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Attack of the Plant Creatures

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Tim Robinson; Tam Robinson; plant creatures

First Line: Tim Robinson and Tam Robinson wage a battle of survival aboard a distressed space ship... Attack of the Plant Creatures

Synopsis: Aboard an alien ship, Tim and Tam Robinson are attacked by carnivorous plant creatures.

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Most Powerful Airplane

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Feature(s): General Mills; Cheerios

Character(s): Cheerios Kid

First Line: The XB70A Valkyrie is the most powerful airplane in the world.

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Notes: Facts about the “XB70A Valkyrie”, an experimental bomber - and some words on behalf of Cheerios breakfast cereal. Color ad on inside front cover.

Attack of the Plant Creatures

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Craig Robinson; June Robinson; Tim Robinson; Tam Robinson; plant creatures; Space Chief Harnot (alien); Spaceman Impak (alien)

First Line: Following a friendly spaceship toward its home planet, the Robinsons notice a sudden change in its course!

Synopsis: An alien spaceship whose crew were befriended by the Robinsons suddenly strays from its course as a result of an attack from within by carnivorous plant creatures. Tim and Tam board the ship to search for survivors and are confronted by the creatures.

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Pages: 20

Notes: Story is interrupted between pages 14 and 15, for four pages of “Gold Key Comics Club” material that comprise the centerfold.

Gold Key Comics Club News

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Character(s): Land of the Giants figures (one giant and two little people)

First Line: Fall Season Links Gold Key Comics with Smash TV Shows

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Notes: A look at many of the Gold Key Comics on sale in September 1968, highlighting the comic book adaptation of producer Irwin Allen's Land of the Giants, which would debut in September 1968. Includes promotional art of the Land of the Giants logo and figures from Irwin Allen Productions/20th Century FOX. Also focus blurbs on Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery, Moby Duck, Donald Duck, Little Lulu, Daffy Duck, Lancer (TV western series), Daniel Boone, Hanna-Barbera Super TV Heroes, John Steed and Emma Peel ("The Avengers"- British TV series), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (movie adaptation), The Wild Wild West, Star Trek, The Three Stooges, and Hanna-Barbera's Huck Finn. No issue numbers are given.

Reader's Page Animals

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First Line: Our readers (that's you) are proving every day what talented artists they are.

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Notes: Reader-submitted drawings of animals. Middle left page of centerfold.

Reader's Page Airplanes

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First Line: Our readers (that's you) are proving every day what talented artists they are.

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Notes: Reader-submitted drawings of airplanes. Middle right page of centerfold.

Jokes on You

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Gold Key Kid

First Line: Why is a pianist like sixteen ounces of lead?

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Pages: 1

Notes: Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.

Space Station #1

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Genres: science fiction

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Island of Nowhere

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Captain Rex Venture; Scotty Mackay; muckle serpent

First Line: Crashed on an unexplored, water-covered planet, Captain Rex Venture and his mechanic Scotty Mackay have salvaged only their small space-module and a hope of escape from the planet's eerie caverns!

Synopsis: Captain Venture and Scotty's space module has been swallowed by a "muckle serpent", a gigantic snake-like creature, which swiftly swallows Venture and Scotty as well. Inside the beast, they find the space module and use it to blast their way out of the snake's midsection, in a surprisingly gruesome event for a comic produced by Western Publishing. They land on a small island which is quickly beset by a fierce squall - which washes the space module out to see, leaving our heroes stranded.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Part of an ongoing serialized story.

Upon finding their space module inside the belly of the beastly serpent, Captain Venture and Scotty immediately get down to business:

VENTURE: "The problem now is how to get the module out!"
SCOTTY: "No problem, Rex! The module's own rocket blast will blow the beast apart!

CAPTION: "And so it does!"
SCOTTY: "Too much rocket!"
SOUND EFFECT: "BRRUMP!"

Artist Dan Spiegle intentionally tones-down/holds-back on the blood and guts, but it's still not something you'd see every day in a Gold Key Comic.

Comic Books for Sale

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Feature(s): Howard N. Rogofsky

First Line: From 1934-1967 - 50,000 comic books

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Ad selling back issue comic books, Playboy, Big Little Books, Sunday comics pages, pulps, records, etc. from pioneering dealer Howard N. Rogofsky of Flushing, New York. No actual items are pictured in the ad. Top half of page.

Cement Discontent

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): chicken; workman

Synopsis: A hungry chicken mistakes a sack of cement for a sack of corn, washes it down with some fountain water, and stiffens into a quick-drying statue.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Pantomime. Lower half of page.

Dinosauria Plesiosaur

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology

First Line: At the beginning of the Mesozoic Age about 190 million years ago, a huge flesh-eating sea dinosaur appeared in the prehistoric waters – the plesiosaur.

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28 of Walt Disney's Most Famous Characters Decorating Your Child's Room!

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Feature(s): Golden Press

Character(s): Tinker Bell; Mary Poppins; Bongo; Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Winnie-the-Pooh; Dumbo; Timothy; Peter Pan; Fifer Pig; Snow White; Seven Dwarfs; Pluto; Thumper; Goofy; Pinocchio; Figaro; Gepetto; Bambi; Jiminy Cricket

First Line: Imagine! All of us for only $1.00

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Notes: Ad for Disney character wall decorations "printed in full color on luxurious durable art-board". Color ad on inside back cover.

Be a Big Winner

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First Line: Join Sales Leadership Club

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Notes: Ad for Sales Leadership Club, offering prizes or money for the sales of personalized Christmas cards. Color ad on back cover.