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

Top Secret! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Richard Hughes (original editor)

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Top Secret! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ancient Roman soldiers! Where are we? What is this place?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Marcus Crane; General Barkeley; Claudia; Metelus
Reprints

The Mysterious Train! (Table of Contents: 2)

Mysteries of the Unknown / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Emil Gershwin
Inks
Emil Gershwin
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let's start with a gray day in November...Phineas had received a telegram...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Phineas W. Carlton; Laura Harris; Sam Harris; Uncle Ben; Aunt Martha; John W. Harkness
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Previously published in Adventures Into The Unknown (1948 series) #81 (April 1957) under the title The 5:27 Express!

Ivar's Playmates! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Tom Hickey
Inks
Tom Hickey
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No! No! T-Take it away!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Lafacadio Lee (host); Tom Hickey (host); Ivar Mimble; Mr. Mimble; Mrs. Mimble; Rajah; Jocko; Prince
Reprints

The Knell of Doom! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Paul Reinman
Inks
Paul Reinman
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Late one afternoon, approaching a small town in southeastern Europe---
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Zev Zimmer (host); Paul Reinman (host); Peter Devin; Stephano Forenzo
Reprints

They Walk Through Walls! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks
Paul Reinman (signed)
Letters
?

Job Number
K-536
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Clayton dreamed of becoming a dictator, and it seemed that no one stood in his way!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Clayton; Masters; Abbot; Doctor; Psychiatrist
Synopsis
A man with plans to overthrow the government is confronted by men who can walk through walls, who explain that they are a secret society committed to battling people like him. He escapes, but inadvertently puts himself back in the power of the men in pursuit.
Reprints

Paul's Pills (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
On May first, Professor Paul Grant was practically a poor man when measured in terms of material wealth.
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

The Saving of Jehoshaphat Jones! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Edd Ashe
Inks
Edd Ashe
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mrs. Jones was just married...and had come to her dream home...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Jehoshaphat Jones; Mr. and Mrs. Jones
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Possible appearance of Little Wise Guys.

Three Were Lost! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vic Carrabotta (signed)
Inks
Vic Carrabotta (signed)
Letters
?

Job Number
J-448
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You sure you want to take her up, Bart?
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Hero --- First Class! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Pete Costanza
Inks
Pete Costanza
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Lincoln started in a log-cabin---Kennedy was born to wealth---but with Alfie Jenkins, it was different.
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Alfie Jenkins; Liz Foster
Reprints

The White Apeman! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes (credited as Zev Zimmer)
Pencils
Pete Costanza (credited)
Inks
Pete Costanza (credited)
Letters
Ed Hamilton

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The city museum's beaten us again---that new dinosaur exhibit of theirs has pulled the crowds away from us!
Genre
animal; science fiction
Characters
Zev Zimmer (host); Pete Costanza (host); Terry Osborne; F. G. Adams
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer and artist credits verified by P. C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #126 (July 2014).

The Things on the Mountain Top! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks
Paul Reinman (signed)
Letters
Ed Hamilton

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shivaleri mountain was the wildest, most inaccessible peak in the Andes.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Martin; Swanson
Synopsis
Explorers Martin and Swanson find evidence of worship on a mountain top, but can come up with no explanation how it could get there.
Reprints
  • From Midnight Mystery (American Comics Group, 1961 series) #5 (August 1961)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Top Secret!
  2. 1. Top Secret!
  3. 2. The Mysterious Train!
    Mysteries of the Unknown
  4. 3. Ivar's Playmates!
  5. 4. The Knell of Doom!
  6. 5. They Walk Through Walls!
  7. 6. Paul's Pills
  8. 7. The Saving of Jehoshaphat Jones!
  9. 8. Three Were Lost!
  10. 9. Hero --- First Class!
  11. 10. The White Apeman!
  12. 11. The Things on the Mountain Top!
  13. 12. ["Companion comics in this series"]
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  • Stephen Mitchell
  • Ramon Schenk