Creepy Worlds
#76
Alan Class,
1962 Series
- Price
- 1'- [0-1-0 GBP]
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Alan Class & Co. Ltd
- Brand
-
AC Approved Comic
- Editing
- Alan Class (reprint editor)
The Death Knell of the World!
Captain Atom / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Editing
- Pat Masulli (Original Editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Drako
- Reprints
-
from Captain Atom (Charlton, 1965 series) #80 (April-May 1966)
-
Death Knell of the World!
Captain Atom / comic story / 20 pages
- Job Number
- A-5285
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Captain Allen Adam]; Ed (Rocket Scientist); General Eining; Sergeant "Goose" Goslin; Valdar; Celest; Drako
- Synopsis
- Captain Atom must stop a space ark from crashing into the Earth.
- Reprints
- from Captain Atom (Charlton, 1965 series) #80 (April-May 1966)
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Indexer Notes
Brief recap of origin.
My Dear Friend...
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- from Dark Shadows (Farrell, 1957 series) #1 (October 1957) which is reprinted
- from Haunted Thrills (Farrell, 1952 series) #13 (January 1954) [retitled and revised for Code-approval]
-
The Things in the Window
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- K-829
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cal (second name unknown); an unnamed woman; an unnamed real estate agent; some other dimensional beings
- Synopsis
- Cal rents a isolated house whose former tenant, a young woman, mysteriously disappeared. He discovers that one of the house's windows lets no light into the property. Climbing through it, he enters a strange other dimension, where he finds the former tenant, and helps her escape back to their own dimension, evading some mist-like creatures. Once back in their own world, Cal smashes the window, destroying the gateway.
- Reprints
- from World of Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series) #4 (December 1956)
-
The Dreadful Dream
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- K826
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Frank Beech; Madge Beech; Charley (a commuter on the same train that Frank Beech uses to get to work - seen only in a dream)
- Synopsis
- Frank Beech wakes from a dream in which he is involved in a train wreck. En route to work the next morning, his dream comes true - and then he wakes up. It was a dream within a dream. He decides not to tempt fate by going into work that day.
- Reprints
- from World of Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series) #4 (December 1956)
-
- Keywords
- Tuxedo Junction train station
The Forbidden Land
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- K-840
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- J. M. Evans (a pilot at World View magazine); Clyde Hover (a photographer at World View magazine); Roger Wayne (a writer at World View magazine); A tribe of Peruvian Indians (including King Tohotal); Bill Hopkins (an editor at World View magazine)
- Synopsis
- World View magazine sends a team to watch an ancient ritual performed by a tribe of Peruvian Indians. The men observe the sacred rites, despite the Indians attempts to stop them. However, when they return to the magazine's offices they find that all was not what it seemed.
- Reprints
- from World of Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series) #4 (December 1956)
-
Something Lurks in the Fog!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number
- V-399
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I know you're out there waiting--watching--but you won't get me!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Sam Farrow
- Synopsis
- An unrepentant con-man is scared straight when he strays onto a forbidden road and enters a world between life and death.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #24 (December 1961)
-
The Man with Yellow Eyes
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- K-177
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Lee Forest (a soldier nick-named "Yellow Eyes"); the unnamed narrator of the story (a fellow soldier); other members of their platoon (including Charley); a jungle guide
- Synopsis
- Sgt. Lee Forest, nick-named 'Yellow Eyes' by the other members of his platoon, is a giant of a man, with an almost cat-like way of moving. Serving in Africa during World War II, his life is saved by another member of the platoon. Both men go their separate ways after the war, though both remain in Africa. When his savior is attacked by a lion, Forest emerges from the jungle and calls it off. His debt repayed, 'Yellow Eyes' returns to his true home - the depths of the jungle.
- Reprints
- from World of Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series) #4 (December 1956)
-
Secret of the Oraquiis!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- K-217
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A trader masquerades as a native in order to find the secret burial place of their kings, but a flash of lightning renders him amnesic.
- Reprints
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #45 (September 1956)
-
Our Planet Earth
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- maths & science
- Reprints
- from Captain Atom (Charlton, 1965 series) #80 (April-May 1966)
-
Let the Creature Beware!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- K-702
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Judd Kerr; the inhabitants of the town of Keysville (including the Curvolot Family); the inhabitants of the town of Abbyville (including Hermit Eb)
- Synopsis
- Conman Judd Kerr gets more than he bargained for when he tries to part the inhabitants of Abbyville by claiming that an alien is living in their midst.
- Reprints
- from World of Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series) #4 (December 1956)
-
- Keywords
- anti-bigotry
Pleasant Dreams, Sir!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- F-562
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #38 (April 1955)
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Indexer Notes
Job Number and credit information from www.atlastales.com.
The Dungeon
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- F-511
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #38 (April 1955)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Death Knell of the World!
Captain Atom -
1.
Death Knell of the World!
Captain Atom -
2.
My Dear Friend...
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3.
The Things in the Window
-
4.
The Dreadful Dream
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5.
The Forbidden Land
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6.
Something Lurks in the Fog!
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7.
The Man with Yellow Eyes
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8.
Secret of the Oraquiis!
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9.
Our Planet Earth
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10.
Let the Creature Beware!
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11.
Pleasant Dreams, Sir!
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12.
The Dungeon
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