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Issue: Sinister Tales #221
Publication Date: January 1988
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Issues: #221 of 229 Issues (231 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagAlan Class
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Alan Class & Co. Ltd
On Sale Date: 1988
Volume:
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.55 GBP
55.0 pence GBQ
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 25 (21 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Issue is undated. Estimated date based on analysis of brands and cover prices in the series.
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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]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mandrake
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMandrake the Magician #10 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1967
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
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The Haunting of Hawk Inn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mandrake
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMandrake the Magician #10 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1967
was The Haunting of Hawk Inn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Universal Key!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMysteries of Unexplored Worlds #10 published November 1958
was The Universal Key! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: 3640
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Why?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUnusual Tales #3 published April 1956
was Why? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: S-219
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I Am Not Me

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Brain Storm!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Brick Bradford; Saturn Sadie; Hoppy
Synopsis: Brick and Saturn Sadie battle the electronic brain running the power plants of Vortex.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMandrake the Magician #10 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1967
was Brain Storm! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Great Gift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUnusual Tales #8 published August 1957
was The Great Gift [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: S-979
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The Prison of Mongo

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Gordon #9 [unnamed variant] published October 1967
was The Prison of Mongo [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Object Matri-Money

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Rip Kirby; Ann [Honey Dorian]; Fats [Sleepy]; Margie [Julie]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMandrake the Magician #10 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1967
was Object Matri-Money [Story on Interior Page(s)]in this form
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Credits + reprint data from Alberto Becattini, added April 2007. Numerous strips cut or missing. Dialogues have been altered heavily. Kirby's girlfriend Honey Dorian is called Ann here. The two crooks, originally named Sleepy and Julie, were turned into Fats and Margie, respectively.
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Strange Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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Pages: 4
Job Number: S-868
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The Lake That Lived

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUnusual Tales #5 published September 1956
was The Lake That Lived [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: S-396
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Mystery of the 13th Floor

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
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Pages: 1
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Bennet's Brain!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #3 published September 1956
was Bennet's Brain! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K56
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The Man in the Cave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #3 published September 1956
was The Man in the Cave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-31
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The Frightened Ones!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #4 published November 1956
was The Frightened Ones! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
Job Number: K 527
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The Floating Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #3 published September 1956
was The Floating Island [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K47
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The Man Who Left No Prints

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #3 published September 1956
was The Man Who Left No Prints [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: K 53
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Smaller... Smaller... Smaller!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #5 published January 1957
was Smaller... Smaller... Smaller! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
Job Number: L-64
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The Strange Wife of Henry Johnson!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #4 published November 1956
was The Strange Wife of Henry Johnson! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-561
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The Hidden Hex!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #7 published May 1957
was The Hidden Hex! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: L 855
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A Robot Among Us!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #4 published November 1956
was A Robot Among Us! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: K 597
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Those in Hiding!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #3 published September 1956
was Those in Hiding! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: K 41
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[untitled]

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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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