(March 1960)
American Comics Group,
1948 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly February, March, August, September; bi-monthly April-May, June-July, Oct.-Nov., Dec.-Jan.
- On-sale Date
- 1960-01-14
- 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
On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
The Old Man of the Sea!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Inks
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
Nightmare among the Stars!
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Kevin Blair; Myra Slade; Admiral Krypt
- Synopsis
- Fleeing the villainous Krypt, agents Blair and Slade have to hide on a planetoid until their plea for help brings the Interplanetary Patrol to their rescue.
- Reprints
-
in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #18 (1967?) [Black and white.], #79 ([circa 1971]), #175 ([circa 1984 - 1985]) - in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #229 ([circa 1985 - 1986])
-
in Weird Space (Avalon Communications, 2000 series) #5 (2001)
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The Children
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mrs. Weems
- Synopsis
- Mrs. Weems wrongly assumes the children are just playing being Martian astronauts.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Let's Talk It Over! / letters page / 1.75 pages
Indexer Notes
Letters from David Ettlin, Anna Kerley, Ray Dunn, Howard Lagerquist, Linda Bailey, Beverly McCrea, Joe Gustafson, Michelle Milburn, and K. L. Carty.
The Old Man of the Sea!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Cosmo Filch; Mr. Peebles; Marius Dodd; Ekali
- Synopsis
- Charlatan Cosmo Filch counsels Marius Dodd who is hunched over, burdened by the weight of the sea god Ekali, because he stole a diamond dedicated to the god. Once Filch has convinced Dodd it is guilt crippling him and Dodd turns over the diamond to Filch it is Filch who finds himself doubled over.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #60, #176 ([circa 1978 - 1979]), #213 ([circa 1983 - 1984])
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History Repeats Itself
Fanfare Series / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Inks
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Ralph Benton; Professor Dalton; Kathie; Al Ferrick
- Synopsis
- Ralph Benton is guided by Professor Dalton to the realization that whatever we know in life has existed before, and in doing so proves that Ralph's girl Kathie was telling the truth all along.
- Reprints
-
from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #43 (May-June 1956) [retitled] - in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #195 ([circa 1983 - 1984])
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Indexer Notes
Original title: "Home Is Where You Find It!"
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Old Man of the Sea!
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1.
Nightmare among the Stars!
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2.
The Children
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3.
[no title indexed]
Let's Talk It Over! -
4.
[no title indexed]
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5.
The Old Man of the Sea!
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6.
History Repeats Itself
Fanfare Series
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Steve Coates
- Gregory Fischer
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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