(January 1960)
American Comics Group,
1948 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- eight times yearly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Best Syndicated Features Inc.
- Brand
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American Comics Group ACG
- Editing
- Richard Hughes (editor)
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
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in PS Artbooks Softee: Adventures into the Unknown (PS Artbooks, 2020 series) #19 (September 2021)
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[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Inks
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Indexer Notes
The cover appears to be a pastel drawing on canvas.
The Phantom City!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; western-frontier
- Characters
- Slip Gerden; Death Valley Sam; The Cactus Kid
- Synopsis
- A couple of men trail an old prospector into the desert where he claims he found a legendary city of gold called Cibola.
- Reprints
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #36
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #81 ([circa 1971 - 1972]), #115 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #144 ([circa 1980 - 1981])
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Indexer Notes
Cover story.
Goddess of Fate!
comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- James F. Corning
- Synopsis
- A man steals a statue of the goddess of fate from a temple in India and has nothing but misfortune occur to him.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #52
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #125 ([circa 1971 - 1972]) [Black and white.], #238 ([circa 1987 - 1988])
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[no title indexed]
Let's Talk It Over! / letters page / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Letters from P. Connors, Chinita Tinelli-Menduni, Rod Pyat, Fred Edwards, Peter Flannery, Vivian L. Fensler, Marvin Siegel, Richard Van Wickler, Andee Lindsay, Oliver Starace, and Harold R. Steiner.
The Lucky Pocket-Piece!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Ted Nichols; Oswald Fortune
- Synopsis
- A boy is given a mysterious gold coin from a wanderer that keeps popping up throughout his life saving him from danger.
- Reprints
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from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #43 (May-June 1956) [retitled] - in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #10, #132 ([circa 1978 - 1979]), #161 ([circa 1983 - 1984])
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Lost Valley
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Gerald Pike; Weaver; Larson; Orla
- Synopsis
- A group of scientists testing a large balloon crash in a mysterious mist covered valley where they see miniature people living in a miniature city.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #52
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #125 ([circa 1971 - 1972]) [Black and white.], #238 ([circa 1987 - 1988])
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Phantom City!
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2.
Goddess of Fate!
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3.
[no title indexed]
Let's Talk It Over! -
4.
The Lucky Pocket-Piece!
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5.
Lost Valley
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Gregory Fischer
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
- Mike White
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