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Issue: Adventures into the Unknown #117 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1960
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Issues: #117 of 174 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagAmerican Comics Group
Brand: American Comics Group ACGView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Best Syndicated Features Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
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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
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The Spencer Special!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inker(s): Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
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Pages: 1
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The Spencer Special!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]
Penciller(s): Ogden Whitney
Inker(s): Ogden Whitney
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Greg Morrison; Dale Spencer
Synopsis: Racer Greg Morrison unites with a long-deceased lady driver.
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (header)
Inker(s): ? (header)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Let's Talk It Over!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from B. Hutchison, Terry Dickinson, Joe Dewey, Carol Deveary, Barbara Ann Susinno, Michael Dacey, L. Anderson, J. Dillinger, Joyce Lionheart, and Al Renst.
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Out of This World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes [as Thomas R. Drew]
Penciller(s): Dick Beck
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
Character(s): Archer Prott; Ferenda
Synopsis: Grifter Archer Prott finds a mark who gives him more than he bargained for.
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Pages: 4
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Star of Destiny!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Emil Gershwin
Inker(s): Emil Gershwin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Fan Fare Series
Character(s): Alonzo Spade; Robert Foster; John Foster; Vera
Synopsis: Robert Foster visits Alonzo Spade to find out why he is always struck by bad luck on his birthday, and Spade concludes it is because of the negative influence of the star Vera. When the star is destroyed, Foster thinks he is free, but Vera still has plans for him.
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From Content Item: FlagForbidden Worlds #45 published August 1956
was Vera, My Dark Star! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Original title: "Vera, My Dark Star!"
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The Fountain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes [as Charles La Coste]
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman
Inker(s): Paul Reinman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Maxim Grench; Kinae; Horace Klutch
Synopsis: Maxim Grench searches for the fountain of youth so that he can continue to enjoy his accumulated wealth. But a drink from it reverts him to an infant, and he is adopted into a family of the poor, working class he has always despised.
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In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #182 published January 1988
as The Fountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5

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