Astounding Stories #83

([circa 1971 - 1972])

The Body in the Well! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Costanza

Inks

Pete Costanza

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Officer Mahaffey had one constant complaint...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Officer Mahaffey; Tommy

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #100 (November-December 1961) [Black and white]

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover and inside back cover.

Trapped -- By the Trio of Doom! (Table of Contents: 2)

Daredevil / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Syd Shores

Letters

Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The world famous Guggenheim museum!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; Mr. Hyde [Calvin Zabo]; Cobra [Klaus Voorhees]; Jester [Jonathan Powers]

Synopsis

A deadly trio of villains have turned a carnival into a death trap for DD.

Reprints

• from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #61 (February 1970) [Black and white]

The Old Familiar Faces! (Table of Contents: 3)

Mysteries of the Unknown / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here they come -- the last wave -- exactly as in the dream!

Characters

Frank Cowell; Gill; Johnson; Whyte; Jonas; Miller; Murphy

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #104 (July 1962) [Black and white]
which is reprinted
• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #90 (November 1957) [retitled]

A Matter of Luck! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks

Paul Reinman (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Destiny moves in strange ways!

Characters

Victor Shepard

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #102 (November 1958) [Black and white]

The Seller of Dolls! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Bob Jenney

Inks

Bob Jenney

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The little creatures he maid looked like real people...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Ra Dilo; Al Dewey; Joe Dewey; Ted Malone; Cora Malone

Synopsis

A strange old man sells lifelike dolls, dolls that help him get revenge on two men who tried to swindle him.

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #127 (May-June 1965) [Black and white]

What the Mirror Revealed! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Bob Forgione

Inks

Jack Abel

Letters

?

Job Number

K-511

First Line of Dialogue or Text

To Karen, Otto Walden possessed all the finest virtues of a sucessful man!

Synopsis

A man invents a time mirror to display the past events of the person who looks into it. He pretends to be selfish so that a girl who is infatuated with him will profess her love to the self-sacrificing, but poor, man he has challenged to look into the mirror.

Reprints

• from Strange Stories of Suspense (Marvel, 1955 series) #12 (December 1956) [Black and white]

The Primitive Parallel (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Charles Nicholas (signed)

Inks

Vince Alascia (signed)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

A-1542

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is a story of the future...

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #41 (September 1963) [Black and white]

Ancient Memories (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

John Forte (signed)

Inks

John Forte (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Students of the occult...

Characters

Alice Sladen; Ben Sladen; Alice Brent

Reprints

• from Unknown Worlds (American Comics Group, 1960 series) #11 (October-November 1961) [Black and white]
which is reprinted
• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #61 (December 1957) [titled]

The Jewels of Chimbor! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

John Rosenberger

Inks

John Rosenberger

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He's vanishing before our very eyes!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Zev Zimmer (host); John R. (host); Dr. Alvar; Simu; Sabin; Flynn

Synopsis

Dr. Alvar is forced to reveal the source of his emeralds to Flynn and Sabin, but they are not able to take advantage of it.

Reprints

• from Midnight Mystery (American Comics Group, 1961 series) #7 (October 1961) [Black and white]

Beware of the Elemental Force (Table of Contents: 10)

Nemesis / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Pete Costanza

Inks

Pete Costanza

Colors

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A strange dramatic figure from beyond life itself!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Nemesis

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #155 (March 1965) [Black and white]

Loom of Fate! (Table of Contents: 11)

Mysteries of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Paul Reinman

Inks

Paul Reinman

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jasper Ferall was a cunning and unscrupulous dealer in antiques.

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Jasper Ferall; Moira Norn; Sophronia Norn; Tabitha Norn

Synopsis

Unscrupulous antiques dealer Jasper Ferall discovers the legendary Norns, who appear to be simply three elderly sisters weaving tapestries. But when he tries to take advantage of one's ability to tell the future, he learns that not everything can be foreseen.

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #128 (July 1965) [Black and white]
which is reprinted
• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #109 (July 1959) [retitled]

Fear Follows Fenton (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Mac L. Pakula (signed)

Inks

Mac L. Pakula

Letters

?

Job Number

K-559

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bob Fenton was your responsibility, Ryan!

Genre

detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

When a detective falls into a coma, the fugitive that he has been assigned to apprehend finds that he cannot elude the man. The police chief is happy when the fugitive is delivered over to him and then shocked to find the detective just recovering from his coma.

Reprints

• from Strange Stories of Suspense (Marvel, 1955 series) #12 (December 1956) [Black and white]

One of Our Ships is Missing! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed)

Letters

Bill Everett ?

Job Number

H-781

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The astonished cry rang throughout the world as nation after nation awoke that morning to find that the impossible had happened!

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Trains, planes, and bicycles disappear as the Martian king seeks a gift for his son, the prince.

Reprints

• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #48 (April 1956) [Black and white]

The Boy with Second Sight (Table of Contents: 14)

Fanfare Series / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Rosenberger

Inks

John Rosenberger

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Skeptics doubt all evidences of the supernatural!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Roy Heddon; Jim Heddon; Ellen Heddon

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #130 (February 1962) [Black and white]
which is reprinted
• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #62 (January 1958) [titled]

Companion Comics in This Series (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)