Astounding Stories
#190
([circa 1988 - 1989])
Alan Class,
1966 Series
- Price
- 0.55 GBP
- Pages
- 100
- On-sale Date
- 1988 ?
- 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.
The Worlds of Kirby!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #54 (July 1961)
-
The Worlds of Kirby
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- A-252
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #54 (July 1961)
-
Jeb's Well
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- A-444
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Jeb Heston fears his well reaches to Satan's domain so he covers it back up.
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #54 (July 1961)
-
Transition
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- A-209
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #54 (July 1961)
-
Incident on the 3rd Planet
Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- 5047
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- An alien from Saturn tells a doctor his story of flight from Jovians only to find the doctor is a Jovian in disguise. But the Saturnian turns the tables on his Jovian captors.
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Charlton, 1956 series) #13 (June 1959)
-
Strong Boy
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- 5005
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #13 (June 1959)
-
The Thought Taker
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- John Roebling pays Professor Conelton millions for his method of thought transfer, but Conelton develops amnesia before he can explain how he does it.
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #54 (July 1961)
-
They Say It's Haunted
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S3843
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- The Greers move into a haunted house...again?
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #39 (November 1958)
-
The Man Who Couldn't Miss
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- 5334
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #15 (October 1959)
-
The House That Cheered Up
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S4113
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A run-down house cheers up a couple and vice versa.
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #12 (April 1959)
-
The Boy From Beyond
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- 4108
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #15 (October 1959)
-
Base of Operations
Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- 5163
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mysterious Traveler (host)
- Synopsis
- A pair of fishermen are warned from fishing near Bolara, but Bolara is really just a way for aliens to keep humans away.
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Charlton, 1956 series) #13 (June 1959)
-
Lady of the House
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- 3638
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A magical house convinces Hall Brencher to turn himself into the police.
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #40 (February 1959)
-
King of the World
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- G-324
- Synopsis
- A physicist wants his youth back so he can use his knowledge to lord it over people and drinks a youth serum that regresses him to infancy.
- Reprints
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #137 (August 1955)
-
The Other Self
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- 6143
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #47 (May 1960)
-
Calculated Risk!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ken Landau (signed)
- Inks
- Ken Landau (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Thyko; Hybron; Pilor; Charlie
- Synopsis
- Scouts from the planet Volarnus go to Earth to size it up for invasion. They try to land on a patch of uninhabited territory that their ships echo detector confirms. They land only to realize that this uninhabited territory is the Ocean and they sink. When they don't radio back to their home planet, the other Volarnians believe that Earth is too dangerous and call off the planned invasion.
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #35 (August 1955)
-
The Door That Wouldn't Stay Shut!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- G-352
- Synopsis
- A landlord replaces a tenant's door with a door that continues to open of its own volition, so the man nails it shut for the night. When a fire breaks out, the door still opens itself, despite the nails. After the fire has been dealt with the tenant is surprised to see the words 'Fire Exit' printed underneath the paint the fire had scoured away.
- Reprints
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #137 (August 1955)
-
A Jinn Named Joe
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- John Tartaglione (signed)
- Inks
- John Tartaglione (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- G-408
- Synopsis
- An office employee gets a Jinn who helps him achieve material success, but then he becomes unpopular around the office. When the Jinn disappears, things go back to the way they were before.
- Reprints
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #137 (August 1955)
-
The Right Spot
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #11 (March 1958)
-
Martians, I Greet You!
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Space Adventures (Charlton, 1958 series) #38 (February 1961)
-
He Came From Nowhere
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Forte (signed)
- Inks
- John Forte (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- G-305
- Synopsis
- A man down on his luck is helped out by a 'dog' who is actually an angel.
- Reprints
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #137 (August 1955)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Worlds of Kirby!
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1.
The Worlds of Kirby
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2.
Jeb's Well
-
3.
Transition
-
4.
Incident on the 3rd Planet
Mysterious Traveler -
5.
Strong Boy
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6.
The Thought Taker
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7.
They Say It's Haunted
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8.
The Man Who Couldn't Miss
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9.
The House That Cheered Up
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10.
The Boy From Beyond
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11.
Base of Operations
Mysterious Traveler -
12.
Lady of the House
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13.
King of the World
-
14.
The Other Self
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15.
Calculated Risk!
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16.
The Door That Wouldn't Stay Shut!
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17.
A Jinn Named Joe
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18.
The Right Spot
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19.
Martians, I Greet You!
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20.
He Came From Nowhere
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- Roger Brochu
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Karsten S.
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