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Issue: Forbidden Worlds #128 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1965
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Issues: #128 of 145 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: 03/28/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes] (Editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Magicman Meets Merlin!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger [as Pete Costanza] (signed)
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger [as Pete Costanza] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Magicman
Character(s): Magicman; Merlin
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMagicman Archives #[nn] published December 2008
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: According to Schaffenberger in a 1998 letter, many covers at ACG were penciled and inked by him, but signed by Pete Costanza because DC editor Mort Weisinger (for whom Schaffenberger worked on the Superman Family titles at that time) did not want him drawing superhero covers for other companies.
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Magicman Meets Merlin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes [as Zev Zimmer]
Penciller(s): Pete Costanza
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Magicman
Character(s): Magicman [Tom Cargill]; Merlin; Sgt. Kilkenny; Sir Lancelot; Cagliostro; Baron Angiotti
Synopsis: Trying to solve a robbery performed by sorcery, Magicman travels to the past to meet Merlin and ask his advice, but finds Merlin plagued by a similar problem. He deduces that it's his father the wizard Cagliostro, who's responsible, and travels to his time. Cagliostro stole all the wealth to ransom his queen, kidnapped by Baron Angiotti, so Magicman frees the queen and returns the stolen treasures.
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In Issue: FlagMagicman Archives #[nn] published December 2008
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): From Your Editor- To You!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Jerry Vasily, Penny Icard, Mike Redman, Steven Moore, and Carolyn Volovar.
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Only Tough Guys Get Places!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes [as Pierre Alonzo]
Penciller(s): Edd Ashe
Inker(s): Edd Ashe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Lois Barnes; Frank Carson; Gary Faulkner
Synopsis: Rocket pilot Gary Faulkner is a real bully who looks forward to his first space mission where he plans to conquer the planet they're exploring. However, the aliens have a timid-ray which reverses his personality permanently.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Gangway for Gasps!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Nemesis; Herbie
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series), featuring Nemesis, and Herbie (American Comics Group, 1964 series)
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Loom of Fate!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes [as Bob Standish]
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman
Inker(s): Paul Reinman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Mysteries of the Unknown
Character(s): Jasper Ferall; Moira Norn; Sophronia Norn; Tabitha Norn
Synopsis: Unscrupulous antiques dealer Jasper Ferall discovers the legendary Norns, who appear to be simply three elderly sisters weaving tapestries. But when he tries to take advantage of one's ability to tell the future, he learns that not everything can be foreseen.
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In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #111 published January 1975
as Loom of Fate! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #137 published January 1979
as Loom of Fate! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagAdventures into the Unknown #109 published July 1959
was The Weavers of Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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