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Issue: Out of This World #23

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Publication Date: February 1966

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Issues: #23 of 25 Issues (26 Printings)

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Publisher: Flag

Alan Class

Brand: AC Approved Comic

Indicia Publisher: Alan Class & Co. Ltd

On Sale Date: (not set)

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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 (11 stories, 1 cover)

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Notes: This issue has been recognized as being dated on February 1965 by the British Price guide by the noted comic historian, Duncan McAlpine, but since multiple stories come from comics published later than that our date has been adjusted accordingly to the earliest possible date.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: colour cover; black and white interior

Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: perfectbound

Publishing Format: was ongoing

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- Howee-eeeee! [Illustration on Cover, Front]1

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Content Items (13 total)

Howee-eeeee!

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Adventures into the Unknown #127 published September 1961
was Howee-eeeee! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Howee-eeeee

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Character(s): Mario Grenatti; Hennessey; Professor Saunders

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Pages: 13

It Happens Every Day!

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Ernie Jordan; Bud Elson; Mr. Jenks

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Pages: 9

Notes: Kid can be seen reading a copy of the Adventures into the Unknown comic.

The Case of the Roman Curse

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): Christopher Fenn

Character(s): Christopher Fenn; Alf; Pamela Hogarth; Penny; Marcus

Synopsis: Ex-GI Christopher Fenn takes up the dangerous occupation of ghost-hunter following the war. He confronts the ghosts of ancient Roman soldiers after they murder a man named Alf on the property of one Pamela Hogarth. Ghosts of Druids, enemies of the Romans, assist Fenn. To defeat the Romans, Fenn uses a blade wrapped in a yew sprig.

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Notes: This story has great similarities to the two other Christopher Fenn stories. In all stories, he faces off with the ghosts of Roman soldiers and is assisted by Ghost Druids.

Journey into the Unknown

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Writer(s): Lynneal H. Diamond

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Bill Sauvage; Roderigo; Manalora

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Pages: 3

Notes: Grand prize contest winning story was won by Lynneal Hyer Diamond (1917 - 1983) who lived in Mallory, NY at the time she won the contest. This is her only known comic book story.

Bertha Bentley - Blacksmith

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Genres: western

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When the Shaman Walked

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Uncle Mack; Winnie; Charley

Synopsis: A night-watchman in a museum and his niece are protected from crooks by a statue of a Siberian Shaman.

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Pages: 7

Whatever Did Happen to the Earth?

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Genres: science fiction

Synopsis: An interplanetary war in a distant galaxy eventually leads to the destruction of Earth.

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The Sinister Suit

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Synopsis: When a tramp picks up a suit from a murdered man, he dreams of the events which led up to his death and so leads the police to the body.

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Pages: 4

Job Number: L-872

Spirit of Frankenstein [Part 5]

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Character(s): Dan Warren; Marcia; Betty; Nefer-Ra

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Pages: 9

First Ship in Space

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Captain Ventor; Cara; Martha Bixy; Hiram Bixby

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The Shell

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Genres: fantasy

Character(s): John Higbee

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Companion Comics in This Series

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Notes: Text: "Companion comics in this series - available monthly - Suspense - Sinister Tales - Creepy Worlds - Secrets of the Unknown - Uncanny Tales - Astounding Stories - Out Of This World - Weird Planets - Place your order now"