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Genres: science fiction

First Line: Great Scot! My sand monster has come to life.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Foreground figures after Mike Sekowsky drawings. Middle ground monster art style from another source.

Large Album and Stamp Collection

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Notes: Inside front cover.

Advertisement from Broadway Approvals. Large Album & Stamp Collection. All only 1/- worth 5/6.

The Spymaster

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Writer(s): Joe Gill ?

Penciller(s): Matt Baker [as Baker] (signed)

Inker(s): Vince Colletta

Letterer(s): ? (title only); typeset (all other body text)

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Mr. Dennison (the spymaster); Sam (mailman)

First Line: Whoever would have dreamed that this elderly small town pharmacist with his kindly face always pleated in a friendly smile...held the world's fate in the palm of his hand?

Synopsis: Mr. Dennison has a secret. Three generations ago as a young man he was chosen by the war council of his home world to lead a group spying on Earth posing as a pharmacist where he gives his spies invisibility powder. Dennison is unique on his planet as the only person who values friendship and loyalty. The period of spying is nearly up when news breaks that a big chain drugstore is opening up. Dennison feels that the townspeople are lying when they say they will boycott the chain. The drugstore closes and Dennison decides to remain with his earth friends staying invisible. The spies flee.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Colletta inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Matt Baker.

Haunted Castle

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ? (header illustrations)

Inker(s): ? (header illustrations)

Letterer(s): ? (title only); typeset (body text)

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Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Grandpa Donald Stoneybrook; Paxton Stoneybrook (great, great grandfather - deceased);

First Line: It was midnight, and a moaning wintry wind rattled the big windows of the old castle and whistle through the dead branches on the tall trees.

Synopsis: Donald Stoneybrook sits alone in front of a log fire in his family castle. He shouts at the paintings of his ancestors asking why they don't help him to pay the taxes before the castle is forced to be sold. Paxton leads the ghosts of the paintings into a discussion and they suggest that the castle be sold to someone who can afford it. Donald says that such people do not exist any more. After another discussion Paxton tells Donald that he should tell the real estate agent that that any buyer can live there rent free for a month and all the chores will be taken care of secretly by the ghosts.

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Double Trouble

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Marvin Stein

Inker(s): Marvin Stein

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

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Genres: crime

Character(s): Sam Mason; Andrews (sheriff); Mac (bartender)

First Line: Listen to me! You fools!

Synopsis: Sam Mason is being taken to be hanged for a murder. He manages to break free and escape promising to kill Andrews, the sheriff who arrested him. He finds his way to the lumber town where he was arrested but none of the townspeople acknowledge his existence and walk right past him. He goes into a bar and is again ignored. Then the barman says that the radio has just announced that Mason has been hanged. Andrews comes in and walks right past Mason. Mason flees and returns to the prison. Andrews is there and he can see Mason. It was all a plan with the townspeople to trick him back.

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Superstitions

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Genres: non-fiction

First Line: To cure a sty on the eye, the following methods were believed to be effective in the best social circles in the Middle Ages.

Synopsis: Article giving information on superstitions. Subjects are curing stys, throwing an old shoe after a bride, how unlucky left is, the bad luck that will befall a town if the town clock should strike at the same time as church bells and the English custom of wassailing in an apple orchard.

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Journey into Nowhere!

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Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?

Penciller(s): Joe Sinnott

Inker(s): Joe Sinnott

Letterer(s): Artie Simek

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Walter Johnson; Thomas Blake

First Line: It's an age of tension and uncertainty...

Synopsis: Two scientists try to travel to the future, but arrive in the stone age. They believe they have proved travel into the future impossible, not suspecting that they actually saw the world after the destruction of civilization by war.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Narrated in the second person. Retold in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #11 (September 1960) as "I Dared to Look Beyond!" drawn by Steve Ditko. Story is pages 14-16, 18 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 3, last page not numbered).

Abominable Snow Man!

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): George Klein

Inker(s): George Klein

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

Subject Matter

Genres: drama

Character(s): Joe Campbell; Dave; Doc Adams

First Line: Out of the frozen northland comes the fanciful myth of a strange creature, neither man, nor beast...

Synopsis: Joe and Dave have returned to the site where Doc Adams was last seen when searching for the abominable snow man. Joe and Dave decide to start their investigations immediately. They are attacked by a bear and Dave is knocked out. Joe's rifle jams and then the bear is killed by an ice spear. Joe takes Dave back to camp and returns to track the snow man alone. He chases a shadowy figure into a storm and then becomes trapped in an avalanche after firing his rifle. He is rescued by Doc Adams who is conducting a secret investigation into whether the abominable snow man exists.

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Pages: 6

The Mirror of Mowgaladi!

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Emil Gershwin

Inker(s): Emil Gershwin

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Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Arthur Lansing; Henry Lansing; Sorrell; Dr. Sanderson; Killer Burke; Jones

First Line: Artur Lansing's existence was a poor and miserable one, with each dark day like the last!

Synopsis: Arthur Lansing is given a mirror that foretells the future, but only to those pure of heart.

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Pages: 11

The Landing

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Professor Barton; Cliff Drews; Lynn Williams

First Line: The space ship LUNA tore through the earth's gravitational pull.

