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Monster Street Lights

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Genres: fantasy, horror, science fiction

Character(s): Police Lt. Joe Ritter; Sam (officer); "street light" monsters

First Line: There's something new in town - but nobody's talking!

Synopsis: Two small town lawmen are imperiled by a quartet of man-eating creatures in the form of street light poles.

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Notes: Art credit by Alberto Becattini.

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First Line: The new Free Spirit. It looks like it's moving even when it's standing still.

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Notes: Ad for the "Free Spirit bicycle" from Sears Sports Center. Color ad on inside front cover.

And Where It Stops, Nobody Knows...

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Genres: crime, fantasy, horror, science fiction

Character(s): Rod Serling (host); Bret Paxton; security guard; Zodak (alchemist); Zodak's people; lobby guard; police officer

First Line: Introducing Bret Paxton, a cheap second-story thief trying to work his way up in the world...

Synopsis: On the run after killing a security guard, small-time thief Bret Paxton is intercepted by Zodak, an ancient alchemist who is traveling to the future. The encounter occurs in, of all places, a stalled office building elevator.

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Get These Dynamite Embroidered Cloth Patches That Tell It Like It Is!

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First Line: Each groovy patch measures 3”.

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Notes: Various cartoon characters, comic characters, and counterculture symbols offered as embroidered cloth patches, from Gandalf Products Co. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.

Golden Dreams

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Genres: fantasy

Character(s): John Chapman (tinker); Charles (young apprentice); highwayman; serving maid

First Line: Two dreams, a disembodied voice and London Bridge -- and thereby hangs this true, hard-to-believe tale.

Synopsis: During the reign of Henry VII, a tinker dismisses the unusual dreams of his young apprentice, until they begin to come true.

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The Man Who Hated Mankind

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Genres: drama, fantasy, science fiction

Character(s): Matthew Meens; teeming crowds of humanity; coffee shop counterman; newsdealer; bus driver; taxi driver

First Line: Morning... Bringing the promise of another miserable day in the life of Matthew Meens...

Synopsis: Matthew Meens, an unhappy city-dweller who hates people, longs to escape from the oppressive throngs of mankind. He gets his wish, but not in the way he imagined it.

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Wow! 88 Posters only 65 cents

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First Line: All in full color all different

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Notes: Various psychedelic images and sixties counterculture symbols offered as mini-posters. Between pages 1 and 2 of previous story. Top half of page.

Scary, Life Size Monster Ghost

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First Line: Obeys Your Commands!

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Notes: Ad for 7 foot polyethylene ghost for $1.00 from Melton Co., with free "Peeping Skeleton Hands" for each order. Between pages 1 and 2 of previous story. Lower half of page.

The Terrific Ten

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Character(s): The Pink Panther; Underdog; The Jetsons; The Houndcats; The Roman Holidays; The Barkleys; Jerry Mahoney, Adam; Evy

First Line: Saturday morning, and Adam and Evy are talking over what to do...

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Notes: Ad for NBC television's fall 1972 Saturday morning programming. Ad covers the two middle pages of the centerfold.

Something New in Town

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Genres: fantasy, horror, science fiction

Character(s): Rod Serling (host); Dale Jenks; Police Lt. Joe Ritter; Sam (officer); "street light" monsters; telephone operator

First Line: Dale Jenks, salesman, is on a routine trip through familiar territory -- at least he thinks he is!

Synopsis: Man-eating creatures, who appear innocently in the form of metallic street light poles, invade a small town.

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Notes: Cover story. A unusually horrific story for a Gold Key comic.

Dale Jenks is drawn to look like William Conrad of the TV series "Cannon". Lt. Joe Ritter is drawn to look like John McIntire of the TV series "Wagon Train". ...Subconscious casting?

Kids, Roach Designs Are Now Available as Iron-On Transfers!

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First Line: Durable Washable 100% Colorfast

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Notes: Various sixties counterculture symbols offered as iron-on transfers from Gandalf Products Co. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story.

The Space Prize

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Genres: adventure, drama, science fiction

Character(s): Rod Serling (host); Serge (cosmonaut); Andrei (cosmonaut); Russian missile base commander; Russian missile base communications specialist

First Line: It is a year not too far from this one! ...Two Russians are about to make man's ageless dream of interplanetary travel a reality!

Synopsis: Two cosmonauts, one self-serving and cynical and one idealistic and patriotic, blast off on the first manned flight to Mars, using a revolutionary Russian-developed propulsion system. The two come to blows when the former resolves to defect and turns the craft toward a landing in United States territory, hoping to reap a rich reward for the great engineering and technological prize he will deliver to the US government.

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Wind-Tunnel Tested!

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First Line: Tested for Sleek Style! Tested for Super Speed!

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Notes: Ad for Kenner's SSP racing model cars. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story.

100 pc. Toy Soldier Set $1.25

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First Line: Made of durable plastic, each with its own base.

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Notes: Ad for 100 plastic toy soldiers, packed in a footlocker-styled storage box, from Lucky Products, Inc. On final interior page of the comic.

In Marksmanship Competition, a Boy Learns to Act Like a Man.

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First Line: Daisy’s 99 "Champion" B-B Gun teaches the same lessons.

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Notes: Ad for Daisy’s 99 "Champion" B-B Gun. Color and sepia tone ad on inside back cover. This ad has the exact same ad copy for Title and First Line as the Daisy ad for its Mark I B-B Gun -substituting "In Marksmanship Competition" for "On Safari", and changing the name of the gun to suit the ad.

Kenner Chip Away

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First Line: Gee, Billy - Did you really sculpt and paint all these statues?

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Notes: Ad for Kenner's Chip Away sculpture sets. Color ad on back cover.