Sinister Tales
#221
([circa 1988 - 1989])
Alan Class,
1964 Series
- Price
- 0.55 GBP
- Pages
- 100
- On-sale Date
- 1988 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Alan Class & Co. Ltd
- Brand
-
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.
[no title indexed]
Mandrake / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
-
from Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #10 (November 1967)
-
The Haunting of Hawk Inn
Mandrake / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #10 (November 1967)
-
The Universal Key!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- 3640
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #10 (November 1958)
-
Why?
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S-219
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #3 (April 1956)
-
Brain Storm!
Brick Bradford / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Paul Norris (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Norris (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Norris (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Brick Bradford; Saturn Sadie; Hoppy
- Synopsis
- Brick and Saturn Sadie battle the electronic brain running the power plants of Vortex.
- Reprints
- from Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #10 (November 1967)
-
The Great Gift
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S-979
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #8 (August 1957)
-
The Prison of Mongo
Flash Gordon / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Flash Gordon (King Features, 1966 series) #9 (October 1967)
-
Object Matri-Money
Rip Kirby / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Rip Kirby; Ann [Honey Dorian]; Fats [Sleepy]; Margie [Julie]
- Reprints
- from Mandrake the Magician (King Features, 1966 series) #10 (November 1967) [in this form] which is reprinted
- from Rip Kirby daily (King Features Syndicate) 1950.03.28 - 1950.05.10 [numberous strips are cut or missing, dialogue has been heavily altered]
-
Indexer Notes
Credits + reprint data from Alberto Becattini, added April 2007. Numerous strips cut or missing. Dialogues have been altered heavily. Kirby's girlfriend Honey Dorian is called Ann here. The two crooks, originally named Sleepy and Julie, were turned into Fats and Margie, respectively.
Strange Night
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- S-868
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #7 (May 1957)
-
The Lake That Lived
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- S-396
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #5 (September 1956)
-
Bennet's Brain!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- K56
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (September 1956)
-
The Man in the Cave!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- K-31
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (September 1956)
-
The Frightened Ones!
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- K 527
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #4 (November 1956)
-
The Floating Island
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- K47
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (September 1956)
-
The Man Who Left No Prints
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- K 53
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (September 1956)
-
Smaller... Smaller... Smaller!
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- L-64
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #5 (January 1957)
-
The Strange Wife of Henry Johnson!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Forte (signed)
- Inks
- John Forte (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- K-561
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #4 (November 1956)
-
The Hidden Hex!
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- L 855
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #7 (May 1957)
-
A Robot Among Us!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Herb Familton (signed)
- Inks
- Herb Familton (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- K 597
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #4 (November 1956)
-
Those in Hiding!
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- K 41
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (September 1956)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Mandrake -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
The Haunting of Hawk Inn
Mandrake -
3.
The Universal Key!
-
4.
Why?
-
5.
I Am Not Me
-
6.
Brain Storm!
Brick Bradford -
7.
The Great Gift
-
8.
The Prison of Mongo
Flash Gordon -
9.
Object Matri-Money
Rip Kirby -
10.
Strange Night
-
11.
The Lake That Lived
-
12.
Mystery of the 13th Floor
-
13.
Bennet's Brain!
-
14.
The Man in the Cave!
-
15.
The Frightened Ones!
-
16.
The Floating Island
-
17.
The Man Who Left No Prints
-
18.
Smaller... Smaller... Smaller!
-
19.
The Strange Wife of Henry Johnson!
-
20.
The Hidden Hex!
-
21.
A Robot Among Us!
-
22.
Those in Hiding!
-
23.
[no title indexed]
-
24.
Companion Comics in this Series
This issue was modified by, among others
- Doug Brain
- Peter Croome
- Paul Lefebvre
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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