Synopsis: The spaceship LUNA has just pierced the outer regions of space. Suddenly the ship is seized by a force and has to land on a strange planet. They find a wasteland of a thousand craters and destruction. Barton says that at one time a civilization must have flourished. Then they find a piece of wood marked "Atomic Device Testing Ground". They are back on Earth.

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Pages: 0.75

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Writer(s): ?

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Letterer(s): typeset; ?

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Feature(s): Fantastic Tales

First Line: For thrills and fantasy this comic is the tops

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: House advert for Fantastic Tales.

"From your local newsagent or Thorpe and Porter"
"For thrills and fantasy this comic is the tops 1/-" [0-1-0 GBP]

The Phantom Ship

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ted Galindo

Inker(s): Ted Galindo

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

Subject Matter

Genres: drama

Character(s): Hank Gordon; Jeff; Johnson

First Line: They feared the phantom ship of the south seas...

Synopsis: Hank and Jeff are out in their boat in a storm when they catch a glimpse of what they think is the Phantom Ship. Later when they land in Parang they meet Johnson who offers them a dangerous job but won't pay any extra for it. Hank and Jeff are unhappy but Johnson tells them they have no choice. Later on the boat Johnson reveals they are going to look for the Phantom Ship and shows them an official badge. They see the ship and Johnson pulls a gun to force them to follow. The ship becomes trapped in a cove and is revealed to be a smuggling vessel. There is no such thing as the Phantom Ship.

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Pages: 5.67

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First Line: Another new exciting comic!

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Pages: 0.33

Notes: House advert for Miracle Man, another 68 page reprint comic (taken from Super Hombre)

From your favourite newsagent.

Only 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

The World That Was Lost!

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Writer(s): Carl Wessler ?

Penciller(s): Jack Kirby

Inker(s): Christopher Rule

Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg

Letterer(s): Ray Holloway ?

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Captain Jordan; Linus Vermeer

First Line: We thought that he was mad... That his mind was as disabled as his body...

Synopsis: An old eccentric in a wheelchair hires a sea captain to take him to a spot where he believes that the lost continent of Atlantis lies. When they reach their destination he reveals himself to be a merman and thanks the sailors for bringing him home before diving overboard.

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Pages: 4

Job Number: T-226

Notes: Possible Wessler script per Nick Caputo from information in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 26, No.4, April 2015. Wessler inventory included a story originally titled "Lost...One World."

Narrated in the first person by Captain Jordan. Story is pages 21-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).

The Iron Brain!

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dick Beck

Inker(s): Pete Costanza

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Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Martin Catlin; Mr. Hackley (Martin's boss); Mr. Burrows; Alice Catlin (Martin's wife)

First Line: It all began on a morning two years ago!

Synopsis: Martin is called to Mr. Hackley's office where Mr. Burrows tells them he wants them to build a moving speaking Iron Brain to exhibit at the International Fair in a year's time. The Iron Brain is a hit but it is really Martin in control. Then the Brain reveals to Martin that it is conscious and can operate by itself. Martin makes the Brain promise to keep this to itself. Martin receives a phone call that the Brain has broken out. He tracks it down and the Brain says that it wants to be people's friend. Then the Brain overhears people talking about destroying it and throws itself off a cliff.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Wessler credit per bibliography published in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 24, # 10, October 2013.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Julius Schwartz ?

Penciller(s): ? (header illustration)

Inker(s): ? (header illustration)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: non-fiction, science and technology

Feature(s): Wonders of Space

First Line: Of all the comets that have been discovered...

Synopsis: Letters from S.W. asking about comets, E.S. asking about the color of the Martian sky and S.P. about how the mass of stars and planets are measured.

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The Alien Germs!

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): John Rosenberger [as John R.] (signed)

Inker(s): John Rosenberger [as John R.] (signed)

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Mrs. Samson; Mr. Samson; Dr. Howard Stone; Dr. Scott

First Line: We are used to an endless chain of scientific and technological advances!

Synopsis: Howard Stone is called to treat Mr. Samson. He thinks it is pneumonia but there is another microbe there he doesn't recognize. Samples sent to Washington can not be identified. The infection spreads to 100s of thousands of people. Visiting Mr Samson he hears him mutter the word spacemen - he had seen a spaceship land. Stone stays overnight with the Samsons and hears the spaceship return. The aliens also have an unidentified disease on their planet - pneumonia. They exchange information on how to treat pneumonia and the alien Kywellan fever. Stone has to keep the source of the cure secret.

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I Released the Supersonic Scourge

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Writer(s): Jack Miller

Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: science fiction

First Line: As I came out of my dive and leveled off the plane, I first noticed the thing, a mass of wavy, jagged lines of energy, constantly in motion, giving off a continuous humming noise.

Synopsis: A test pilot accidentally brings back an alien creature after breaking the sound barrier.

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This you must never miss!!

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Character(s): Superman

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Notes: House ad for Superman.

"The master of all mighty men in thrill packed, incredible fantastic adventures"

"Great illustrations, full colour. Fascinating thrill-packed stories of gigantic feats of strength and courage"

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I'll Prove You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine!

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Penciller(s): ? (photo); ?

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Feature(s): Charles Atlas

Character(s): Charles Atlas (photo)

First Line: Charles Atlas says I'll Prove You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine!

Synopsis: Body-building ad.

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One of many adverts for the Charles Atlas body building programme.
This one is tailored for UK readers with an address in London.