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Issue: Amazing Stories of Suspense #179
Publication Date: January 1979
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Issues: #179 of 245 Issues (246 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAlan Class
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Indicia Publisher: Alan Class & Co. Ltd
On Sale Date: 1979
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN:
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Price: £0.20 GBP
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Content Items: 12 (8 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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Meet Mr. Meek!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Silvester J. Meek; Ralph Avery; Daisy Printwhistle
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #36 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1962
was Meet Mr. Meek! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Meet Mr. Meek! The Most Dangerous Man in the World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Silvester J. Meek; Daisy Printwhistle; Ralph Avery
First Line: It's him!!!
Synopsis: A formula from an old book seems to give a man an uncontrollable power to turn objects into gold, but his friend figures out that it is actually an alien trick.
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Pages: 13
Job Number: V-933
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There Dwells a Dragon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Tommy; Tommy's dad
Synopsis: Tommy's father takes him to the zoo, but Tommy is only interested in the knights and dragons in his book. Tommy's father passes through a mist at the zoo and emerges in Camelot, where he slays a dragon. When he returns to the present, he recognizes his own face in Tommy's book.
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Pages: 6
Job Number: V-696
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Kunga

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Kunga
Synopsis: Two hunters investigate reports of a gigantic gorilla, but when they confront it, they discover that the gorilla isn't from Earth at all, and that some times force is not the solution to every problem.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-697
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The Comic Strip!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Nick Nash; "Tightwad" Ted; Tina Torrid
Synopsis: Cartoonist Nick Nash uses his comic strip to take his revenge on people, but in the end gets an ironic and surreal comeuppance.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: [None]
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The Green Hat

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Axtel; George; Chuck
Synopsis: A recent graduate meets a strange man and finds that they share a gift to commune with the Green Goddess.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: G-537
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The Man Who Played Dead!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A midget disguises himself as a dummy to gain access to homes to rob them. When he murders someone while robbing their home the police do not see through his disguise, but they put him in a trunk where he will suffocate.
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Pages: 6
Job Number: V-596
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The Speed Demon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science and technology
Character(s): Speedy Simms
Synopsis: Speedy Sims races his car so recklessly he is doomed to race around the rings of Saturn forever.
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Pages: 5
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Propaganda

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Boris Grozny; Ivan Grozny
Synopsis: Low-level communist worker Boris Grozny is given a chance to avoid Siberia if he can stir up turmoil in an African nation. All he stirs up is trouble for himself with the native gods.
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Pages: 6
Job Number: [None]
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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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Disclose Notes: House ad for the Alan Class range of comics. Back cover.

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