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Issue: Secrets of the Unknown #96
Publication Date: January 1966
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Issues: #96 of 252 Issues (255 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAlan Class
Brand: AC Approved ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Alan Class & Co. Ltd
On Sale Date: (not set)
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Pages: 68
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Price: 12.0 pence GBQ 0-1-0
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Content Items: 13 (11 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: 7.25" x 9.25"
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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1 Content Item from another Issue reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagThe Shadow #7 published July 1965 was The Shadow Battles... the Brute! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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The Shadow Battles...The Brute!

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Genres: superhero
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The Shadow Battles... the Brute!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, drama, superhero
Character(s): Shadow [Lamont Cranston]; Margo Lane; The Brute; Shiwan Khan
Synopsis: The Shadow encounters the Brute, a foe who can resist his hypnotic commands.
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The Shadow's Amazing New Weapons!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, drama, superhero
Character(s): Shadow [Lamont Cranston]; Shiwan Kahn; Margo Lane; The Brute; Colosso
Synopsis: The Shadow prepares new weapons for his next encounter with the Brute, but even these prove ineffective. The situation becomes more dire when the Brute kidnaps Margo Lane.
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Pages: 12
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The Showdown on Gargoyle Island!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, drama
Character(s): Shadow [Lamont Cranston]; Margo Lane; Shiwan Kahn; The Brute
Synopsis: Khan doublecrosses the Brute and endangers Margo Lane. The Brute sacrifices himself to save Margo, just as the Shadow shows up on the scene. Khan escapes and the Shadow takes Margo to safety.
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The Ultimate Weapon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: The western powers launch an empty globe over Moscow that intimidates the communist leaders into disarming because they fear that it is a bomb.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-684
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The Little Gypsy Tea Room

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Bruno the Burglar; a gypsy
Synopsis: A criminal forces a gypsy to hide him from the police, but gets more than he bargained for when she does help him.
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Pages: 3
Job Number: V-688
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The Man in the Sky!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tad Carter (introduction, origin); Brad Carter; Mr. Filbert; Tobias Messenger (identified in X-Men: the Hidden Years (Marvel, 1999 series) #18)
Synopsis: A boy's early exposure to radiation causes him to develop powers. He is attacked when others learn of his powers, and suddenly is lifted into the sky by another far-off mutant, who contacts his mind and explains that he must live in hiding with other mutants until the world is ready.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-719
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Murder!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Rodney; Eric
Synopsis: Rodney kills his uncle and his cousin Eric gives him an alibi, but when their expected inheritance doesn't come through it leads to two more murders when they kill each other.
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Job Number: E-443
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The Girl Who Saved the World

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Vickie Lund
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Pages: 4
Job Number: J-877
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For the Birds!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Borgon
Synopsis: Mr. Borgon is an unscrupulous hunter of rare animals in the future who finds himself trapped by his own deceit.
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The Mystery of the Tax Collector from Space!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Harry Grubb [Orgg]
First Line: Every city has its down-and-outers!
Synopsis: A failed actor finds a spaceship with a dead pilot and uses it in an attempt to con the authorities. The ship is actually a decoy, and is retrieved by the aliens to get a human specimen for their zoo.
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Job Number: V-806
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Out Went the Candles!

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): George Hagen; Alice Hagen
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Pages: 8
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Companion Comics in This Series

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for the Alan Class range of comics. Back cover.

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