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Issue: Sinister Tales #204
Publication Date: January 1984
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Issues: #204 of 228 Issues (230 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAlan Class
Brand:
Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: 1984
Volume:
Pages: ?
ISBN:
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Price: £0.25 GBP
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Alan Class (reprint editor)
Disclose Notes: Issue is undated. Estimated date based on analysis of brands and cover prices in the series.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour Cover; Black & White Interior
Dimensions: 7.25" x 9.25"
Paper Stock: Glossy cover newsprint interior
Binding: Perfect Bound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Fred Fredericks
Inker(s): Fred Fredericks
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Mandrake the Magician
Character(s): Mandrake; Lothar
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMandrake the Magician #7 published August 1967
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes: From Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #7 (August 1967)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Jungle Drums, Pt. 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gary Poole
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Mandrake the Magician
Character(s): Mandrake; Lothar; Narda; Besa the Sorcerer; Wambesi tribe
First Line: Drums, Mandrake! They're calling me!
Synopsis: When Lothar hears drums only he can hear, Mandrake tells Narda the story of how Lothar became king of the Wambesi tribe after defeating an evil witch doctor.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #7 (August 1967)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Poole script per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 27, No.2, February 2016.
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The Return of King Lothar, Pt. 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gary Poole
Penciller(s): Ray Bailey
Inker(s): Ray Bailey
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Mandrake the Magician
Character(s): Mandrake; Lothar; Zamba; Dr. Olaf; Wambesi tribe
First Line: My tree in danger! Drums call Lothar home!
Synopsis: Zamba, a boyhood friend of Lothar's, summoned the King via the drums. The Wambesi have been given a memory altering drug by a fake doctor wanting to loot the tribe. Lothar fights for his people's freedom -- with a little help from Mandrake.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #7 (August 1967)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Poole script per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 27, No.2, February 2016.
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I Come from the Shadow World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko [as S. Ditko] (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko [as S. Ditko] (signed)
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Casey
First Line: I had only one mission...one purpose...one object...on the day I came to earth!!
Synopsis: An invader from the shadow world is defeated by a room of lights rigged up by an electrician.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #7 (January 1960)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-474
Disclose Notes: Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-7 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
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The Man from... Tomorrow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers [as Ayers] (signed)
Letterer(s): Ray Holloway ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Walter Phelps; Charlie; Marcus
First Line: Hey, Charlie! I thought I heard a noise in the old house on the hill!
Synopsis: A man invents a time machine to travel back to the Roman Empire of 25 A.D. and set himself up as king, but all the present day devices he has brought back with him to prove his claims do not work without electricity, fuel, and broadcasting stations.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #21 (September 1961)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-290
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person. This story is a retelling of "Trapped in Yesterday!" drawn by Carl Burgos in Tales of Suspense #2 (March 1959). Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
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Art's Revenge

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gary Poole
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Jacob Miller; George Higgins
First Line: Jacob Miller sat in the library of his palatial mansion admiring the works of art and that adorned the walls.
Synopsis: An art collector goes to extremes to get a painting from an artist. Later, the collector is accused of murder by the all the paintings in his gallery.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #7 (August 1967)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Poole script per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 27, No.2, February 2016.
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Whose Face Is in the Mirror?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko [as S. Ditko] (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko [as S. Ditko] (signed)
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Joe Kane
First Line: This particular day started off just like any other for our hero, Joe Kane, office worker...
Synopsis: A man wakes up in the morning and sees a stranger's face in the mirror and then it shatters. He tries looking into another mirror and the same thing happens. He looks into a full length mirror and it happens a third time. He makes his way to work, avoiding mirrors, until he stands before the elevator. When the door opens, the man whose face he has seen is standing inside producing a terror-stricken reaction. Our hero runs away, and the puzzled man leaves the elevator which cable snaps, sending it plunging down the shaft to destruction.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #21 (September 1961)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-288
Disclose Notes: Possible uncredited Lee script per Nick Caputo, September 2014. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
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The Animal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Brown (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Brown (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Fred Hobson; Joey Hobson (Fred's son); Lith; Urd (aliens, unseen); Duke (Joey's dog); second dog
First Line: Fred, can't we let Joey keep Duke? He loves the dog so!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #49 (August 1956)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: J-776
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The Invisible Army

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Joe Sinnott [as JS] (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott [as JS] (signed)
Letterer(s): Ray Holloway ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hendrik Muir; Igor Zetaxas
First Line: They would be the most powerful and insidious force in the world!
Synopsis: A scientist is forced to work for a dictator but, instead of creating an invisibility ray as ordered, creates a teleportation ray that banishes his top officers and allows a revolution.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From Strange Tales (Marvel, 1959 series) #4 (July 1959)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the second person. Story is pages 3-7 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4, last page not numbered).

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