Astounding Stories
#179
([circa 1985 - 1986])
Alan Class,
1966 Series
- Price
- 0.25 GBP
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1985 ?
- 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]
Thunderbolt / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- martial arts; superhero
- Reprints
-
from Thunderbolt (Charlton, 1966 series) #54 (October 1966)
-
This One's For Tabu! [Special Case 0005]
Thunderbolt / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Pete Morisi (signed as PAM)
- Pencils
- Pete Morisi (signed as PAM)
- Inks
- Pete Morisi (signed as PAM)
- Letters
- Herb Field
- Job Number
- B-392
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Thunderbolt [Peter Cannon]
- Reprints
- from Thunderbolt (Charlton, 1966 series) #54 (October 1966)
-
Orrgo... The Unconquerable!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number
- V-364
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Orrgo (introduction); Jo-Jo
- Synopsis
- An alien race with immense telepathic and telekinetic powers send one of their kind to conquer Earth. He easily defeats the police and army and freezes Washington, DC in a block of ice, but is killed by a gorilla while resting because he only prepared defences against humans.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #90 (November 1961)
-
The Rocking Horse
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-251
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The year was 1961... A year when the rich nations of Earth offered help to...
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Hamim; Hamim's mother; Hamim's father
- Synopsis
- A lame boy in a poor house asks for a rocking horse from charity, enraging his parents. When their house is destroyed in an earthquake the horse saves the boy, showing the value of love.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #20 (August 1961)
-
Meet Maggie
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- F-745
- Synopsis
- A woman has fantastic luck because she is married to an angel.
- Reprints
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #133 (April 1955)
-
Vengeful Spirit!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes (credited as Ace Aquila)
- Pencils
- Sal Trapani
- Inks
- Sal Trapani
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jim Morse; Homer Everson; Floyd Ferguson
- Reprints
- from Gasp! (American Comics Group, 1967 series) #2 (April-May 1967)
-
The Grisly Ghost of Ghastly Grange!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes (credited as Zev Zimmer)
- Pencils
- Edd Ashe (credited)
- Inks
- Edd Ashe (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Ophelia Dusenberry
- Reprints
- from Unknown Worlds (American Comics Group, 1960 series) #52 (December 1966-January 1967)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Thunderbolt -
1.
This One's For Tabu! [Special Case 0005]
Thunderbolt -
2.
Orrgo... The Unconquerable!
-
3.
The Rocking Horse
-
4.
Meet Maggie
-
5.
Vengeful Spirit!
-
6.
The Grisly Ghost of Ghastly Grange!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Roger Brochu
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Karsten S.
- Ramon Schenk
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