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Issue: Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly #23
Publication Date: March 1960
 
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Publisher: FlagK. G. Murray
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Volume: none
Pages: 116
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: 24.0 pence GBQ 0-2-0
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Content Items: 16 (15 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Approx 190mm x 265mm (varies)
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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I Was Captive of the Bird-Men!

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I Was Captive of the Bird-Men!
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We Were Captives of the Bird-Men

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Bill Landers; Van Neff; Professor Creel; Marcus Vern; Charles Franklin
While searching for four missing scientists, Bill Landers is captured by winged giants who are under the control of the scientists he is seeking, who are planning to build a destructive invention.
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Challenge of the Robot Knight!

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R-41; Lyle; Ora; Commader Artho
Ora disguises herself as a robot on the theory that even a robot will face less discrimination than a woman, when she applies to join the Knights of the Galaxy.
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The Mystery of the Teen-Age Swami

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Ray Weede
Ray Weede, a safecracker, discovers that a child has a device that predicts the future. He tries to use it to become rich and gets caught in the process.
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Secret of the Tick-Tock World!

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Harvey Drake; Tommy Parker; Howard Parker
The story of how an old wrist watch saved the planet Shalador.
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The Secret of Keating Castle

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Ed Farnsworth; Dekobra the Magician; Dekobra’s Creature
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Trouble on Earth!

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Ertan Vo; Prulx; Commander Korvus Tarn
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The Riddle of Hazard Isle!

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Bob Southey; Rolfe Andrews; Sam Andrews
Three cousins must embark upon a strange treasure hunt to receive an inheritance from their eccentric uncle after his death.
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The Prisoners of Mechanical Island!

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Charlie; Al; Sanders; Don Morgan
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Menace of the Golden Globule

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The inventions of Albertus Magnus, the Alchemist, recreated in modern times wreak havoc.
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The Secret of the Sea Monsters

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Mark Merlin; Elsa; Mr. Stevens
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Interplanetary Skip-Tracer

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A Spaceman-at-Work Feature
Stan Hale; Corb; Rom; Edna; Zando; RR. Stevens; James Dren
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The Human Cyclotron

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Tod Philips
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The Warning from One Million B.C.!

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Clyde Harrison; Professor Beatty
Clyde Harrison and Professor Beatty uncover seven robots while digging in the desert. The robots come to life and start to build some mechanism, but is it for good or evil?
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Prisoners of the Robot Factory

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Police Chief James Wills; Mr. Harvey; Marcus Lake
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The Sleepers from the Past!

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Hal Manning; Ray Elton; Professor Bradley; Cedric of Wiltshire
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