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Issue: Astounding Stories #85
Publication Date: January 1971
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Issues: #85 of 196 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAlan Class
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Indicia Publisher: Alan Class & Co. Ltd
On Sale Date: 1971
Volume:
Pages: 100
ISBN:
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Price: £0.10 GBP
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Content Items: 13 (12 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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The Night of the Prowler!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Prowler
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The Night of the Prowler!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Gwen Stacy; Flash Thompson; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Prowler [Hobie Brown] (introduction, origin)
Synopsis: Peter tries to see Gwen only to find that she is (apparently) on a date with Flash. Hobie approaches his boss with ideas for new safety devices for his job as window-washer, only to be rebuffed. He implements them in private, adds a cloak and a mask, and thus creates The Prowler. Hobie plans to rob a newspaper as the Prowler then return the money as Hobie, making himself a hero. Naturally Peter (as Peter) discovers the Prowler in the act and J. Jonah discovers Peter in front of an empty safe.
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To Prowl No More!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Prowler [Hobie Brown]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Gwen Stacy; Mindy (Hobie's Girlfriend, reference only)
Synopsis: Spidey and the Prowler fight. The Prowler gets away using a gas bomb, then plans another robbery to make himself (Hobie) a hero when the loot is recovered. Peter anticipates the move and gets there during the robbery. This time the Prowler's gas has no effect and Peter unmasks him to find a well-intentioned kid like himself. Spidey lets him go.
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The Head Man!

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Character(s): Ed Wilson; Francie; Mike Farroni; Linda
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Preliminary Hearing!

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Character(s): Glenn Ormsby; Helen Verral; Hal Verral; Martin Verral
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Phantom Submarine

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Character(s): Ichabod Davis; Hosmer Everson; Robert Davis; Karl Everson
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Nothing Ever Happens to Halloran!

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Character(s): Joey Halloran; Miss Shapiro; Leronido; Theedelhoffa
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Beast of the Unknown

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Alfred Fosdick; Emerson
Synopsis: Alfred Fosdick finds a unicorn helmet.
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Forgotten Forest!

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Character(s): Crane; Jordan; Ciachewi
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The Gift of Life

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Genres: science fiction
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Reggie Rides a Rocket!

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Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Reggie Peep; Mike Edson; Marcia Jones; Princess Lorita
Synopsis: In the near future, mama's-boy Reginald Peep finds himself when he is unexpectedly rocketed to another planet.
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Witch Who Wouldn't!

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Ben Talbot; Hazel; Miss Frobish
Synopsis: Ben Talbot finds an infant in the New England woods and raises her, but when he wants to marry her and use her occult abilities to amass wealth and power, she returns to the woods where her accelerated aging process soon makes her an old evil witch.
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Fatal Fatigue

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Genres: science fiction
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