Uncanny Tales #19

In the Beginning! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Derek Rutherford)

Pencils

Al Williamson

Inks

Al Williamson

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A thousand weird myths have haunted the memory of mankind!

Genre

historical; science fiction

Characters

Uri

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #76 (March 1959)
• in Forbidden Worlds (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #7

Unknown Journey! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Lafcadio Lee)

Pencils

John Rosenberger

Inks

John Rosenberger

Letters

Ed Hamilton

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I...I don't know where we are---but it looks like prehistoric world!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Lafcadio Lee (host); John R. (host); Greg Baker; Stan Winters

Synopsis

Greg Baker and Stan Winters are transported back through time by aliens intent on conquering Earth, but they destroy the aliens' fleet of ships and return to their own time.

Reprints

• from Midnight Mystery (American Comics Group, 1961 series) #5 (August 1961)

The Most Wonderful Witch in the World! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Lafcadio Lee)

Pencils

Sam Citron

Inks

Tom Hickey

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Back in the old days of Salem, frenzy gripped the countryside for there were witches abroad...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Constable Peters; Judge Goodbody; Nancy Lee; Nathaniel Burrows

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #123 (October 1964)

Flying Saucer (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ross Andru ?; Joe Orlando ?

Inks

Jack Abel

Letters

?

Job Number

B-714

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Out of the inking waste it comes...making a pioneer path through unchartered space!

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Adventures into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #16 (March 1953)

Indexer Notes

Credit information from www.atlastales.com. Joe Orlando per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr

Sam Snerizi's Shadow (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

For ten long years I had been a faithful and hard working employee of the News-Herald.

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

Mr. Winston is rewarded for helping Sam Snerizi find his shadow.

Reprints

• from Space War (Charlton, 1959 series) #10 (April 1961)

Cute As a Button! (Table of Contents: 6)

John Force, Magic Agent / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks

Paul Reinman (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

John Force, famous Magic agent of the American Security Group, receives a hurried phone call...

Genre

spy

Characters

John Force; Myles Thompson; Fritz Milgrim; Gerda Milgrim; Major Molecule

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #153 (December 1964-January 1965)

The Terrible Toy! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Letters

?

Job Number

M-124

First Line of Dialogue or Text

2143AD! For months now the inexplicable flashes had been observed in the sky!

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

People fear aliens who have appeared in the skies, but when an alien father seeks a lost toy for a beloved son, the humans realize that their shared bonds of compassion unite them and the aliens.

Reprints

• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #63 (August 1957)

Indexer Notes

Information on this sequence from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas-Timely discussion group.

So Long, Fellas! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea)

Pencils

Ogden Whitney

Inks

Ogden Whitney

Letters

Ed Hamilton

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jack Lewis was a locomotive engineer, there was only one thing he liked better than his engine...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Shane O'Shea (host); Ogden Whitney (host); Jack Lewis; Skippy (dog); Linda Jensen; Ray Danvers; Torelli

Synopsis

The ghost of Jack Lewis exposes a railroad scam with the help of the dog he left behind.

Reprints

• from Midnight Mystery (American Comics Group, 1961 series) #5 (August 1961)

[The Spectral Stampede] (Table of Contents: 9)

Uncanny Mysteries / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Richard E. Hughes)

Pencils

Pete Costanza

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Steve

Synopsis

Two uranium prospectors working in a canyon are run over by a stampeding herd of buffalo but are unharmed. An old timer in a nearby town tells them it was the ghosts of a herd slaughtered in that canyon 100 years ago.

Reprints

• from Midnight Mystery (American Comics Group, 1961 series) #4 (July 1961)