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Issue: The Best of Horror and Science Fiction Comics #1
Publication Date: January 1987
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagBruce Webster
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Bruce Webster
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.70 CAD
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
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Paper Stock: Baxter
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWeird Tales of the Future #5 published January 1953
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Discussion of the stories in the issue with reprint sources.
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The Brain-Bats of Venus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMister Mystery #7 published September 1952
was The Brain-Bats of Venus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Uranus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Life on Other Worlds
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPlanet Comics #50 published September 1947
was Uranus [Story on Interior Page(s)]only first page
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Colorama

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #61 published January 1958
was Colorama [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The version reprinted is the Comics Code-approved one, with changes to panels five and six on page four and panel six on page five.
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Gave Life to Save Lives

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagNew Heroic Comics #71 published March 1952
was Gave Life to Save Lives [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Library of Horror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Thing #13 published April 1954
was Library of Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Chicken Little

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
Feature(s): Mother Ghoul's Nursery Rhymes
Synopsis: Farm girl Chick Little is hit on the head by an acorn. She thinks the sky is falling. She runs off and has encounters with hipsters, United Nations, psychiatrists, quiz shows, etc. At the end, the planet Mars looms over her farm; she and her father are grabbed by Martians.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMysterious Adventures #24 published March 1955
was Chicken Little [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Mother's Advice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWeird Mysteries #7 published October 1953
was Mother's Advice [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Story cited in Seduction Of The Innocent.
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Blackheads "Pet Hate"

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Vacutex; Ballco Products
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Reprint of ad for Vacutex device for removing facial blackheads. Ballco Products Company, New York 18, New York. Ad looks to date from 1940s-1950s.
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We Can Stop the Enemies of Youth

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "Prepared through the cooperation of NYC Youth Board & the Assoc. of Comics Mag. Pubs." On back cover. PSA originally appeared in various Lev Gleason and Eastern Color comics in the early 1950's.

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