Astounding Stories
#184
([circa 1987 - 1988])
Alan Class,
1966 Series
- Price
- 0.55 GBP
- Pages
- 100
- On-sale Date
- 1987 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Alan Class & Co. Ltd
- Brand
-
Class Series
- Editing
- Alan Class (reprint editor)
Issue Notes
Issue is undated. Estimated date based on analysis of brands and cover prices in the series.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Reprints
-
from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #20 (January 1960)
-
The Unbelievable Stone Man
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- 5967
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- John Travers; Norkan (alien)
- Synopsis
- When an alien rock creature literally crashes on Earth, John Travers, fishing nearby, unwittingly reassembles him. Revealing his race's ominous plan to plunder the Earth, he begins transforming a giant rock into a spaceship to report back to his world. Travers saves the day by blowing up Norkan and his ship. Luckily, the Highway Dept kept a box of dynamite and a detonator in a shack in the woods, secured by only a small padlock.
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #20 (January 1960)
-
The Time Cap
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- 5681
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Phil Winship; Adab; Accara
- Synopsis
- When part time explorer Phil Winship finds an ancient helmet in an an Iranian cave in the desert, he puts it on and is instantly transported 20,000 years into the past. Invisible to anyone in the past, Phil observes a scientist, Adab and his beautiful daughter Accara, and falls in love. Meanwhile, back in the present, some boys smash the helmet (existing in both times) and Phil materializes. The scientist informs Phil that he is now stuck in the past, where Phil ultimately finds happiness... and love.
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #20 (January 1960)
-
- Keywords
- time travel
The Demon Within
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- 5476
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Paul Duval; Suzette
- Synopsis
- A painter struggles with his own work.
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #20 (January 1960)
-
The Incredible Advice
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- 5312
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. John Selwyn; Dr. Sprague
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #20 (January 1960)
-
The Last of the Flying Saucers
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- 6366
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #22 (June 1960)
-
The Water Stealers
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Ernie Hart (signed as E. H. H.)
- Inks
- Ernie Hart (signed as E. H. H.)
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Job Number
- S4581
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #12 (April 1959)
-
Bubbling Magic
text story / 2 pages
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #20 (January 1960)
-
Orgo Serves!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S3837
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #39 (November 1958)
-
The Perfect Lens
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- 4149
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #13 (June 1959)
-
A Planet So Primitive
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- 5639
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #15 (October 1959)
-
A Lost Dimension
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S4803
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #12 (April 1959)
-
The Mystery of Mercury
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Bill Molno (signed as Bill)
- Inks
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed as Rocke)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- 5122
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #13 (June 1959)
-
The Jaguar's Sinister Safari!
the Jaguar / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Jaguar [Ralph Hardy]; Cat Girl [Lydia Fellin]; Tad Rand; Kurt Krass
- Synopsis
- As Ralph and Lydia begin a relationship while on a safari with the "Kick Of The Month" Club, Ralph -- as the Jaguar-- is determined to break up the club once and for all.
- Reprints
- from Adventures of the Jaguar (Archie, 1961 series) #14 (October 1963)
-
Facing the Future
comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well---let's see how this solution works---but what difference does it make if I do come up with the perfect cigarette filter?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Arthur Mellon; Susan Mellon; Newspaper vendor; Stock broker
- Synopsis
- Arthur Mellon is trying to perfect the perfect cigarette filter. He applies his latest solution to some filters and then smokes 5 to test. He leaves for home feeling dizzy. He buys his usual newspaper and reads about an assassination and an oil company making a rapid rise on the stock market. The next morning he hears about the assassination but can't find the newspaper. Susan tells him he didn't bring one home. The newspaper vendor says he was off sick so couldn't have sold him the newspaper. Arthur buys shares in the oil company with all his savings and makes over $200,000 from $2083.
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #108 (November-December 1962) which is reprinted
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #95 (April 1958) [retitled]
-
The Girl on the Space-Screen!
comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes (credited as Zev Zimmer)
- Pencils
- Chic Stone
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mervin Johnson; Orville Kern; Astra; Ace O'Keefe
- Synopsis
- Orville Kern makes contact with another world and travels there to help the beautiful Astra, but finds that she is not everything he dreamed she'd be.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #139 (March 1963)
-
The Teen-Age Jaguar
The Jaguar / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Jaguar
- Synopsis
- After being turned into a teenager for 24 hours by a youth ray, the teenaged Jaguar stops a gang of young hoods from going bad.
- Reprints
- from Adventures of the Jaguar (Archie, 1961 series) #14 (October 1963)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Unbelievable Stone Man
-
2.
The Time Cap
-
3.
The Demon Within
-
4.
The Incredible Advice
-
5.
The Last of the Flying Saucers
-
6.
The Water Stealers
-
7.
Bubbling Magic
-
8.
Orgo Serves!
-
9.
The Perfect Lens
-
10.
A Planet So Primitive
-
11.
A Lost Dimension
-
12.
The Mystery of Mercury
-
13.
The Jaguar's Sinister Safari!
the Jaguar -
14.
Facing the Future
-
15.
The Girl on the Space-Screen!
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16.
The Teen-Age Jaguar
The Jaguar
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