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Issue: Adventures into the Unknown #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1948
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Issues: #1 of 174 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagAmerican Comics Group
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: B. & I. Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Quarterly
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Lorna Brent; Fred Eager
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In Issue: FlagShowcase #[nn] published ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein with his Facebook posting Comics Logos A #7: ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN, on 7 January 2021.
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To Our Readers

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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In Issue: FlagGolden Comics #1 published ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The contents list has the stories out of order from how they appear in the issue.
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The Werewolf Stalks

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): John Wilder; Pierre; Jacques; Barbara Wilder; Monahan
Synopsis: They captured a timber wolf, but it was instead a werewolf!
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Pages: 8
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The Living Ghost

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Tony Brand; Gail Leslie; Jean; Ned; Dr. VanDyke; The Living Ghost [Malevo]
Synopsis: Train wrecked, man strangled, cars thrown over cliffs; could it be the supernatural? Malevo, Satan's first lieutenant, lives and is looking for a queen!
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: First appearance of the Institute of Psychic Research.
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Voodoo

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Genres: horror, occult
Synopsis: A history of voodoo.
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Pages: 1
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The Painted Grave

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: horror
Character(s): John Drake
Synopsis: An artist paints a picture that seems too realistic.
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Pages: 1
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It Walked by Night

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Genres: historical, horror, occult
Character(s): Squire Aram; Philip; Roger; Sylvia; John Tenant; Ken; Stephen Carew
Synopsis: A man swears revenge for his murder and the ghost haunts the property.
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Pages: 9
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The Cursed Pistol

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Genres: historical, horror, occult
Character(s): The Chevalier De Fraise; Philippe De Fraise
Synopsis: A cursed gun kills a man and his descendants.
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Pages: 1
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The Castle of Otranto

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Alfonso Otranto; Manfred; Isabella; Theodore (heir to Otranto Castle); Justin; Anne; Arlen
Synopsis: The ghost of Alfonso stalks the castle killing those who occupy it.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the novel by Horace Walpole.
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The Horrible Toys

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Jane; Jimmy; Mrs. Meek
Synopsis: Jane and Jimmy enter an old witch's house and find some toys.
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The Vengeful Specter of Lord Tyrone

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Lord Tyrone; Lady Beresford; Dr. Herwood; Sir Tristam Beresford
Synopsis: The ghost of a dead man visits a woman who scorned him to punish her.
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Haunted House

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Fred Eager (detective); Benny Beaver (detective); Lorna Brent; Horace Brent (ghost); Fielding (crooked lawyer); Jones (crooked lawyer)
Synopsis: Lorna has to spend the night in her late uncle's house.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Cover story.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: And to think they used to call me skinny!
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First Line: Hand out only 20 coupons free
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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