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Issue: Sinister Tales #221
Publication Date: January 1988
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Issues: #221 of 228 Issues (230 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagAlan Class
Brand:
Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: 1988
Volume:
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.55 GBP
55.0 pence GBQ
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (21 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): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mandrake
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMandrake the Magician #10 published November 1967
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Haunting of Hawk Inn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Bailey
Inker(s): Ray Bailey
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mandrake
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMandrake the Magician #10 published November 1967
was The Haunting of Hawk Inn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Universal Key!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Molno
Inker(s): Sal Trapani
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMysteries of Unexplored Worlds #10 published November 1958
was The Universal Key! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: 3640
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Why?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas
Inker(s): Vince Alascia
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUnusual Tales #3 published April 1956
was Why? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: S-219
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I Am Not Me

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Brain Storm!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Norris (signed)
Penciller(s): Paul Norris (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Norris (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Brick Bradford
Character(s): Brick Bradford; Saturn Sadie; Hoppy
Synopsis: Brick and Saturn Sadie battle the electronic brain running the power plants of Vortex.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMandrake the Magician #10 published November 1967
was Brain Storm! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Great Gift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Giordano
Inker(s): Sal Trapani ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUnusual Tales #8 published August 1957
was The Great Gift [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: S-979
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The Prison of Mongo

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Flash Gordon
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFlash Gordon #9 [unnamed variant] published October 1967
was The Prison of Mongo [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Object Matri-Money

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Dickenson
Penciller(s): Alex Raymond
Inker(s): Alex Raymond; Ray Burns (ink assist)
Letterer(s): Ray Burns
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Rip Kirby
Character(s): Rip Kirby; Ann [Honey Dorian]; Fats [Sleepy]; Margie [Julie]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMandrake the Magician #10 published November 1967
was Object Matri-Money [Story on Interior Page(s)]in this form
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Credits + reprint data from Alberto Becattini, added April 2007. Numerous strips cut or missing. Dialogues have been altered heavily. Kirby's girlfriend Honey Dorian is called Ann here. The two crooks, originally named Sleepy and Julie, were turned into Fats and Margie, respectively.
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Strange Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Molno
Inker(s): Vince Alascia?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: S-868
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The Lake That Lived

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Inker(s): Sal Trapani ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUnusual Tales #5 published September 1956
was The Lake That Lived [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: S-396
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Mystery of the 13th Floor

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Bennet's Brain!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Forgione (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Abel (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #3 published September 1956
was Bennet's Brain! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K56
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The Man in the Cave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #3 published September 1956
was The Man in the Cave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-31
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The Frightened Ones!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #4 published November 1956
was The Frightened Ones! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: K 527
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The Floating Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #3 published September 1956
was The Floating Island [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K47
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The Man Who Left No Prints

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sid Check
Inker(s): Sid Check
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #3 published September 1956
was The Man Who Left No Prints [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K 53
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Smaller... Smaller... Smaller!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Vince Colletta
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #5 published January 1957
was Smaller... Smaller... Smaller! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: L-64
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The Strange Wife of Henry Johnson!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Forte (signed)
Inker(s): John Forte (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #4 published November 1956
was The Strange Wife of Henry Johnson! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-561
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The Hidden Hex!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Sam Kweskin
Inker(s): Sam Kweskin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #7 published May 1957
was The Hidden Hex! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: L 855
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A Robot Among Us!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Herb Familton (signed)
Inker(s): Herb Familton (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #4 published November 1956
was A Robot Among Us! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: K 597
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Those in Hiding!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Manny Stallman
Inker(s): Manny Stallman
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #3 published September 1956
was Those in Hiding! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: K 41

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