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Issues: #52 of 229 Issues (231 Printings)

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Publisher: Flag

Alan 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 (9 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: perfect bound

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Content Items (11 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Genres: science fiction

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Unknown Worlds #43 published October 1965
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The Hundred-Year Witch!

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Genres: horror, science fiction

Character(s): Martin Gooding; Ted Carroll; Richard Gooding; Marian Wilding

First Line: Ghosts and Goblins --- you've met every variety of them in the pages of this magazine.

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Pages: 10

The King's Coming Up!

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Tige Conners; Tony Arola

First Line: Tiger Connors had a special game,E

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Pages: 9

Trapped in the Ant Hill!

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Dr. Perry Moore

First Line: The brilliant young scientist, Dr. Perry Moore,E

Synopsis: Moore invents a shrinking serum and winds up in an ant hill but finally regains his normal size.

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Pages: 4

Job Number: L-185

Notes: Titles, page count and job number from www.atlastales.com. Plot similar to "Man in the Ant Hill" from Tales to Astonish #27.

Fateful Decision

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Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Rookie Cop

First Line: The sharp slap of leather rises above the whispered ringside comments,E

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Pages: 10

Notes: Possible Baker pencils per Nick Caputo, July 2016.

The Inventor

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Ned Carter; Mr. Jonas

First Line: Ned Carter was a janitor, but he didn't like it very much.

Synopsis: A disgruntled janitor's obsessive effort to create a sweeping robot costs him his job and ends in failure, but only because he sees no use for a perpetual motion machine.

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Pages: 2

Job Number: F-889

Notes: The illustration is from the story 'I, the Robot' from Menace (Marvel, 1953 series) #11.

The Romita illustration has been replaced by an illustrated of a broom and a test tube.

Fangs of the Bear

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Bobby

First Line: It took twelve weeks of continuous labor to build the control panel...

Synopsis: A crook builds a robotic teddy bear to rob the homes of the people who buy it, before returning to him. When he tries to retrieve the bear from a poor family with nothing worth stealing, the love of the couple's crippled son turns the bear against him and he is arrested.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: T-635

Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Very Brief Cameo Flashbacks: Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Fantastic Four [Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic]; Mastermind; Magneto; Blob; X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]]

First Line: Hurry, Wanda! This is our chance to flee from Magneto and his band of evil mutants!

Synopsis: Quicksilver wants to leave Magneto's group but his sister Wanda reminds him that she is in his debt. The Scarlet Witch takes her brother's lead and they seek out the Fantastic Four for advice. They encounter Ben and Johnny at Fantastic Four headquarters where a misunderstanding turns into a brawl. When it's over, Quicksilver and his sister decide they cannot trust homo sapiens and return to Magneto.

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The Story Nobody Knows!

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Genres: science fiction

First Line: This is the story that nobody knows...because nobody would believe it!

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Pages: 4

Job Number: K-635

Notes: Forgione/Abel credit per Atlas Tales. Previous indexer credited Vic Carrabotta.

The Demon's Disciple!

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Dr. Strange; Disciple (unnamed); The Demon

First Line: Having successfully defied the power of the Dread Dormammu Dr. Strange is given a more powerful amulet,E

Synopsis: Dr. Strange receives a desperate plea for help from a man who became a disciple of someone called The Demon not realizing the seriousness of the situation. The Demon transports the man back to his lair and consigns him to a pit beneath the floor. Strange tracks the man's location and confronts the evil mystic in an epic battle. Dr. Strange places a mystic veil over The Demon's mind, explaining that when it is lifted he will know who defeated him and who can defeat him. Strange frees the disciple, bidding him to go on his way and never look back.

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Pages: 10

Notes: The Demon would return, in league with Baron Mordo, in STRANGE TALES #132 (May 1965). The Demon's real name not revealed until DOCTOR STRANGE #56 (December 1982). No relation to the hero from FIGHTING HERO COMICS #1 (SFCA, December 1962) or Jack Kirby's Etrigan from THE DEMON #1 (DC, December 1972).

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First Line: Companion comics in this series

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Pages: 1

Notes: Text only advert for other Alan Class titles. Back cover.