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Issue: Strange Journey #1
Publication Date: September 1957
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Issues: #1 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagFarrell
Brand: AB America's BestView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Steinway Pub. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Phantom Express

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Pages: 1
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A Date with Effie

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Genres: opinion
First Line: Don't you look forward to these afternoons, Betty?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This PSA is on the inside front cover.
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Phantom Express

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror, occult
Synopsis: Vance Jackson loots his firm's safe and plans to leave the country, but before he can Bill Porter confronts him, telling him he had the same plan and demanding the money. They struggle, and Vance kills Bill, but they are reunited in Hell. Awakening to find this all a dream, Vance returns the money to the safe, but finds a chilling note inside.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTerror Tales v1 #9 published July 1969
as Phantom Express [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagHaunted Thrills #11 published September 1953
was Death at the Throttle [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled and revised for Code-approval
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Original title: "Death at the Throttle." All the images of Hell, the Devil, skeletons, etc., removed from the original version.
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12 Real Dolls

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Make your little girl feel like a real Princess!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for House of Dolls' doll set.
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100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Modern Toys.
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The Bedeviled Vault!

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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
First Line: It was just another day at the bank...
Synopsis: A man in a satyr mask robs a bank. Inspector Curan and his son Marty investigate. The bank director himself committed the crime while his twin brother posed as him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTerror Tales v1 #9 published July 1969
as Satan's Vault of Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
From Content Item: FlagHaunted Thrills #14 published March 1954
was Wheel of Terror [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled and revised for Code-approval
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Original title: "Wheel of Terror." Bakerish type art.
The satan mask in the original story was replaced with a satyr mask for this code approved reprint.
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Memo: From a Police File!

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Genres: crime
First Line: Not only do manuscripts come to a magazine office from professional writers, but also from those who have experiences of their own to tell.
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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First Line: Mystery! Magic! Science! Fun! To amuse and amaze your friends
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Ballast of Gold

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Genres: adventure
First Line: This is a true story of a ship that carried hundreds of passengers and two million dollars in gold!
Synopsis: About the SS Central America. A ship that sank in a hurricane in September 1857, along with 425 of her 578 passengers and crew and 30,000 pounds (13,600 kg) of gold.
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Amazing Precision Miniature Camera!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Ad for a miniature camera that comes with a roll of film, from Honor House Products.
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Automatic Firing Tripod Machine Gun

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for toy machine gun that fires BBs, from Honor House Products.
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When the Sea Goes Dry!

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Genres: adventure
First Line: Spanish gold lay on the bottom of the sea and legend had it that it was cursed!
Synopsis: A man and his wife are treasure hunters looking for sunken Spanish gold that's supposedly protected by an Aztec curse. It turns out that their guide (an Aztec descendent named Pedro) is the curse, as he guards the treasure in his true form. A gigantic octopus.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird v2 #3 published June 1967
as When the Sea Goes Dry [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales of Voodoo v2 #4 published September 1969
as When the Sea Goes Dry [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Heap #1 published September 1971
as When The Sea Goes Dry [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Ghostly Tales #[nn] published January 1984
as When the Sea Goes Dry! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagStrange Fantasy #2 published October 1952
was Death Holds an Auction [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled and modified for Code-approval
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Pages: 8
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Start to Play Real Music on the Harmonica in 15 Minutes Flat!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Yogi Berra Homers In the 9th - Wins Big Game!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
Inside back cover.

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