(February 1959)
Fago Magazines,
1958 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fago Magazines Inc.
- Brand
- Fago Publications; A Fago Publication
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
All art credits for this issue confirmed with Dick Ayers by Gary Watson, May 2008.
To Be Young Again!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Henry Forrest; Ainsley
- Synopsis
- Scientist Ainsley invents a youth serum at the Forrest Research Foundation. Owner Henry Forrest secretly injects the serum and is turned into a newborn baby.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white
Too Late!
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- S 219
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Emanuel Maxwell; Gretchen; Hans
- Synopsis
- Emanuel Maxwell, a brilliant scientist, goes to a mountain resort for rest. He falls in love with Gretchen. Her companion, Hans, taunts Maxwell into climbing a mountain with him. They are falling into a crevasse when Maxwell wakes from a dream with a climbing rope around his waist. He plans to lead a rescue party to Hans, then propose to Gretchen.
Don't Throw That Switch
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S 221
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Frank; Lester
- Synopsis
- Mad scientist Lester invents a "Gravity Suspendor". His college friend Frank rushes to stop him. A flash of lightning supposedly stops Lester from activating the device. Lester gets a mental block and forgets the whole project. In the last panel, Lester's house and Frank's car are slowly settling back to Earth.
The First
text story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Bill Jensen [captain]; Marie Jensen [chemist]; Dr. Brant ; Helen Brant [zoologist]; Sally Marks [biologist]; Frank Marks [navigator]
- Synopsis
- A space ship carrying three married couples, all scientists, overshoots the moon and lands on Mars. They discover that Mars is habitable.
They Come to the Canyon
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S 213
- Characters
- Mr. Baxter; Mr. Hodges
- Synopsis
- Mr. Baxter, a circus owner, hires Mr. Hodges, a guide, to find a race of giants. The search is actually part of a giant's nightmare.
- Reprints
-
in Garganta's Thrilling Science (AC, 2001 series) #1 ([August] 2001)
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Indexer Notes
Cover story
Strange
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- S 266
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man who casts no shadow marries a woman who casts no shadow, then leaves her when he discovers that she also has no mirror reflection.
Gratitude on a Very Dark Night
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S 228
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Dunn
- Synopsis
- Old John Dunn is kind to everyone, even his scarecrow. He withdraws all of his savings to give to his granddaughter for her wedding. A robber who plans to steal it fails when he is terrorized by the scarecrow's shadow -- on a moonless night!
Both of Me in Budapest!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S 170
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Characters
- Ivan Kreisler
- Synopsis
- Mad scientist Ivan Kreisler invents a beam that makes a duplicate of himself that he can telepathically direct by staying perfectly immobile. While directing the duplicate to rob a bank, he is struck by a police van driven by a technician who is tracking the telepathic waves.
Rendezvous
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- An automobile makes its rendezvous with a speeding train. The driver is a crash test dummy, demonstrating to the four shadowy figures (and the reader) not to ignore the stop signs at railroad crossings.
Indexer Notes
inside back cover; black and white
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["We'll camp in this valley tonight...]
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1.
To Be Young Again!
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2.
Too Late!
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3.
Don't Throw That Switch
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4.
The First
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5.
They Come to the Canyon
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6.
Strange
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7.
Gratitude on a Very Dark Night
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8.
Both of Me in Budapest!
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9.
Rendezvous
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10.
The Last Robot
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Gregory Fischer
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- John P. Selegue
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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