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Issue: Sinister Tales #78
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Issues: #78 of 229 Issues (231 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagAlan Class
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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: 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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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagThe Shadow #5 published March 1965
was The Menace of Radiation Rogue! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Menace of Radiation Rogue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Shiwan Khan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 25
Disclose Notes: 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!".
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The Thing in the Cell!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hans Vogez
Synopsis: 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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-26
Disclose Notes: Possible Lee script per an examination at Nick Caputo's blog:
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Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
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Flash the Wonder Dog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Hooded Horseman; Flash (dog); Clarabelle
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Pages: 3
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Mystery Trip

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tommy Pidgeon; Goober Jones; Rosie; Uncle Pete
Synopsis: Tommy's uncle returns from a space journey needing to re-learn how to walk on earth instead of floating.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: K-266
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Trapped in the Room of Shadows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Sanford Kindwell; Kroger
Synopsis: 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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: 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).
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I Went Too Far Back!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Simon Burr
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-1
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
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Earth Will Be Lost Tonight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Steve Miller; "Don Russell"; Nan Miller
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: 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.)
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Rendezvous with Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Wyatt Earp
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Pages: 8
Job Number: B-9
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When the Thing Runs Amok!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jason Burke; Clara Burke; X-13
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 7
Job Number: V-465
Disclose Notes: Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
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Companion Comics in this Series

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1

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