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Issue: Sinister Tales #78
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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 (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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The Menace of the Radiation Rogue!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
superhero
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FlagThe Shadow #5 published March 1965
was The Menace of Radiation Rogue! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Menace of Radiation Rogue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Shiwan Khan
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25
Story is in three parts. Part one pages are numbered 1-12; part two pages are numbered 1-8 with title "The Sinister Triumph of Shiwan Khan!"; part three is numbered 1-5 with title "Doom Stalks the Shadow!".
The Thing in the Cell!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Hans Vogez
A corrupt police chief uses fines to fund a giant prison in order to increase his prestige. He jails a passerby for no reason, but is shocked to find that he is an alien leader whose followers take the whole prison when they cannot open his cell, leaving the chief disgraced.
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V-26
Possible Lee script per an examination at Nick Caputo's blog:
http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/11/who-authored-ditko.html
Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
Flash the Wonder Dog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
western
Hooded Horseman; Flash (dog); Clarabelle
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Mystery Trip

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Subject Matter
science fiction
Tommy Pidgeon; Goober Jones; Rosie; Uncle Pete
Tommy's uncle returns from a space journey needing to re-learn how to walk on earth instead of floating.
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Trapped in the Room of Shadows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
Sanford Kindwell; Kroger
A millionaire looks for magical wishing stones with which he hopes to help all humanity. His greedy guide tries to steal the first stone, but only succeeds in using up its power and trapping himself.
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Possible Lee script per Nick Caputo's examination at his blog:
http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/11/who-authored-ditko.html
Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
I Went Too Far Back!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Simon Burr
A scientist's assistant travels to the past with a gun to rule a pre-technology world. Instead he finds that time is a loop, and when he travels back too far he finds himself a thousand years in the future, helpless before the psychic powers of future humans.
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V-1
Narrated in the first person. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
Earth Will Be Lost Tonight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Steve Miller; "Don Russell"; Nan Miller
An agent signs a singer who is an instant hit. He discovers that the singer is an alien whose next record will help his people conquer Earth, and manufactures a scandal to ruin the alien’s career.
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The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Kirby. Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Rendezvous with Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
western
Wyatt Earp
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B-9
When the Thing Runs Amok!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Jason Burke; Clara Burke; X-13
An inventor builds a robot, but others are afraid of it. The robot goes on a rampage and is dropped into the sea. It leaves a letter saying that it will emerge when humanity learns tolerance.
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V-465
Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Companion Comics in this Series

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typeset
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