Alan Class,
1963 Series
- Price
- 1'- [0-1-0 GBP]
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Alan Class & Co. Ltd
- Brand
-
AC Approved Comic
Grave on Lucifer's Ledge
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
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from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #70 (May 1964)
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Grave on Lucifer's Ledge
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed as
Rocke) - Inks
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed as Rocke)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- A-3453
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In 1891, a richly laden four-master under full sail sped down the channel...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Josef Marcos
- Synopsis
- Miserable Josef Marcos meets his fate on Lucifer's Edge.
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #70 (May 1964)
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The Boy Who Could Fly!
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's Bobby Wilson, folks--
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Bobby Wilson; Johnny
- Synopsis
- Bobby Wilson learns he can fly, a gift from his father.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #9 (February-March 1950)
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The Space Broomstick
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes (credited as Brad Everson)
- Pencils
- Lloyd Cynwald (credited)
- Inks
- Lloyd Cynwald (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The government had established a rocket test site at Applenock---
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Archie Worple; Waldo; Max
- Synopsis
- No one can explain the strange abilities of Archie Worple's broomstick.
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #132 (November-December 1965) which is reprinted
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #108 (May 1959) [retitled]
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Indexer Notes
Original title: "The Hidden Talents of Archie Worple." Introduction from original story removed for this reprint.
The Ghostly Crew
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Historians have never solved the mystery of the Mary Celeste...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Elias Fragg
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #5 (June-July 1949)
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- Keywords
- Mary Celeste
The Spectral Skater
True Ghost Tales / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Truth is stranger than fiction it is said --
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Pierre Menton; Marie Farette
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #22 (August 1951)
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Indexer Notes
script credit via Will Murray in COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE # 119 (January 2005)
Number 8723
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "When I retire" declared Al Norton of special squad,
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Detective Al Norton; Detective Ben Egan; Chief Edward Mirkus; Dave Novack; Louis Wineman [also as Philip Simon] (villain)
- Reprints
- from Rookie Cop (Charlton, 1955 series) #27 (November 1955)
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His Brother's Keeper
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Jack Oleck
- Pencils
- John Forte (signed as John Forte)
- Inks
- John Forte (signed as John Forte)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- K384
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Larry Collins had lost his nerve somewhere in the void.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Larry Collins; Dave Collins (his brother)
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #55 (November 1956)
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Indexer Notes
Credit information from www.atlastales.com.
For more information on the writer credit see: http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/748
Spirit of Frankenstein
comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Atomic scientists have long realised how closely molecular motion resembles life itself---
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Daniel Warren (nuclear scientist); Marcia Duncan (Warren's fiancee); Professor Lambert Pardway (villain, Warren's lab assistant, death)
- Synopsis
- Dr. Warren succeeds in inventing a plastic skin that looks and feels like living tissue, and decides to create a radio-controlled synthetic man coated with the substance over a bullet-proof steel frame. But Warren's assistant is jealous and contrives to add his own touch to the synthetic man...a brain...his own brain, that will give him a measure of fame that he feels he deserves and control over the creature.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #16 (February 1951)
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- Keywords
- Copper Mountain; Cyclotron; mine
Indexer Notes
Caption at bottom of last panel is blanked out.
The Liquid of Life!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Richard Doxsee (signed as
Richard Doxsee) (sourced) - Inks
- Richard Doxsee (signed as Richard Doxsee)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- L887
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ralph Porter's search for treasure led him to the most astonishing discovery of all time!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Ralph Porter; Teddy
- Synopsis
- A diver finds the fountain of youth in an undersea city, but when he drinks the water, he finds can no longer breathe air and must remain in the sea.
- Reprints
- from Strange Stories of Suspense (Marvel, 1955 series) #15 (June 1957)
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Indexer Notes
Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.
The Thing at the Bottom of the Sea
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A deserted mansion built on a 5000-foot ridge of the Colarado rockies
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Mitchell; Undine
- Synopsis
- John Mitchell dives for gold, but finds a woman named Undine who haunts him for 50 years instead.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #9 (February-March 1950)
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Spirits Can Be Good Joes!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes (credited as Greg Olivetti)
- Pencils
- Edd Ashe (credited)
- Inks
- Edd Ashe (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You've read ghost stories galore-and trembled!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Vic Terris; Harry Ryan
- Synopsis
- The residents of the Unknown want to improve their reputation, so they help a teenage hoodlum by showing him how badly his life will turn out unless he reforms.
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #133 (January-February 1966)
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Ghost Ship of Nova Scotia
Uncanny Mysteries / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Want to see a real honest-to-goodness ghost ship, reader?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #17 (March 1951)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Grave on Lucifer's Ledge
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1.
Grave on Lucifer's Ledge
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2.
The Boy Who Could Fly!
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3.
The Space Broomstick
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4.
The Ghostly Crew
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5.
The Spectral Skater
True Ghost Tales -
6.
Number 8723
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7.
His Brother's Keeper
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8.
Spirit of Frankenstein
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9.
The Liquid of Life!
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10.
The Thing at the Bottom of the Sea
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11.
Spirits Can Be Good Joes!
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12.
Ghost Ship of Nova Scotia
Uncanny Mysteries -
13.
Companion Comics in This Series
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