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Issue: Adventures into the Unknown #131 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1962
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Issues: #131 of 174 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagAmerican Comics Group
Brand: American Comics Group ACGView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Best Syndicated Features Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/18/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1962 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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Man of Mystery!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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Man of Mystery!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Andrew Clevinger; Lord Mayor Esterbrook; Chancellor Merrick; Sir Bertram Marley; Admiral Farwell; Mertruro; Duchess of Trevelyan; Prince Alexis of Carpathia; Edmund Carewe
First Line: Death struck through the ages ... in the strangest puzzle ever seen!
Synopsis: A criminologist trys to track down a mysterious figure who kills on a specific day every 100 years in London. Throughout history this mysterious being always had a tattoo of a sun and cats head on his hand. Eventually the sleuth finds out that this murderer was an executed wizard from the 15th century.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Cover story.
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It's a Strange World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dr. Boles
Synopsis: While examining ancient caves, two archaeologists find the skeleton of a centaur hidden behind a wall.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreepy Worlds #122 published January 1971
as It's a Strange World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.75
Disclose Notes: Letters from Thomas A. Brown, Allan Dean Ild, Roger Owens, Mildred Fitzgerald, Betty Tierce, and Jonathan Benair.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Best Syndicated Features, Inc. Address for 2nd class mailing: Second and Dickey St, Sparta, IL (address of World Color Press) Editor: Richard E. Hughes Business Manager: Frederick M. Iger Owner: Frederick M. Iger, H. Donenfeld
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Pages: 0.25
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A Matter of Misfortune

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fanfare Series
Character(s): Orin Blakely; Marquise Marguerite La Motte; Vicomte Raoul Dufresne; Peter Bartlesby
Synopsis: Write up about the history of black cats being a source of bad luck.
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From Content Item: FlagForbidden Worlds #52 published March 1957
was No. 4: Black Cats [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
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Pages: 5
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Judas Goat!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Character(s): Lafcadio Lee (host); Ogden Whitney (credit cameo); Commander Dan Carter; Mary; Grace
Synopsis: In the future a crew of Americans onboard a spaceship lure an enemy nations entire space fleet into a flaming planetoid sacrificing themselves for the sake of the Earth.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Space #2 published January 2000
as Judas Goat! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The nameless enemy nation was guiding atomic bomb attacks from up in space to attack America from a distance.

The title refers to how a Judas goat is a trained goat used to lure other goats to their slaughter at stockyards. The crew essentially became Judas Goats to lure the enemy to their death.

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