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Issue: World of Fantasy #12
Publication Date: June 1958
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Issues: #12 of 19 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Chipiden Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newsstands in February 1958. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Several stories in this issue bear the logo reading "A Tale to Marvel At!" used by the cancelled Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series), perhaps indicating that this was built on an unpublished pre-implosion issue.

Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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The Face in the Glass!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Boris Hann; Johan
First Line: Boris Hann had the perfect setup for crime!
Synopsis: A thief runs through a village after a robbery. He takes shelter in Johan the Mirror Maker's shop. The police question Johan, but Johan doesn't realize that Boris has snuck in. After the police leave, Boris confronts the old man. Johan gives him a magic mirror that can alter his appearance. Boris transforms his image into that of a younger man, then breaks into a mansion. Fleeing, Boris collides with an old man, who has a heart attack. Back in his room, Boris changes his image to the old man's. The mirror works its magic only too well, as Boris falls to the floor in a death-like state.
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In Content Item: FlagFrankenstein #10 published May 1974
as The Face in the Glass! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #101 published ?
as The Face in the Glass! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: M-257
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The Next World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Benton; Drake; Lewis
First Line: Bemton, you've shown that your machine works!
Synopsis: This story postulates that suicides are punished with madness.
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In Content Item: FlagGiant-Size Chillers #2 published May 1975
as The Next World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #101 published ?
as The Next World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: M-267
Disclose Notes: Oleck script per Martin O'Hearn: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2019/08/jack-oleck-stories-in-three-atlas-titles.html
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Bedlam in Barnesville

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Hank Brody; Nick Gabel; Perkins; Lem Wilson; Constable Joe Dillon; Liza Barnes
First Line: Ther was a reason for Hank Brody's strange actions!
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Pages: 4
Job Number: M-450
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Hallucination

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Cooper; Doctor Morse; Doctor Blake; Doctor Shaw
First Line: Cooper swore that something was invading his mind!
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Pages: 4
Job Number: M-237
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The Enemy!

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Genres: science fiction
First Line: A monster would come to life...
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Pages: 3
Job Number: M-251
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Lucilles's Robot [sic]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Lucille Swart; Arnold Swart; Rogo the Robot; Frank Swart; Jimmy Swart; Officer Murphy; John Winters
First Line: It started the night that Lucille Swart took one look at the dishes in her sink...
Synopsis: An engineer presents his wife with a robot to do her housework. He believes he is playing a prank, but the robot is real.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventures into Weird Worlds #19 published June 1953
was Lucilles's Robot [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: C-473
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Hiding Place!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Richard Baldwin; Herb Baldwin; Matt Turner; Larry Stoner; Dave Morgan; Steve Lowry
First Line: Come on, Richard...
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Pages: 4
Job Number: M-240

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