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Issue: Astounding Stories #191
Publication Date: January 1988
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Issues: #191 of 196 Issues
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Publisher: FlagAlan Class
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Indicia Publisher: Alan Class & Co. Ltd
On Sale Date: 1988
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Pages: 84
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Price: £0.55 GBP
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Content Items: 14 (13 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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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Hood; Steel Sterling; the Mad Gadgeteer
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The Sinister Powers of the Mad Gadgeteer

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Hood; Mad Gadgeteer; Gerald Crandall; Detective Mark Brodie
Synopsis: A crook dressed like the Black Hood succeeds in besmirching the hero's name in a series of successful robberies. But when the Black Hood battles the thug, the doppelgänger falls into a deep pit. There, he discovers a machine that will grant his fondest wish. With that, the crook becomes the Mad Gadgeteer with one thing on his mind -- revenge against the Black Hood.
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Pages: 12
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I Was the First Man to Set Foot on... the Mystery Planet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hank Jordan; Tom Jonson; Azka
First Line: My visit to the mystery planet started out as a business venture!
Synopsis: A businessman bigoted against robots tries to make a deal to tap the resources of a planet rich in exploding pools of radioactive oil. The natives refuse to sell their oil, since they are robots and it is too vital to them.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-85
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I Dared to Enter the Haunted Room!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Mr. Smith
First Line: It's just nonsense...
Synopsis: A scientist builds an ultimate bomb and plans to use it to hold the world hostage. He hides it in a room believed haunted, but when he goes to give his ultimatum to the UN he realizes that he is now a ghost.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-37
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Robot Hater!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Vincent Latimer
Synopsis: A man who hates robots refuses to have a robot pilot his flight to the moon, and insists on a human pilot. The flight gets in trouble and the pilot, really a humanoid robot, saves his life.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: T-204
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I Defied the Curse of Tut-Ah-Anka!

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Genres: horror
First Line: I've been in and out of trouble all my life!
Synopsis: A criminal hides from the police in an old Egyptian tomb, ignoring the warning of a curse. He not only escapes the police, but has a run of luck that makes him rich and happy. Or so he thinks, as the gas in the tomb drove him mad and he is delusional in an Egyptian hospital.
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Job Number: T-933
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The Money Tree

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Billy Anderson; Tom Anderson; Amy Anderson
Synopsis: A young boy's father scoffs when his son tries to grow a money tree, but the world is astonished when he succeeds.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: G-977
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Steel Sterling vs. the Awesome Bravo!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling; Metal Mask; Beastor; Awesome Bravo; Deadly Dimensional
Synopsis: Steel Sterling tries to protect the Awesome Bravo from a trio of deadly foes. But who is the hunter and who is the hunted?
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Pages: 10
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I Fell to the Center of the Earth!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Henry Burke
First Line: My name is Henry Burke!
Synopsis: A scientist drills into the core of the Earth, and somehow travels back in time, where he witnesses a dinosaur attacking neanderthals.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: T-126
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Celeste, the Bewitching!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Celeste; Enid Smith
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My Job: Capture a Martian

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mr. Garner; Professor Webb
First Line: Speaking of the impossible, that's exactly what was expected of me!
Synopsis: A private detective humours a man who says he saw a flying saucer with an investigation, but he convinces the man it is pointless. He feels bad for his harsh words, but reports back to Mars that suspicion of their invasion has been averted.
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Job Number: T-139
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I Was a Man in Hiding!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Harry Grant; Anne Grant
First Line: What a fool I was!
Synopsis: A man in 2087 robs a payroll and flees to a primitive world to avoid detection by his electric wrist band. Once he arrives he realizes that the people there are a fraction of the size of humans, and so he can be easily found.
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Job Number: T-136
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No 1 Creature from the Crater

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Out of the Unknown!
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Undersea Agent [Lt. Davey Jones]
First Line: Reparing a minor break in a communications tube...
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Pages: 14

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