([circa 1977 - 1978])
Alan Class,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.15 GBP
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1977 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Alan Class & Co. Ltd
- Brand
-
AC 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. Indexed from GCD-Error 12248 report by Ger Apeldoorn.
A Martian Prowls Among Us!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #78 (November 1960)
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A Martian Walks Among Us!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-864
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A man spots upon a Martian in human form scouting for an invasion. The police won’t believe him, so he finds and kills the spy himself, revealing that he is a Venusian in disguise working to protect Earth.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #78 (November 1960)
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The Gargoyle!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-865
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- An ugly man rejected by society applies for a job at a circus. It turns out to be a ruse by aliens who are uniformly gorgeous, and so want a man with an ugly face they find fascinating to marry their queen.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #78 (November 1960)
-
The Forbidden World!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-851
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- John; Eric
- Synopsis
- A space patrol find an alien world surrounded by a strange mist. They are fired on by the inhabitants and plan to retaliate, but realize too late that they were trying to keep them from the deadly mist surrounding the planet.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #34 (October 1962)
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The Only Law
Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 4.8 pages
- Job Number
- S1068
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Edward Stone; Ben Hurley; Maria Hurley
- Synopsis
- Edward Stone proves a suitable husband for Ben Hurley's daughter Maria.
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Charlton, 1956 series) #3 (May 1957)
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The Mystery of the Purple Planet!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Letters
- Ray Holloway
- Job Number
- X-63
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bentley
- Synopsis
- A space expedition is sent to a distant planet when it is suddenly covered with an artificial mist. The team finds gold and takes it, but are transformed into aliens like the inhabitants.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #106 (March 1963)
-
The Magic of Mordoo
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed); Sol Brodsky ? (see notes)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed); Sol Brodsky ? (see notes)
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Job Number
- V-416
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Franz Kopnik; Katrina Steuben; Mordoo
- Synopsis
- A man falls in love with a middle-aged woman on vacation, but wants a younger wife. He convinces her to let a gypsy magician make her young again, but once she's young and pretty she leaves him for the young attractive gypsy.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #75 (December 1961)
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Indexer Notes
The last four panels on page 5 were likely redrawn by Sol Brodsky. Info per Nick Caputo.
The Little People!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Lemuel Gulliver; Emma Gulliver
- Synopsis
- An American expatriate stumbles across tiny people in Europe who seem to recognize him. He is captured and escapes, thinking the experience was a dream, but wondering about reincarnation.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #103 (December 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
Man Alone!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Letters
- Ray Holloway
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Fate; Robinson Crusoe
- Synopsis
- A man has recurring dreams of solitary confinement and goes to sea to escape this fate. He is shipwrecked and left alone on a desert island, unaware that this is the solitude he was destined for.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #105 (February 1963)
-
The Supernatural!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A house appears to be magically dismantled by wisps of smoke, but it is only a girl playing with her dollhouse while her father smokes.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #105 (February 1963)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
A Martian Prowls Among Us!
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1.
A Martian Walks Among Us!
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2.
The Gargoyle!
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3.
The Forbidden World!
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4.
The Only Law
Mysterious Traveler -
5.
The Mystery of the Purple Planet!
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6.
The Magic of Mordoo
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7.
The Little People!
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8.
Man Alone!
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9.
The Supernatural!
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