([circa 1973 - 1974])

Alan Class, 1962 Series
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Price
0.08 GBP
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1973 ?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Alan Class & Co. Ltd
Brand
AC Approved Comic
Editing
Alan Class (reprint editor)

Issue Notes

Issue is undated. Estimated date based on analysis of brands and cover prices in the series.

A 6p variant exists for this issue.

A Promise Is a Promise! (Table of Contents)

Mr. Dedd / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; war; horror-suspense
Characters
Mr. Dedd (host)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed)
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed)
Letters
Jon D'Agostino ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Greetings, fiends! I'm not much at cards...
Characters
Mr. Dedd (host)
Reprints

The Mouse Tower (Table of Contents: 2)

Mr. Dedd / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Job Number
B-95
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mr. Dedd (host)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Page numbers start with '2' and as such continues on from the Mr. Dedd introduction of the stories in the table of contents in the previous sequence.

The Nameless One! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Bob Powell
Inks
Bob Powell
Letters
?

Job Number
G-922
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Nick Nolan; Fate
Synopsis
Nolan escapes prison and has a scientist give him his teleportation device. However, everywhere Nick goes is in the midst of a terrible danger so he finally has to return to his cell. The inventor of the device was Fate himself.
Reprints
Keywords
London Zoo; Niagara Falls; Paris

Results from the Unknown! (Table of Contents: 4)

Mr. Dedd / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Job Number
B-98
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mr. Dedd (host)
Reprints

Dr. M. T. Graves Ghost Fighter (Table of Contents: 5)

Dr. Graves / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Kaler ?
Pencils
Ernie Bache
Inks
Ernie Bache
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Job Number
B-101
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dr. Graves
Reprints

A Promise Is a Promise! (Table of Contents: 6)

Mr. Dedd / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Job Number
B-96
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; war; horror-suspense
Characters
Mr. Dedd (host)
Reprints

The Secret of the Haunted House (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Williamson
Inks
Ralph Mayo
Letters
?

Job Number
L-690
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A young girl discovers the secret of a haunted house's reputation is that it is a way station for time travelers.
Reprints

The Man Who Wasn't! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Dick Ayers
Letters
Dick Ayers

Job Number
L-221
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Anti-communism story. Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

A Small World (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Job Number
4810
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The text for the job number and some of the page numbers missing from this reprint.

Who Goes There! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Robert Q. Sale (signed)
Inks
Robert Q. Sale
Letters
?

Job Number
L-144
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The Parrot! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Everett
Inks
Bill Everett
Letters
?

Job Number
G-984
Genre
crime
Characters
Marvelo [Tiny Samson]; Jim Hall; Mrs. Jones
Synopsis
Samson poses as 'Marvelo', a large talking parrot for an act led by Jim Hall but Tiny resents Hall taking most of the money and frames him. However, the cleaning lady at their hotel has never liked 'Marvelo' and throws his cage out a window, nearly killing Samson.
Reprints

Companion Comics in This Series (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. A Promise Is a Promise!
    Mr. Dedd
  2. 1. ["Greetings, fiends! I'm not much at cards..."]
  3. 2. The Mouse Tower
    Mr. Dedd
  4. 3. The Nameless One!
  5. 4. Results from the Unknown!
    Mr. Dedd
  6. 5. Dr. M. T. Graves Ghost Fighter
    Dr. Graves
  7. 6. A Promise Is a Promise!
    Mr. Dedd
  8. 7. The Secret of the Haunted House
  9. 8. The Man Who Wasn't!
  10. 9. A Small World
  11. 10. Who Goes There!
  12. 11. The Parrot!
  13. 12. Companion Comics in This Series
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Jay Flash
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore