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Issue: Amazing Adventures #5
Publication Date: October 1961
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Issues: #5 of 6 Issues (8 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/05/1961
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in July 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
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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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Disclose Reprinted In11
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Monsteroso

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Character(s): Monsteroso
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #28 published June 1974
as This Is the Coming of Monsteroso! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as Monsteroso [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Escape of...Monsteroso!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Character(s): Monsteroso; Phil; Ethel
First Line: Look!
Synopsis: A circus owner finds a dead alien in Africa and brings it to the United States for a museum. The alien turns out to be alive, and then goes on a rampage. It turns out that it is only a confused child, and its parents arrive to retrieve it.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #28 published June 1974
as The Escape of...Monsteroso! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as The Escape of Monsteroso! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: V-307
Disclose Notes: This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"Monsteroso" (7 pp). J
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T.V. or...?

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Bob Dixon
First Line: The doctor had put the stethoscope to Bob's chest, took his blood pressure, examined his eyes.
Synopsis: A TV repairman learns to see past electronics when he finds little people in a set.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as T.V. or... ? [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #145 published April 1956
was The Test [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "T.V. or...?"
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-213
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
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The Watchers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Henry Fletcher; Tom Smith
First Line: They were there...
Synopsis: A brilliant scientist believes that human ingenuity is guided by unseen advanced creatures, not knowing that his janitor is one such creature.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #29 published January 1971
as The Watchers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGiant-Size Chillers #2 published May 1975
as The Watchers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as The Watchers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-325
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The Joker!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Horace
First Line: Some people will laugh at anything!
Synopsis: A practical joker thinks that aliens are his victims playing a joke on him, but they are real aliens and take him to an offworld zoo.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #29 published August 1974
as The Joker! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #16 published June 1981
as El bromista [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as The Joker! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-308

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