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Issue: Sinister Tales #221
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
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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)
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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
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Mandrake
Reprinting
FlagMandrake the Magician #10 [unnamed variant] published November 1967
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Haunting of Hawk Inn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Mandrake
Reprinting
FlagMandrake the Magician #10 [unnamed variant] published November 1967
was The Haunting of Hawk Inn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
The Universal Key!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
horror, occult
Reprinting
FlagMysteries of Unexplored Worlds #10 published November 1958
was The Universal Key! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
3640
Why?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, occult
Reprinting
FlagUnusual Tales #3 published April 1956
was Why? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
S-219
I Am Not Me

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Brain Storm!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Brick Bradford; Saturn Sadie; Hoppy
Brick and Saturn Sadie battle the electronic brain running the power plants of Vortex.
Reprinting
FlagMandrake the Magician #10 [unnamed variant] published November 1967
was Brain Storm! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
The Great Gift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, occult
Reprinting
FlagUnusual Tales #8 published August 1957
was The Great Gift [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
S-979
The Prison of Mongo

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
FlagFlash Gordon #9 [unnamed variant] published October 1967
was The Prison of Mongo [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Object Matri-Money

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
mystery
Rip Kirby; Ann [Honey Dorian]; Fats [Sleepy]; Margie [Julie]
Reprinting
FlagMandrake the Magician #10 [unnamed variant] published November 1967
was Object Matri-Money [Story on Interior Page(s)]in this form
 
Miscellaneous
14
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.
Strange Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
S-868
The Lake That Lived

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
horror, occult
Reprinting
FlagUnusual Tales #5 published September 1956
was The Lake That Lived [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
S-396
Mystery of the 13th Floor

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
horror, occult
Reprinting
from ?
Miscellaneous
1
Bennet's Brain!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, occult
Reprinting
FlagWorld of Fantasy #3 published September 1956
was Bennet's Brain! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
K56
The Man in the Cave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, occult
Reprinting
FlagWorld of Fantasy #3 published September 1956
was The Man in the Cave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
K-31
The Frightened Ones!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
FlagWorld of Fantasy #4 published November 1956
was The Frightened Ones! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
K 527
The Floating Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
FlagWorld of Fantasy #3 published September 1956
was The Floating Island [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
K47
The Man Who Left No Prints

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy
Reprinting
FlagWorld of Fantasy #3 published September 1956
was The Man Who Left No Prints [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
K 53
Smaller... Smaller... Smaller!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy
Reprinting
FlagWorld of Fantasy #5 published January 1957
was Smaller... Smaller... Smaller! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
L-64
The Strange Wife of Henry Johnson!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
FlagWorld of Fantasy #4 published November 1956
was The Strange Wife of Henry Johnson! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
K-561
The Hidden Hex!

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
FlagWorld of Fantasy #4 published November 1956
was A Robot Among Us! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
K 597
Those in Hiding!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
occult, science fiction
Reprinting
FlagWorld of Fantasy #3 published September 1956
was Those in Hiding! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
K 41
[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Companion Comics in this Series

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1

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