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Issue: Sinister Tales #97
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Publisher: FlagAlan Class
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Indicia Publisher: Alan Class & Co. Ltd
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Pages: 52
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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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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
science fiction
The Fly
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FlagMysteries of Unexplored Worlds #18 published May 1960
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One Minute to Doom

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The Fly [Thomas Troy]; Fly Girl [Kim Brand]
Great Grasshoppers, Fly Girl! What are you doing with those balloons?
While Kim Brand is waiting for Tommy Troy in his office, a gang of crooks break in. They hold Kim hostage while they wait for Troy to show up in order to kill him. Kim must get a message to Tommy without the crooks knowing it and without changing to Fly Girl.
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Nothing Ever Changes

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science fiction
John; Helen
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5
C-944
The World's Whackiest Crook!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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superhero
The Fly; Fly Girl; Limbo; Stretchpants Stella
The two heroes try to defeat Limbo, an evil chemist who has created powerful perfumes to get people to do his bidding.
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Possible Stone inks per Nick Caputo.
The Rookie

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fantasy
Jed Broome
Jed dreams of becoming a baseball player but has to give it up after realizing his fastball is so powerful it could kill the catcher.
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F-465
This is retold in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #43 (May 1963) as "Frankie's Fast Ball" by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber.
Been There Before?

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fantasy
Joel Lucas; Paul Galland; Alfred Insel
Joel Lucas, Paul Galland, and Alfred Insel have strong cases of deja vu.
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The Man Who Wasn't There

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horror
Eddie Wallas
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What Would You Do?

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Diane Gordon; Harry Matlack
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C-990
The Wanderers

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science fiction
Frankie; Joey
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A-268
Fly Girl Meets the Comet

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superhero
Fly Girl; The Comet
The Comet comes to Earth from the planet Altrox in order to woo and wed Fly Girl.
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Companion Comics in this Series

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