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Issue: Astounding Stories #53
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Issues: #53 of 195 Issues
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Publisher: FlagAlan Class
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Indicia Publisher: Alan Class & Co. Ltd
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Pages: 68
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Price: 12.0 pence GBQ 0-1-0
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Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: 7.25" x 9.25"
Paper Stock: Glossy cover newsprint interior
Binding: Perfect Bound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman
Inker(s): Paul Reinman
Colorist(s): Victor Gorelick ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Hood
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Pages: 1
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The Sinister Powers of the Mad Gadgeteer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia; Joe Giella
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Hood
Character(s): Black Hood; Mad Gadgeteer; Gerald Crandall; Detective Mark Brodie
Synopsis: A crook dressed like the Black Hood succeeds in besmirching the hero's name in a series of successful robberies. But when the Black Hood battles the thug, the doppleganger falls into a deep pit. There, he discovers a machine that will grant his fondest wish. With that, the crook becomes the Mad Gadgeteer with one thing on his mind -- revenge against the Black Hood.
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Pages: 12
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I Was the First Man to Set Foot on...the Mystery Planet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hank Jordan; Tom Jonson; Azka
Synopsis: A businessman bigoted against robots tries to make a deal to tap the resources of a planet rich in exploding pools of radioactive oil. The natives refuse to sell their oil, since they are robots and it is too vital to them.
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Pages: 5
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I Dared to Enter the Haunted Room!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Letterer(s): Ray Holloway ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mr. Smith
Synopsis: A scientist builds an ultimate bomb and plans to use it to hold the world hostage. He hides it in a room believed haunted, but when he goes to give his ultimatum to the UN he realizes that he is now a ghost.
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Robot Hater!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman
Inker(s): Paul Reinman
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Vincent Latimer
Synopsis: A man who hates robots refuses to have a robot pilot his flight to the moon, and insists on a human pilot. The flight gets in trouble and the pilot, really a humanoid robot, saves his life.
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I Defied the Curse of Tut-Ah-Anka!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman
Inker(s): Paul Reinman
Letterer(s): Ray Holloway ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A criminal hides from the police in an old Egyptian tomb, ignoring the warning of a curse. He not only escapes the police, but has a run of luck that makes him rich and happy. Or so he thinks, as the gas in the tomb drove him mad and he is delusional in an Egyptian hospital.
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The Money Tree

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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Billy Anderson; Tom Anderson; Amy Anderson
Synopsis: A young boy's father scoffs when his son tries to grow a money tree, but the world is astonished when he succeeds.
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Steel Sterling vs. the Awesome Bravo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Steel Sterling
Character(s): Steel Sterling; Metal Mask; Beastor; Awesome Bravo; Deadly Dimensional
Synopsis: Steel Sterling tries to protect the Awesome Bravo from a trio of deadly foes. But who is the hunter and who is the hunted?
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Pages: 10
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I Fell to the Center of the Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Penciller(s): Matt Baker
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Henry Burke
Synopsis: A scientist drills into the core of the Earth, and somehow travels back in time, where he witnesses a dinosaur attacking neanderthals.
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Celeste, the Bewitching!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Celeste; Enid Smith
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Pages: 8
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My Job: Capture a Martian

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Penciller(s): Joe Sinnott
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mr. Garner; Professor Webb
Synopsis: A private detective humours a man who says he saw a flying saucer with an investigation, but he convinces the man it is pointless. He feels bad for his harsh words, but reports back to Mars that suspicion of their invasion has been averted.
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I Was a Man in Hiding!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Carl Wessler ?
Penciller(s): John Buscema
Inker(s): John Buscema
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Harry Grant; Anne Grant
Synopsis: A man in 2087 robs a payroll and flees to a primitive world to avoid detection by his electric wrist band. Once he arrives he realizes that the people there are a fraction of the size of humans, and so he can be easily found.
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No 1 Creature from the Crater

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Rosenberger
Inker(s): John Rosenberger
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Out of the Unknown!
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