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Issue: Astonishing Stories #1
Publication Date: January 1962
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
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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: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: 12.0 pence GBQ 0-1-0
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
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Mr. Miggs from Mercury

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From Content Item: FlagForbidden Worlds #42 published March 1956
was Mr. Miggs from Mercury! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Mr. Miggs from Mercury!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Miss Meteorite; Queen Skiddlebup; Mr. Miggs; Ozzie Barbuti; Half-Nelson McGurk; Betty Barton
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Pages: 13
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Hidden Valley!

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Character(s): Brenner; Rashii; Karu; Weaver
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Pages: 6
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One Exciting Knight!

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Character(s): Frankie Nesbitt; Miss Higgleby; Rusty Merritt; Fay Morgan; Mr. Moylan; Kayo Jones; Rustalinda; Merlin; Sir Kay; Morgan Le Fay
Synopsis: Bumbling Frankie Nesbitt is to play Sir Gawain in the school play about the legend of King Arthur. During one of his rehearsals he is hit in the head and dreams that he has gone back in time to the year 516. There he meets some of the Knights of the Round Table who give him a special sword to vanquish a dragon. Frankie is hit on the head again and wakes up back at his school in the modern day. Thinking it all a dream, Frankie notices he is holding the legendary sword Excalibur!
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The Biggest Man in the World!

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Character(s): Mervin Moot; Ulysses
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Pages: 6
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The Holiday

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Zed; Zack
Synopsis: A boy celebrates the turn of the millennium with a special trip to the moon.
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Job Number: G-790
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The Tiny War!

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Character(s): Jim; Sally; Gruhn
Synopsis: Jim and Sally come across a war in the forest between the benevolent Forest Goblins and the malevolent Water Goblins.
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Calculated Risk!

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Character(s): Thyko; Hybron; Pilor; Charlie
Synopsis: Scouts from the planet Volarnus go to Earth to size it up for invasion. They try to land on a patch of uninhabited territory that their ships echo detector confirms. They land only to realize that this uninhabited territory is the Ocean and they sink. When they don't radio back to their home planet, the other Volarnians believe that Earth is too dangerous and call off the planned invasion.
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The Depths Below!

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Character(s): Ferdinand Freem
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Dreamer

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Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3022
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The Identical Twins!

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Character(s): James Kelley; Howard Kelley; Alma Richards; Marv
Synopsis: James and Howard Kelley are identical twins that have an almost supernatural telepathic link to one another. One day James was spelunking in a cave and was trapped by a landslide. He then heard his brother calling out to him guiding him to the exit. After James was able to escape, he learned that his brother Howard had died and was guiding him to safety with mental telepathy from beyond the grave.
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Companion Comics in This Series

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Disclose Notes: House ad for the "Alan Class" range of comics. Back cover.

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