Uncanny Tales
#74
([circa 1971])
Alan Class,
1963 Series
- Price
- 1'- [0-1-0 GBP]; 0.05 GBP
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1971 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Alan Class & Co. Ltd
- Brand
-
Approved Comic
- Editing
- Alan Class (reprint editor)
Issue Notes
Issue is undated. Estimated date based on presence of two prices (pre and post decimal currency). Switchover happened in 1971.
The Madness of Mysterio!
Spider-Man / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Romita
- Inks
- John Romita
- Colors
- ? (recoloured)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man; Mysterio
- Reprints
-
from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #66 (November 1968)
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The Madness of Mysterio!
Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The stage is set--the plan is completed--the time has come!
- Feature Logo
The Amazing Spider-Man- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mysterio [Quentin Beck]; Anna May Watson; Aunt May Parker; Betty Brant; Captain George Stacy; Gwen Stacy; Harry Osborn; J. Jonah Jameson; Ned Leeds; Robbie Robertson; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn] (cameo)
- Reprints
- from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #66 (November 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Indicia at the bottom of the first page lists:
Published by Alan Class & Co. Ltd., 54 Lymington Road Hampstead, N.W.6
(copyright), and printed in England by Jenson Book Co. Ltd., Oadby, Leics.
To Squash a Spider!
Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Trapped by the madly murderous Mysterio, our hapless web-spinner suddenly regains consciousness, only to find that he has become--six inches tall!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; May Parker; Anna Watson; Gwen Stacy; George Stacy; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Betty Brant; Ned Leeds; Randy Robertson; Mysterio [Quentin Beck]
- Reprints
- from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #67 (December 1968)
-
Who or What Was...the Bootblack?
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- V-264
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Simon Sledge
- Synopsis
- Simon Sledge is a cruel and heartless businessman who delights in making others suffer. On the way to the biggest deal of his life, one that will eliminate the last of his competition, he stops for a shoeshine. Suddenly his feet are moving away from his destination, taking him far from the deal that will give him a monopoly in his field. He glances back at the bootblack who is revealed as an angel, and who says that when human laws can’t touch someone like Sledge, there are always higher laws.
- Reprints
- from Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1961 series) #4 (September 1961)
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Indexer Notes
George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index credits Stan Lee with script. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
The TV Fan!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Laura Wentworth; Pete Sloan
- Synopsis
- A lazy cad tricks a rich girl into marrying him so that he can watch TV all day. His wife sees her mistake and reveals that she’s a witch, turning him into a fan on the television: a ‘tv fan’.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #98 (July 1962)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Madness of Mysterio!
Spider-Man -
1.
The Madness of Mysterio!
Spider-Man -
2.
To Squash a Spider!
Spider-Man -
3.
Who or What Was...the Bootblack?
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4.
The TV Fan!
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5.
[Companion Comics in this Series]
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- Peter Croome
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