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Issue: Astounding Stories #55
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Publisher: FlagAlan Class
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Indicia Publisher: Alan Class & Co. Ltd
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Pages: 68
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Price: 12.0 pence GBQ 0-1-0
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Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: 7.25" x 9.25"
Paper Stock: Glossy cover newsprint interior
Binding: Perfect Bound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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superhero
Black Hood; Mr. Justice; The Skull; Force Being
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The Nightmare World of the Skull!

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superhero
Black Hood; the Skull; the Abominable Schemer
After another defeat by the Black Hood, The Skull offers 1 million dollars to anyone who devise a way to kill the hero. The Abominable Schemer then gives the Skull his plan to kill the Black Hood --in his sleep.
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The Man in the Crazy Maze

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horror
Charlie Burke; Mr. Johnson; Fate
A carnival owner cons patrons with an impossible maze, and kills a reporter that might expose him. He is trapped in another maze with only one exit, into hell.
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The Warning

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horror
A scientist recreates the serum that gave Midas his golden touch and feeds it to his dog. Anything the dog touches turns to gold and he donates the gold to help people. Another man with greedy intent breaks in and unlocks the dog's cage. While the two men are locked in a struggle, the dog touches them and they are transmuted into gold. The statue is displayed as a moral lesson for people of the struggle between selflessness and greed.
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Man in the Wall!

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A future murderer escapes his sealed execution chamber into the past where a contemporary murderer takes his place.
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The Wrong World!

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Voodoo Man!

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drama
Jerry Marks returns from the jungle and his life falls apart. He believes a voodoo idol given to him in the jungle restores his fortunes until his friend reveals the idol was just an umbrella handle.
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Mr. Justice and the Cosmic Terror!

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superhero
Mr. Justice [Professor Paul Morse]; the Force Being (also called The Cosmic Terror)
Mr. Justice saves the city a huge meteorite that threatens to destroy it. But out of the meteor comes a being made of pure force and intent on destroying the city.
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Sir Fly!

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The Heritage!

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Mystery in Midville

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fantasy
A petty thief comes across a city where every person is considerate and helpful. The man who takes him in tells him not to touch a certain box as it took him fifty years to gather its contents. The thief thinks that it must be very valuable and so opens the box that belongs to Pandora.
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