Sinister Tales
#197
([circa 1983 - 1984])
Alan Class,
1964 Series
- Price
- 0.25 GBP
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1983 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Alan Class & Co. Ltd
- Brand
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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.
The Ivory Curse!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Inks
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #66 (May 1958)
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The Ivory Curse!
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Flying fish -- the size of sharks!
- Genre
- adventure; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jim Maitland; Simpson
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #66 (May 1958)
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Project T!
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You've read some of my stories before, fans!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Pierre Alonzo; Professor Sayers; Dr. Verron; Cawley; Shavin; Count Alessandro Cagliostro [Alex Ostro]
- Reprints
- from Midnight Mystery (American Comics Group, 1961 series) #3 (May-June 1961)
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The Man Who Wasn't!
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The editor always says "When it comes to brainstorms, just call Kurato Osaki!"
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Kurato Osaki (host); John R. (host); Marty Collins; Doris; Muggins; Walter P. Cobb
- Reprints
- from Midnight Mystery (American Comics Group, 1961 series) #1 (January-February 1961)
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The Ghost in the Wooden Indian Plant!
comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A factory is no place for a spirit, you'd think...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Arthur Breslin; Joe Larkin
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #123 (October 1964)
-
Situation in Space
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Space War (Charlton, 1959 series) #17 (July 1962)
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The Sorcerer's Cottage!
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was just an ancient and abandoned dwelling-place...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Rudolfo; Magda; Dvorak; Mr. Malenko; Irma Malenko; Anton Vorja
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #122 (September 1964)
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The Iron Brain!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler (sourced)
- Pencils
- Bill Benulis (signed as Bill Benulis)
- Inks
- Bill Benulis (signed as Bill Benulis)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- H-335
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Jeffrey Donell equipped his fabulous invention with a brain...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Jeffrey Donell; Frank Lauder; Mayor Hill; Ferro
- Reprints
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #141 (December 1955)
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No. 3 The Identical Twins
Explanation, Please! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Brent twins were idenical in every way.
- Characters
- Thomas Brent; Edwin Brent
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #81 (February 1957)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Ivory Curse!
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
The Ivory Curse!
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3.
Project T!
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4.
The Man Who Wasn't!
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5.
The Ghost in the Wooden Indian Plant!
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6.
Situation in Space
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7.
The Sorcerer's Cottage!
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8.
The Iron Brain!
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9.
No. 3 The Identical Twins
Explanation, Please! -
10.
[no title indexed]
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11.
Companion Comics in this Series
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Doug Brain
- Peter Croome
- Steve Jenner
- Clint Maxwell
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