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Issue: Amazing Adult Fantasy #8
Publication Date: January 1962
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Issues: #8 of 8 Issues (16 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/26/1961
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 22 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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 series
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The Coming of the Krills!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Lou
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as The Coming of the Krills [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Insect Collecting Kit

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Disclose Notes: Ad for insect collecting kit for $1.00 from Honor House Products Corp.
Top half of inside front cover.
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Amazing Wrist Radio

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Disclose Notes: Ad for wrist radio with private ear phone for $2.98 from Honor House Products Corp.
On bottom half of inside front cover.
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Amazing Adult Fantasy Contents

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Letterer(s): typeset
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as Contents [Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Coming of the Krills

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Lou
Synopsis: The alien Krill offer the most beautiful woman in the universe to an earthman if he will betray his native planet but finds to his regret that beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as The Coming of the Krills [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-435
Disclose Notes: This story is retold in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #47 (November 1963) as "Shock!" drawn by Larry Lieber and in Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #2 (October 1968) as a Tales of the Watcher story by Stan Lee and Gene Colan.
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Training for Big Pay Made Simple!

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Disclose Notes: Send for free booklet "Make Big Money in Auto Mechanics".
On page after end of "The Coming of the Krills".
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Everyone Likes a...Ghost Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Anton Axel
Synopsis: A swindler buys a castle with the intention of faking it as a haunted attraction, but then he meets a real ghost and dies of heart failure thus ends up legitimately haunting the castle.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as Everyone Likes a... Ghost Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Job Number: V-437
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Special Offer to Readers of This Magazine

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Disclose Notes: Send for free accordion catalog from Accordion Corporation of America.
On top half of page at end of "Everyone Likes a...Ghost Story".
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Reward $2,000.00

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Disclose Notes: Send for "Large Coin Catalog" for $1.00.
On bottom half of page at end of "Everyone Likes a...Ghost Story".
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The Eyes of Edward Morgo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Edward Morgo
First Line: It was a perfect crime, all right!
Synopsis: A hypnotist replaces a movie theater's film real with a film of his performance intending to put the audience in a trance while he gets up and relieves them of their valuables. He's a better hypnotist than he thought as he succeeds in hypnotizing himself.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as The Eyes of Edward Morgo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
Job Number: V-439
Disclose Notes: This story is a retelling of "Beware the Eyes of Igor!" drawn by Paul Reinman, from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #11 (September 1960).
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Boys — 12 or Older —

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Disclose Notes: Ad seeking sellers of Grit newspaper.
On top half of page after end of "The Eyes of Edward Morgo".
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Will You Work Saturday Mornings for $5 to $20 Extra?

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Disclose Notes: Ad seeking sellers of Mason shoes.
On bottom half of page after end of "The Eyes of Edward Morgo".
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The Yo-Yo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tom Bobkins; Tommy Bobkins, Jr.; Tommy Bobkins III; Mary Bobkins
Synopsis: A child and his mother take a vacation in time visiting the spot where an ancestor lives. He mistakenly leaves his hi-tech toy yo-yo behind when he returns to the future and it is found and played with for a while by his father-to-be.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as The Yo-Yo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-438
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Now! Own and Operate Your Own Scale Model .. Electric Monorail

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Disclose Notes: Ad for battery-run metal monorail with track and layout for $2.98 from Medford Products.
On top half of page after end of "The Yo-Yo".
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14 New Sensational Tricks

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Disclose Notes: Ad for 14 party tricks for $1.00 from Medford Products.
On bottom half of page after end of "The Yo-Yo".
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Coming Attractions
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as Coming Attractions [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Job Number: V-440
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Shop by Mail

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Disclose Notes: Multiple small ads for stamps and other products.
On page after Coming Attractions.
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A Monster Among Us

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: An alien ambassador lands on Earth and, because of its monstrous appearance, is driven away. It drops a note written in English before fleeing welcoming Earth to the brotherhood of planets and offering to abolish war, disease and poverty as benefits of membership in the galactic order.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales Annual #2 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1965
as A Monster Among Us [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as A Monster Among Us [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-436
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Test Your Talent!

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Disclose Notes: Send in your drawing of a woman, dog or Sherlock Holmes and win a $495.00 art scholarship.
On first page after end of "A Monster Among Us".
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Boys! Girls! Men! Women!

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Disclose Notes: Ad seeking sellers of Blair household products.
On second page after end of "A Monster Among Us".
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Learn Radio - Television Electronics

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Disclose Notes: Send for free information on NRI electronics courses.
Inside back cover.
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Announcing the All-New Daisy B•B Gun

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Disclose Notes: Ad for free catalog featuring Daisy B•B gun replica of the Winchester Model 94 rifle at $12.95.
Back cover.

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