Uncanny Tales
#61
([circa 1969-1970])
Alan Class,
1963 Series
- Price
- 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Alan Class & Co. Ltd
- Brand
-
AC Approved Comic
Issue Notes
There is a later "S" issue with the same cover costing 15p.
A Look at a Backward Planet!
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mere backward Earthlings are no match for superior beings such as we... WHAT TH ...!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
from Space War (Charlton, 1959 series) #18 (September 1962)
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Indexer Notes
Cover is the splash page from "A Look At A Backward Planet".
The Man Who Looked Backwards!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Jeremy Glenn; Queen Elizabeth
A Look At A Backward Planet
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- A-1485
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Before RX23 went down to Earth to seize the widely selected samples of mankind, he scanned our civilization...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- RX23; an Inuit, a U.S. Marine; Mrs. Huntleighshireford; Nguta Lmu; a Russian; a Swede
- Synopsis
- Six Earthlings defeat their alien abductor.
- Reprints
- from Space War (Charlton, 1959 series) #18 (September 1962)
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Forwarned
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- A-3452
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Becoming an overnight sensation, novelist Shelby Noor's books were bought before the ink dried...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Number One [Shelby Noor]; Number Two; Number Three; Detective Chief Howard Leeds; Hasgood Ames; Redbow; the Turk
- Synopsis
- Shelby Noor wrote 4 books that described crimes that had either just been committed or would occur shortly after the book appeared.
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #70 (May 1964)
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Indexer Notes
Title has spelling error, should be "Forewarned".
Space Narcosis
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- A-3065
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was madness... he knew that it wasn't possible to wipe out an entire enemy fleet but he'd been too long in the outer reaches of space...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Earthman; Female captain of enemy space fleet
- Synopsis
- A lone Earthman fends off an attack from another world.
- Reprints
- from Space Adventures (Charlton, 1958 series) #56 (March 1964)
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The Brain People
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- A-2829
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the year 1983, from Washington, and from Moscow, the leaders of each of the world's great powers took off in planes for a meeting of utmost importance to the fate of the world...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Medulla; Soviet Premier Akim; U.S. President David
- Synopsis
- On the way to a conference in Geneva, both the Soviet Premier and the U.S. President dream of a threat from another planet.
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #41 (May 1964)
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The Many Traps of Baron Mordo!
Doctor Strange / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Steve Ditko (plot, un-credited); Stan Lee (script)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Steve Ditko
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- X-557
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Ancient One; Baron Mordo; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Mordo places a spell over Strange's house that causes it to vanish to another dimension. Strange manages to track Mordo down using his ethereal form, but it becomes trapped in Mordo's lair. Mordo goes to see The Ancient One, claiming he's changed his way, just so he can attack him unawares. But Strange had found a way to escape by going straight thru the center of the Earth itself, and warned his mentor in advance. Though defeated, both Strange and The Ancient One know Mordo is becoming more powerful all the time.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #117 (February 1964)
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But for Bluey
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When I tell you my name is George Morrison then I am certain you will recognize me.
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- George Morrison; Helen Witlow; Joe Witlow; Bluey
- Synopsis
- George is rescued from a drifting fishing boat, thanks to his cat.
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #36 (March 1958)
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Big Deal
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- 5244
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Over and over again, Hugh Tenant told himself that a dream is a dream, no matter how real it may seam!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Hugh Tenant
- Synopsis
- A man dreams of a disaster in the air.
- Reprints
- from Outer Space (Charlton, 1958 series) #23 (July 1959)
-
The Earth Snatchers
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- A-3221
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All was serene on our war-torn planet...
- Characters
- Miss Dillon; Commander Kern; Kurtz; Captain Edwards
- Synopsis
- Aliens move the Earth to orbit near their planet to strip its resources.
- Reprints
- from Space Adventures (Charlton, 1958 series) #55 (January 1964)
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The Man Who Became the Torch!
The Human Torch / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (co-plot, script); Dick Ayers (co-plot, un-credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-593
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard [Bentley Wittman]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]
- Synopsis
- The Wizard breaks jail, and begins pulling crimes using a new anti-gravity flying device he's invented. Via trickery and disguise, he captures Johnny, then Sue, and begins impersonating Johnny, while planning bigger and bolder crimes with which to use his anti-gravity device. With the help of Reed and Ben, Sue and Johnny escape, and Johnny goes after The Wizard, who attempts to escape by flying higher and higher with his anti-grav disc. But it malfunctions, and, unable to control it, he just keeps going higher and higher...
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #118 (March 1964)
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Strange World
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- A-1253
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our scientists have never recorded the existence of a world like this!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Colonel Peter Randolph
- Synopsis
- A test pilot visits Atlantis, but has his memories erased.
- Reprints
- from Space War (Charlton, 1959 series) #19 (November 1962)
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Time Dimension
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- A-3045
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The man you see above is Captain Bob Ellis, an experimental space pilot!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Bob Ellis
- Synopsis
- A test pilot accidentally kills his own ancestors.
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #41 (May 1964)
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African Game
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Danger and Adventure (Charlton, 1955 series) #25 (August 1955)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
A Look at a Backward Planet!
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1.
The Man Who Looked Backwards!
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2.
A Look At A Backward Planet
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3.
Forwarned
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4.
Space Narcosis
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5.
The Brain People
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6.
The Many Traps of Baron Mordo!
Doctor Strange -
7.
But for Bluey
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8.
Big Deal
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9.
The Earth Snatchers
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10.
The Man Who Became the Torch!
The Human Torch -
11.
Strange World
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12.
Time Dimension
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13.
African Game
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14.
Companion Comics in this Series
This issue was modified by, among others
- chris bonham
- Doug Brain
- Peter Croome
- Jay Flash
- Darrel McCann
- Paul Robinson
- Karsten S.
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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