([circa 1988 - 1989])
Alan Class,
1962 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.
Top Secret!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Inks
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ed Hamilton
- Editing
- Richard Hughes (credited as Richard E. Hughes)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #89 (August 1960)
-
Top Secret!
comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes (credited as Bob Standish)
- Pencils
- John Forte
- Inks
- John Forte
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Richard Hughes (credited as Richard E. Hughes)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Marcus Crane; General Barkeley; Claudia; Metelus
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #89 (August 1960)
-
Ivar's Playmates!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes (credited as Lafcadio Lee)
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey
- Inks
- Tom Hickey
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Richard Hughes (credited as Richard E. Hughes)
- Characters
- Lafacadio Lee (host); Tom Hickey (host); Ivar Mimble; Mr. Mimble; Mrs. Mimble; Rajah; Jocko; Prince
- Reprints
- from Midnight Mystery (American Comics Group, 1961 series) #2 (March-April 1961)
-
The Knell of Doom!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes (credited as Zev Zimmer)
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Richard Hughes (credited as Richard E. Hughes)
- Characters
- Zev Zimmer (host); Paul Reinman (host); Peter Devin; Stephano Forenzo
- Reprints
- from Midnight Mystery (American Comics Group, 1961 series) #1 (January-February 1961)
-
The Saving of Jehoshaphat Jones!
comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes (credited as Pierce Rand)
- Pencils
- Edd Ashe
- Inks
- Edd Ashe
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Richard Hughes (credited as Richard E. Hughes)
- Characters
- Jehoshaphat Jones
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #151 (September 1964)
-
Hero -- First Class!
comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes (credited as Kurato Osaki)
- Pencils
- Pete Costanza
- Inks
- Pete Costanza
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Richard Hughes (credited as Richard E. Hughes)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Alfie Jenkins; Liz Foster
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #153 (December 1964-January 1965)
-
The White Apeman!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes (credited as Zev Zimmer)
- Pencils
- Pete Costanza (credited)
- Inks
- Pete Costanza (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Hamilton
- Editing
- Richard Hughes (credited as Richard E. Hughes)
- Characters
- Zev Zimmer (host); Pete Costanza (host); Terry Osborne; F. G. Adams
- Reprints
- from Midnight Mystery (American Comics Group, 1961 series) #6 (September 1961)
-
The Things on the Mountain Top!
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Richard Hughes
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Richard Hughes (credited as Richard E. Hughes)
- 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)
-
The Man in Grey!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- L-827
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A man goes back in time to provide the missing element in a formula, but he mistakes the building's janitor for the scientist.
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #7 (May 1957)
-
The Memorable Mile
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- At a track meet where one contestant is expected to break the two-minute mile, a mysterious runner appears. After allowing the other runners to lap him, the mystery man then runs circles around them to win the race. He disappears, leaving the spectators wondering who he was. The last panel shows a smiling statue of the Roman god Mercury.
- Reprints
- in Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #6 (February 1957) which is reprinted
-
in Wheels of Doom!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Manny Stallman
- Inks
- Manny Stallman ?; John Giunta ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee
- Job Number
- L-826
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Two old men find that they lose forty years when they ride motorcycles.
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #7 (May 1957)
-
The Gasser Attacks
Fox / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- the Fox [Paul Patton]; Delilah (a go-go dancer); the Gasser
- Synopsis
- While the Fox is watching his favorite go-go dancer, the Gasser and his gang attack the nightclub and kidnap Delilah.
- Reprints
- from Mighty Comics (Archie, 1966 series) #49 (August 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Stone inks per Nick Caputo, February 2016.
Someone in the Flames
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- L-807
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- A man thinks that he can control the Indians who work a plantation in Central America and take it over by posing as their god. It would have worked if the current owner of the plantation hadn't already implemented the idea.
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #7 (May 1957)
-
The Girl Who Didn't Exist!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony DiPreta (signed)
- Inks
- Tony DiPreta (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee
- Job Number
- L-816
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A man falls in love with the ghost of a woman waiting for a sailor to put into port.
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #7 (May 1957)
-
Bedlam In Barnesville
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- M-450
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #12 (June 1958)
-
It Hides in the Forest!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee
- Job Number
- T-180
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #17 (April 1959)
-
Run for Your Life
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Robert Q. Sale (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Q. Sale (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee
- Job Number
- L-776
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A man uses black magic to disguise himself as the police chief who is holding his son prisoner in order to free him. When the real chief finds out, he orders the man be shot on site and his guards figure that he is still the disguised fugitive so they shoot him.
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #7 (May 1957)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Top Secret!
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1.
Top Secret!
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2.
Ivar's Playmates!
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3.
The Knell of Doom!
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4.
The Saving of Jehoshaphat Jones!
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5.
Hero -- First Class!
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6.
The White Apeman!
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7.
The Things on the Mountain Top!
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8.
The Man in Grey!
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9.
The Memorable Mile
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10.
Wheels of Doom!
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11.
The Gasser Attacks
Fox -
12.
Someone in the Flames
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13.
The Girl Who Didn't Exist!
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14.
Bedlam In Barnesville
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15.
It Hides in the Forest!
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16.
Run for Your Life
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