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Issue: Secrets of the Unknown #62
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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: colour cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: 7.25" x 9.25"
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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The Human Torch Meets The Iceman!

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superhero
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Barracuda
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The Torch Meets Iceman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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superhero
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Doris Evans; Barracuda; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Angel [Warren Worthington III] (cameo); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (cameo); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (cameo);
Johnny's riled because a newspaper compares Iceman (of The X-Men) to him. On a cruise liner, Bobby tries to pick up Doris, until Johnny arrives. Before the potential rivalry goes too far, The Barracuda (a modern-day pirate) and his men arrive and take over the ship. Johnny & Bobby team up to stop them.
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[unknown, not X-649]
Barracuda next appears in Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #10 (February 1969).
Volcano

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typeset
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historical, non-fiction
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Grotesque!

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science fiction
A man threatened by a giant owl turns out to be the unintentional victim of a scientist disposing of an imperfect reducing serum.
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K-979
Pencils credit and Job Number information from www.atlastales.com. Inks credit from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
The House of Shadows!

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Subject Matter
superhero
Dr. Strange; Bill Brinkly (TV reporter); Allan Stevens (TV reporter)
Strange is on the scene to observe a TV crew as they prepare to enter & broadcast about a "Haunted House". Strange discovers something is amiss, as he is unable to enter via his spirit form. When the signal goes dead, Strange enters the house physically, and uncovers a surprising secret... the house is alive!
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X-650
The phrase, "The house is alive" is reportedly one of the things Roger Corman said in order to convince his bosses as AIP to allow him to film Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"(1961). The origin of the house is strikingly similar to the one in "The Outer Limits" episode, "The Guests".
Let Sleeping Giants Sleep!

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fantasy
Attu; Palmer; Joe
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Hotel Holdup

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crime
George Hobson
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Stone Age Man

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fantasy
Chesley Grimmick
Chesley Grimmick is mysteriously transported back in time to prehistoric days where he befriends the cavemen there and eventually dies. In the present, his skeleton and watch are unearthed by two paleontologists who cannot understand what they have found.
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Lundgren pseudonym noted by Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books. Original title: "Out of the Past."
The First Space Pirate

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typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
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Piercing the Veil!

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Lafcadio Lee (host); Tom Hickey (host); Alonzo Furey; Caroline Lee Masterson; Mrs. Masterson; Cosmo Barbuti; Mr. Esmond
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The Blank!

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A man from the future comes back in time to prevent a scientist from conducting an experiment that will have the unforeseen consequence of sterilizing the soil.
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K-636
My Pal Jeremy!

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fantasy
Lenny Roberts; Jeremy Cross; Murchison
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Spirit Voice

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horror
Ralph Scott; Hilda Scott; Silas
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