(August 1961)

American Comics Group, 1951 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly July, August, September, October; bi-monthly Jan.-Feb., March-April, May-Jun, Nov.-Dec.
On-sale Date
1961-05-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Best Syndicated Features Inc.
Brand
American Comics Group ACG
Editing
Richard Hughes (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Little Man, What Now? (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

What Now, Little Man? (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
John W. Ormsby; Aunt Hester; Harold Kenny
Synopsis
A heartless businessman who has disdain for the little guy, ends up getting shrunk to only an inch tall.

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

From Your Editor- To You! / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from John Ogliore, Kenneth Monroe, Sue Vest, Billie Joe Plott, Neil Parent, Eugene Steinberg, and Thomas Ensminger.

Warning of Danger! (Table of Contents: 3)

Mysteries of the Unknown / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Mikayo Yoshira; Nobotu Ogata
Synopsis
Nobotu Ogata can always sense when danger is ahead, but he could not have forseen the first atomic bomb.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

original title: "Premonition of Disaster!"

From the Ocean's Bottom (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Ely
Inks
Bill Ely
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
An oceanographer catches a strange egg that hatches a baby merman. The angry merpeople who the child belongs to, come looking for the infant.
Reprints
Keywords
mermaids

Indexer Notes

original title: "Can Such Things Be?"

The Case of the Curses (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Kenneth Warlock; Edward Perkins; Gar Ericssen; Lloyd Cynewald; Sparrow Jenkins; Mora
Synopsis
Two men discuss if ancient curses actually worked or were simply coincidence.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Little Man, What Now?
  2. 1. What Now, Little Man?
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    From Your Editor- To You!
  4. 3. Warning of Danger!
    Mysteries of the Unknown
  5. 4. From the Ocean's Bottom
  6. 5. The Case of the Curses
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Gary Henderson
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike White