Adventures into the Unknown #117

(June-July 1960)

The Spencer Special! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea)

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (credited)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Greg Morrison; Dale Spencer

Synopsis

Racer Greg Morrison unites with a long-deceased lady driver.

Reprints

• in Out of This World (Alan Class, 1963 series) #21

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Let's Talk It Over! / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (header)

Inks

? (header)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from B. Hutchison, Terry Dickinson, Joe Dewey, Carol Deveary, Barbara Ann Susinno, Michael Dacey, L. Anderson, J. Dillinger, Joyce Lionheart, and Al Renst.

Out of This World! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Thomas R. Drew)

Pencils

Dick Beck (credited as Beck-Costanza)

Inks

Pete Costanza (credited as Beck-Costanza)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Characters

Archer Prott; Ferenda

Synopsis

Grifter Archer Prott finds a mark who gives him more than he bargained for.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #46 [black and white]
which is reprinted
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #184 ([circa 1982 - 1983])
• in Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #144 (July 1967) [retitled]
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #149 ([circa 1976 - 1977])

Star of Destiny! (Table of Contents: 4)

Fan Fare Series / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Emil Gershwin

Inks

Emil Gershwin

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Alonzo Spade; Robert Foster; John Foster; Vera

Synopsis

Robert Foster visits Alonzo Spade to find out why he is always struck by bad luck on his birthday, and Spade concludes it is because of the negative influence of the star Vera. When the star is destroyed, Foster thinks he is free, but Vera still has plans for him.

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #45 (August 1956) [retitled]
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #46 [black and white], #155 ([circa 1976 - 1977])

Indexer Notes

Original title: "Vera, My Dark Star!"

The Fountain (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Charles La Coste)

Pencils

Paul Reinman (credited)

Inks

Paul Reinman (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Maxim Grench; Kinae; Horace Klutch

Synopsis

Maxim Grench searches for the fountain of youth so that he can continue to enjoy his accumulated wealth. But a drink from it reverts him to an infant, and he is adopted into a family of the poor, working class he has always despised.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #57, #178 ([circa 1978 - 1979]), #215 ([circa 1983 - 1984])
• in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #182 ([circa 1988 - 1989])