Alan Class, 1962 Series
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1'- [0-1-0 GBP]
Pages
68
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Alan Class & Co. Ltd
Brand
AC Approved Comic

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed)
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
science fiction
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The Half Men (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Bill Molno
Inks
Sal Trapani
Letters
?

Job Number
S2955
Genre
science fiction
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Menace Below! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Oleck
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Letters
?

Job Number
K-769
Genre
spy
Characters
Karlin
Synopsis
Karlin is being shown US weapons but is told he can't see a new underwater device. Karlin sneaks back at night in a diving suit to examine the device, not realizing its a new anti-frog man mine which will explode at the slightest touch.
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The Very Old Man (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sol Brodsky ?
Inks
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
M-97
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The Lead-Lined Box! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Chuck Miller
Inks
Chuck Miller
Letters
?

Job Number
K-747
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Hugo Steiner; Hans
Synopsis
Hans brings Hugo a newborn in a lead-lined box which Hugo places beneath his memory-visualizer, hoping to prove newborns have purity within them, but all he sees are images of man's hatred toward others. Hugo destroys his device so no one else will know, not realizing the "newborn" in the box is a newborn puppy.
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Keywords
memory-visualizer

The Brain Trap! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler ?
Pencils
George Roussos
Inks
George Roussos
Letters
?

Job Number
K-860
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Henry Hoyt; Earle Bolton; Nan Hoyt
Synopsis
Henry accidentally creates a hair growth formula and looks for a business partner, only to discover the formula has also given him telepathy and Bolton wants him dead. The telepathy helps Henry save his life and then he destroys the formula.
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Keywords
telepathy

Escape from Nowhere! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony DiPreta (signed)
Inks
Tony DiPreta (signed)
Letters
?

Job Number
L-616
Genre
science fiction
Characters
The Great Myron
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Forbidden! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ed Winiarski
Inks
Ed Winiarski
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
M-98
Genre
science fiction
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Hiding Place (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Lou Cameron (signed)
Inks
Lou Cameron (signed)
Letters
?

Job Number
J-404
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Morton Jones; Shirley; Mr. Jones; Mrs. Jones; Sergeant Brooks
Synopsis
Morton's new camera picks up images of alien men. He thinks the infra-red film is picking up invisible beings but actually the aliens are tiny and hiding inside his camera.
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The Mind-Reader (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (header, inset illustrations)
Inks
? (header, inset illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Job Number
G-672
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Tom Norton; Mr. Mason; Mr. Frank; Bobby Norton
Synopsis
A real estate agent gains telepathy from a magic paper weight.
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When the Creature Escapes (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Williamson
Inks
Ralph Mayo
Letters
?

Job Number
L-657
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A sea creature is captured and brought to an atomic testing facility. It attempts to communicate telepathically with the man who brought it there, but the man thinks it is evil and resists it. When it gets out of the tank, the man acquires a gun and hunts it down to kill it. After he does so, he encounters scientists who tell him that the creature shut down an out of control atomic pile saving all of their lives.
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The Amazing Bardini (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Emil Gershwin
Inks
Emil Gershwin
Letters
Sam Rosen

Job Number
M-3
Genre
crime
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The Alchemist's Apprentice (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Syd Shores (signed)
Inks
Syd Shores (signed)
Letters
?

Job Number
J-145
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
An alchemist's apprentice from the middle ages is jeered at because he is oafish and desires to learn alchemy so he will no longer be mocked. When he hears his master and his friends coming to laugh at him, he grabs the wrong vial in trying to finish an experiment and the resulting explosion blows him to the moon where the moon people set him up as ruler.
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What Happened to Hassen? (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mac L. Pakula (signed)
Inks
Mac L. Pakula (signed)
Letters
?

Job Number
L-710
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
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The Secret Room (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Forte (signed)
Inks
John Forte (signed)
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
M-93
Genre
crime
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Dead End (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howard O'Donnell (signed)
Inks
Howard O'Donnell (signed)
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
M-2
Genre
crime; science fiction
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Who Lurks Down There (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed)
Letters
?

Job Number
J-405
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Jaime Cabo; Ponce de Leon
Synopsis
Jaime finds a city on the bottom of the ocean where Ponce de Leon lives, having found the water there grants immortal youth. Jaime drinks the water himself and wants to share it with others, but de Leon refuses and imprisons him. Jaime escapes and tells others of his discovery, but having left the underwater city Jaime's youth has deserted him - now he's an old man.
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Keywords
Fountain of Youth; Gulf of Mexico

Indexer Notes

Wessler credit from Nick Caputo, in http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/11/who-authored-ditko.html

The Two-Faced Man (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely (signed)
Inks
Joe Maneely (signed)
Letters
?

Job Number
J-211
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
A stagehand of the play Cyrano De Bergerac is in love with the leading lady so he resolves to knock out the leading man and don his makeup so he can get close enough to her to confess his feelings. She doesn't notice that he is a different man so when he asks her for a kiss, she refuses and says that she is in love with the stagehand. He exclaims that he is the stagehand, but when he tries to remove the false nose, he finds that he cannot.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. The Half Men
  3. 2. Menace Below!
  4. 3. The Very Old Man
  5. 4. The Lead-Lined Box!
  6. 5. The Brain Trap!
  7. 6. Escape from Nowhere!
  8. 7. Forbidden!
  9. 8. Hiding Place
  10. 9. The Mind-Reader
  11. 10. When the Creature Escapes
  12. 11. The Amazing Bardini
  13. 12. The Alchemist's Apprentice
  14. 13. What Happened to Hassen?
  15. 14. The Secret Room
  16. 15. Dead End
  17. 16. Who Lurks Down There
  18. 17. The Two-Faced Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Roger Brochu
  • Guy Budziak
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Ramon Schenk