Astounding Stories
#161
([circa 1982 - 1983])
Alan Class,
1966 Series
- Price
- 0.25 GBP
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1982 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Alan Class & Co. Ltd
- Brand
-
Class Series
- Editing
- Alan Class (reprint editor)
Issue Notes
Issue is undated. Estimated date based on analysis of brands and cover prices in the series.
[no title indexed]
The Fly / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
-
from Adventures of the Fly (Archie, 1960 series) #27 (September 1963)
-
The Great Z-17 Mystery
The Fly / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fly; Fly Girl; Captain Greer
- Synopsis
- When a test pilot and an experimental plane go missing, the Fly and Fly Girl are called to investigate.
- Reprints
- from Adventures of the Fly (Archie, 1960 series) #27 (September 1963)
-
The Menace of the Invisible Planet!
The Fly / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fly; Fly Girl; Captain Greer
- Synopsis
- Captain Greer is revealed to be an advanced scout for an alien race poised to invade earth. The only two obstacles to the plan are the Fly and Fly Girl. But the aliens aren't able to discover the source of the heroes' powers.
- Reprints
- from Adventures of the Fly (Archie, 1960 series) #27 (September 1963)
-
Fly Girl's Pet
Fly Girl / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fly Girl; Professor Drexel; Insecto (a robotic insect); the Fly
- Synopsis
- Professor Drexel creates the perfect assistant for Fly Girl: a large, robotic insect named Insecto. But while the two are on patrol, Insecto attacks Fly Girl unexpectedly.
- Reprints
- from Adventures of the Fly (Archie, 1960 series) #27 (September 1963)
-
The Second Mrs. Manion!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Bill Manion; Lady Cynthia Conway; Alfred Conway
- Synopsis
- On her way to meet Bill Manion, Lady Cynthia Conway gets into a car accident. In England, Cynthia comes out of a coma, certain she was Mrs. Bill Manion and living in Kansas. After five years she slipped into a coma again, but Bill, having received a letter from her, arrives to retrieve her. He insists Cynthia has been with him in Kansas the last five years. She awakes and the pair head home.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #78 (November 1956)
-
The Treasure-Map Mystery
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- from Danger and Adventure (Charlton, 1955 series) #25 (August 1955)
-
This Dark Cave
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Benulis (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Benulis (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- H-114
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man returns to his shelter after he mistakes a small town that has been evacuated in service of atomic bomb tests for the worldwide war that he has feared would come.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #40 (November 1955)
-
Jasper's Jalopy
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Jasper Jenks
- Synopsis
- A man is mocked for keeping his old car, but it saves his life by sacrificing itself to keep him from crossing an unsafe bridge.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #103 (December 1962)
-
The Anatomy of a Nightmare!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-309
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The creature's eyes were like two fiery orbs, burning into mine!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A science fiction writer is stuck, so he takes some pills, hoping a nightmare will inspire him. He dreams of horrible red-eyed aliens, but is disappointed, since that's only his own dull world.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #22 (October 1961)
-
Such a Strange Case!
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 3649
- Genre
- drama
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #40 (February 1959)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Fly -
1.
The Great Z-17 Mystery
The Fly -
2.
The Menace of the Invisible Planet!
The Fly -
3.
Fly Girl's Pet
Fly Girl -
4.
The Second Mrs. Manion!
-
5.
The Treasure-Map Mystery
-
6.
This Dark Cave
-
7.
Jasper's Jalopy
-
8.
The Anatomy of a Nightmare!
-
9.
Such a Strange Case!
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- Peter Croome
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- Karsten S.
- Ramon Schenk
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