Item: Flag1st Issue Special #1 published April 1975
was Chapter Three: Avenger! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Human Lizard! (Chapter Four)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Atlas; Chagra (flashback); King Hyssa
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From Content Item: Flag1st Issue Special #1 published April 1975
was Chapter Four: Human Lizard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hercules
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #1 published October 1975
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hercules Unbound!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hercules; Kevin (introduction; a blind boy); Basil (Kevin's dog); Ares
Synopsis: The setting is post-WWIII, and Hercules frees himself from the chains that have bound him for centuries to a rock in the middle of the ocean. He meets a blind boy, Kevin, and his dog Basil, who have fled the terrors of war. Hercules vows vengeance against his captor and brother, Ares, God of War, who is deeply involved with Earth's warring factions.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #1 published October 1975
was Hercules Unbound! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Sirois credits per Wally Wood checklist.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hercules
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #2 published December 1975
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Unleash the Hounds of Hell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hercules; Ares; Cerebus; Jennifer Monroe; David Rigg
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #2 published December 1975
was Unleash the Hounds of Hell [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Sirois credit per Wally Wood checklist.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #3 published February 1976
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Within the Pit Below

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #3 published February 1976
was Within the Pit Below [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Sirois credit per Wally Wood checklist.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hercules
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #4 published April 1976
was This Savage Strength! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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This Savage Strength

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hercules; Hunter Blood; animal men
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #4 published April 1976
was This Savage Strength [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Sirois credit per Wally Wood checklist.
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Learn the Sensational Secret of World War Three!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hercules; Jennifer Monroe
Synopsis: Hercules is holding Big Ben so it doesn't crush Jennifer.
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #5 published June 1976
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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War Among the Ruins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hercules; Jennifer Monroe; Hunter Blood; Hunter's animal army; Kevin; Simon St. Charles; David Rigg; Ares; Pythas; Orman; Jackul; Durak Malloy; Basil (dies); Dr. Janson (flashback)
Synopsis: Hunter Blood is after Hercules, but is done in by his own army when they realize they were dispensable.
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #5 published June 1976
was War Among The Ruins [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Explanation of post-WWIII anthropomorphic animals.

Sirois credit per Wally Wood checklist.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hercules
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #6 published August 1976
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Even a God May Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #6 published August 1976
was Even a God May Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Vs Aries, in a conclusion to the first major storyline of the first six issues pitting Herc against Ares. Sirois credit per Wally Wood checklist.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hercules
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #7 published October 1976
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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To Slay a Legend!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #7 published October 1976
was To Slay a Legend! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Sirois credit per Wally Wood checklist.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hercules
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #8 published December 1976
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Game!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lady Agatha Simms
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #8 published December 1976
was Game! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Sirois credit per Wally Wood checklist.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hercules
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #9 published February 1977
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Finale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Agatha Simms
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #9 published February 1977
was Finale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hercules; Atomic Knights
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #10 published April 1977
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Water, Water, Neverwhere!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Atomic Knights
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #10 published April 1977
was Water, Water, Neverwhere! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Meets the Atomic Knights (from Strange Adventures). Also makes links to Omac continuity.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Hercules; Jennifer Monroe
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #11 published June 1977
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Dark Side of the Gods

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Hercules; Kevin; Jennifer; Basil; Atomic Knights [Gardner Grayle; Douglas Herald]; Zeus; Athena
Synopsis: Hercules forges a new suit of armor, the Gods of Olympus remain trapped in a temporal storm and Kevin's secret is revealed.
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #11 published June 1977
was The Dark Side of the Gods [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Hercules; Anti-Gods
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #12 published August 1977
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Chaos Among the Gods

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Hercules; Anti-Ares; Anti-Gods; Basil; Zeus; Athena; Hera; Hermes; Ares; Jennifer
Synopsis: The Anti-Ares is defeated, as Herc learns more about the situation that led him to be imprisoned for centuries and released in issue #1. Kevin is revealed to have been the Anti-Ares.
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Unbound #12 published August 1977
was Chaos Among the Gods [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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Homecoming

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Urgall (intro)
Synopsis: Introduction of Urgall.
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From Content Item: FlagKamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #43 published July 1976
was Homecoming [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Prince and the Pawn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Myra (intro); Otis (intro)
Synopsis: Introduction of Myra and Otis.
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From Content Item: FlagKamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #44 published August 1976
was The Prince and the Pawn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Apocalypse Machine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagKamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #45 published September 1976
was The Apocalypse Machine [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Finale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Otis (dies)
Synopsis: Death of Otis.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagKamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #46 published October 1976
was Finale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction, war
First Line: My God! Welcome to hell, gang!
Synopsis: Six astronaut scientists return home to "The Day After Doomsday" and decide to repopulate the planet. Their experiments create evolved adult children in less than a year. The evolved men and women abandon their cold-hearted parents, leaving them to their own devices.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #221 [Direct Sales] published April 1982
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The astronauts consist of three men and three woman. However, five male names are given over the course of the story (Robert, Jeff, Al, Richard, and David). Two of the three women are named Karen and Abby.
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Great Atomic War of 1986!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Superman; Atomic Knights
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDC Comics Presents #57 [Direct Sales] published May 1983
was Great Atomic War of 1986! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Days of Future Past!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Gardner Grayle; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard; Douglas Herald; Marene Herald (all as the Atomic Knights); Superman; Hercules
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDC Comics Presents #57 [Direct Sales] published May 1983
was Days of Future Past! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
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Earth After Disaster!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4

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