Uncanny Tales
#137
([circa 1979 - 1980])
Alan Class,
1963 Series
- Price
- 0.20 GBP
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1979 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Alan Class & Co. Ltd
- Brand
-
AC Class Series
- Printer
- Printed in England by Caldra House, Ltd.
- Editing
- Alan Class (reprint editor)
Issue Notes
Issue is undated. Estimated date based on analysis of brands and cover prices in the series.
A Bridegroom for Jenny!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Inks
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ed Hamilton
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Reprints
-
from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #107 (April 1959)
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- Keywords
- magic; ray guns; space helmets; witches; witches' hats
A Bridegroom for Jenny
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes (credited as Kurato Osaki)
- Pencils
- John Rosenberger (credited as Jon Diehl)
- Inks
- John Rosenberger (credited as Jon Diehl)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Toadstool Jenny; Observer Gorm; Dogface; Granny Brown
- Synopsis
- Jenny finds an alien invader looks just like her TV idol, Captain Marvin.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #107 (April 1959)
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The Jewels of Chimbor!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dr. Alvar; Simu; Sabin; Flyn
- Synopsis
- Dr. Alvar is forced to reveal the source of his emeralds to Flynn and Sabin, but they are not able to take advantage of it.
- Reprints
- from Midnight Mystery (American Comics Group, 1961 series) #7 (October 1961)
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The Weatherman
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- K-71
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Characters
- Willie Wimms; Hugh Wimms
- Synopsis
- In the future, young boy's afternoon is nearly ruined by a scheduled rainstorm, but when he runs into the rainmaker's magical assistant, he gets a delay.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #49 (August 1956)
-
Help from Beyond
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- John Carlyle; Johnny Carlyle
- Synopsis
- Johnny Carlyle wants to hunt down the puma that killed his father, and his father's ghost appears at a crucial moment to protect him.
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #126 (March-April 1965) which is reprinted
- from Out of the Night (American Comics Group, 1952 series) #17 (October-November 1954) [retitled]
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Loom of Fate!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes (credited as Bob Standish)
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jasper Ferall (dies); Moira Norn; Sophronia Norn; Tabitha Norn
- Synopsis
- Unscrupulous antiques dealer Jasper Ferall discovers the legendary Norns, who appear to be simply three elderly sisters weaving tapestries. But when he tries to take advantage of one's ability to tell the future, he learns that not everything can be foreseen.
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #128 (July 1965) which is reprinted
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #109 (July 1959) [retitled]
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Fear Follows Fenton
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- K-559
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Detective Phil Ryan; Chief Walter Healy; Doris Ryan; Bob Fenton
- Synopsis
- When a detective falls into a coma, the fugitive that he has been assigned to apprehend finds that he cannot elude the man. The police chief is happy when the fugitive is delivered over to him and then shocked to find the detective just recovering from his coma.
- Reprints
- from Strange Stories of Suspense (Marvel, 1955 series) #12 (December 1956)
-
Out of Space
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A flying saucer crashes in Tibet on June 12, 1955.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #154 (February 1965) which is reprinted
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #67 (June 1958) [retitled]
-
The Man Within!
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. Clifton Forrester; Dr. Roberts; Willi Mueller [XR-47162; Attila the Hun; Edward Teach [Blackbeard]; Adolph Hitler]; Manara; Eva Braun
- Synopsis
- Dr. Clifton Forrester tests his theory of an inner personality residing under a lifetime of conditioning on simple Willi Mueller and finds more than he expected.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #80 (January 1957)
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The Private World
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- H-117
- Genre
- romance; science fiction
- Characters
- Edgemont Peters; Kitty Cullan
- Synopsis
- Edgemont Peters refuses to propose to his neighbor due to his strange disability.
- Reprints
- from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #43 (January 1956)
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[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Companion comics in this series
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Companion comics listed include Suspense, Sinister Tales, Creepy Worlds, Secrets of the Unknown, Uncanny Tales, and Astounding Stories.
Indicia reads:
Published by Alan Class & Co. Ltd., 21 Dingley Road, London, EC1V 8BN (copyright).
Printed in England by Caldra House Ltd., 23 Coleridge Street, Hove, Sussex, BN3 5AB
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Table of Contents
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0.
A Bridegroom for Jenny!
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1.
A Bridegroom for Jenny
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2.
The Jewels of Chimbor!
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3.
The Weatherman
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4.
Help from Beyond
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5.
Loom of Fate!
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6.
Fear Follows Fenton
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7.
Out of Space
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8.
The Man Within!
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9.
The Private World
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10.
["Companion comics in this series"]
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