Uncanny Tales #118

([circa 1976 - 1977])

The Stray! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Greg Olivetti)

Pencils

Al Williamson

Inks

Al Williamson

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #78 (May 1959)

Queen of Uranus (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (signed as Thomas R. Drew)

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Poor Gwendolyn Purdy! Her pupils laughed at her---her principal criticized her---and no one else seemed to know she existed!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Gwendolyn Purdy; Marilyn; James T. Cannon (Principal); Johnny; Kryptos

Synopsis

Gwendolyn Purdy is mocked by her pupils and criticized by her principal. Gwendolyn shows the pupils her tektite collection but then loses her temper which is seen by Cannon. Later, back home the tektite collection starts glowing. Two aliens tell her that their leader, Kryptos, wants to meet her. Kryptos thinks earth women are ugly but wants to take Gwendolyn back to Uranus. Gwendolyn goes home to think about this and decides to improve her appearance. When Kryptos meets her again he is horrified and asks to be released from his request. Later Cannon asks Gwendolyn out to a dance.

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #78 (May 1959)

Keywords

Uranus

Return of a Hero! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Forte (signed)

Inks

John Forte (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wait! I---I'm getting some sort of strange message---from the air itself!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; war

Characters

Anton; Franz [Louis Kossuth]; Josef

Synopsis

In a cellar in 1956 Budapest, a group talk of rising up against the Russians but they need another Louis Kossuth. The Russians start the revolution by firing on a group of protesting workers. A protestor lies wounded in front of a tank. A man carries him to safety and then leads a group to steal more weapons. He tells them to call him Franz, leads them in more daring raids and exposes a Russian agent amongst them. The Russians bring more arms and Franz tells the group to flee and then disappears. The group realises that Franz looks just like Louis Kossuth without a beard and moustache.

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #65 (April 1958)

Keywords

Hungarian revolution

Indexer Notes

Louis Kossuth was a real person. According to Wikipedia:

Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (19 September 1802 – 20 March 1894) was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and Governor-President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848–49.

The Stranger (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Charles La Coste)

Pencils

Paul Reinman

Inks

Paul Reinman

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From the moment the stranger arrived, things began to happen -- strange incidents which at first whetted curiosity, then brought wonderment -- and finally FEAR!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Martin J. Colby; George; Charlie; Tom; Merlin

Synopsis

A stranger rents a cottage where he uses alchemy to bring creatures from another world who offer to share great wonders, but the townsfolk cart the stranger away, having discovered he is Martin J. Colby, escaped mental patient.

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #80 (July 1959)

The House of Tomorrow! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea)

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

John Forte

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Bob Carter; Mr. Mason; Thurka; Vanda

Synopsis

Saturnian furniture is mistaken for Bob Carter's designs, but the futuristic furniture gets better reviews than his traditional work.

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #75 (February 1959)

Air Conditioned (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Reprints

• from Racket Squad in Action (Charlton, 1952 series) #29 (March 1958)

The Mirror of Mowgaladi! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Roy ?

Inks

Mike Roy ?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #71 (October 1958)

The Creature from Krango (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks

Dick Ayers (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #30 (June 1962)