Adventures into the Unknown #51

(January 1954)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

View Cope Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Direct from Hollywood!

Indexer Notes

Ad for a book of fairy tales and a plastic viewer that makes the characters appear to be in 3-D.

Nightmare (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Harry Lazarus (signed)

Inks

Harry Lazarus (signed)

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Letters

Ed Hamilton

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Harry Williams; Gilda Williams

Synopsis

Harry, a down on his luck writer, goes to a pawn shop where he is shown the creatures that take the people guilty of the seven deadly sins. He uses the experience to write more stories which are bought by his publisher.

Reprints

• in Four Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) (September 2010)
• in Collected Works: Adventures into the Unknown (PS Artbooks, 2011 series) #10 (October 2015)

Keywords

pawn shop; seven deadly sins; zombie

Indexer Notes

This story is produced in "TrueVision" a process that includes black borders and zipatone to create a three dimensional effect without glasses.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

National Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Get Shop-Method Home Training

Indexer Notes

Ad for a radio/tv or auto repair school program.

Death Has Four Fingers (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

Characters

Baron Cigani; Jan Manorik

Reprints

• in Collected Works: Adventures into the Unknown (PS Artbooks, 2011 series) #10 (October 2015)

The House That Was! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks

Bob Forgione (signed)

Colors

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Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Cassandra Fourier; Gil Hasson; Mr. Kent; Henri Fourier; Madeline Fourier

Synopsis

Gil Hasson meets a lovely local girl in a mansion in a part of town that the locals claim is nothing but ruins.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #66
• in Collected Works: Adventures into the Unknown (PS Artbooks, 2011 series) #10 (October 2015)

Keywords

ghost

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Rudolph Field / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Could you use $1,000,000?

Indexer Notes

Ad for a pocket gym.

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Let's Talk It Over! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

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Reprints

• in Collected Works: Adventures into the Unknown (PS Artbooks, 2011 series) #10 (October 2015)

Indexer Notes

Hughes talks about the 3-D type technique employee in the opening story and asks for reader feedback.

Letters from M. Friesen, Thomas Waitkevicius, and Philip Chase.

Death Mask! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Charles Nicholas

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Letters

Ed Hamilton

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Sam Denton; Frank

Synopsis

An old lady warns Sam of the fate that awaits him, unless he pays her to change the face of the sand sculpture she has made showing his death.

Reprints

• in Collected Works: Adventures into the Unknown (PS Artbooks, 2011 series) #10 (October 2015)

Keywords

octopus

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Motor Book Dept. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Now YOU can be a "Cracker-Jack" at auto repairs!

Indexer Notes

Ad for auto repair manuals.

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Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)

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Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)

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Now that we are at the North Pole...

Genre

children

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Rudolph Field / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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New! Fast-action pro baseball game

Indexer Notes

Ad for a toy baseball game.

The Monster! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Ken Landau (signed)

Inks

Ken Landau (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Stan; Ralph; Liz

Synopsis

Ralph has created life, a mud-like ooze that craves live flesh. When his friend Stan tries to destroy the ooze, Ralph feeds him to the monster.

Reprints

• in Strange Experiment (Gredown, 1983 series) (1983)
• in Collected Works: Adventures into the Unknown (PS Artbooks, 2011 series) #10 (October 2015)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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For recommended reading it's the American Comics Group

Indexer Notes

House ad for the line of ACG titles.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Smith Bros. Camera / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Get a real candid camera

Indexer Notes

Offer from Smith Brothers Cough Drops for a camera for fifty cents and an empty box of cough drops.

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Norton Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Draw Any Person in One Minute

Indexer Notes

Ad for a "Magic Art Reproducer".

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Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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In 10 Minutes of Fun a Day I Changed Myself...

Indexer Notes

Ad for body building program from Jowett Institute of Physical Training. On inside of back cover of comic.

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Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Which Daisy

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Red Ryder

Indexer Notes

Ad for a Red Ryder BB gun. Back cover.