Uncanny Tales #156

([circa 1982 - 1983])

The Mod Monster (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Hood / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Paul Reinman

Inks

Paul Reinman

Letters

Bill Yoshida ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Not only the mod monster...but the very fates...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black hood; Pete Hannigan (flashback --dies in this story); Bulgy Eyes; Elizabeth (flashback); Lt. Brodie (flashback); the Toad; Gerald Crandall; "Schemer" Bashby

Synopsis

The Black Hood comes close to nabbing Bulgy Eyes -- Pete Hannigan's killer-- when the villain takes the place of another crook, "Schemer" Bashby.

Reprints

• from Mighty Comics (Archie, 1966 series) #50 (October 1967)

Eterno the Tyrant (Table of Contents: 2)

Mighty Crusaders / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Paul Reinman

Inks

Paul Reinman

Letters

Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What's this? Fly-man and his super-buddies super-slugging each other to a pulp on a small island in the Pacific?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mighty Crusaders [Fly-Man [Thomas Troy]; the Comet [John Dickering]; The Shield [Bill Higgins]; Black Hood [Matthew Burland]; Flygirl [Kim Brand]]; Doombala; Nightmare (Black Hood's robot horse); Eterno the Tyrant; Lionel; Stoneface; Mighty Midget (comic fan); Adhesive-Man (comic fan); The Living Coil [Harvey Corey] (comic fan); King Ogre (comic fan); The Purple Menace [Albert Brenner] (comic fan); Adhesive-Man; The Living Coil; King Ogre; The Purple Menace; The Hooded Mule (Cameo)

Synopsis

While battling Doombala, the Mighty Crusaders accidentally awaken Eterno the Tyrant who had escaped the destruction of Atlantis by going into suspended animation. Eterno tries to turn the Mighty Crusaders evil, but is defeated by a lowly Atlantean mosquito.

Reprints

• from Fly Man (Archie, 1965 series) #32 (July 1965)

Indexer Notes

3-part story.

Adhesive-Man, The Living Coil, King Ogre, and The Purple Menace are listed twice in the character section. They first appear as comic book enthusiasts dressed as these characters at a convention and then Eterno uses his powers to summon the real villains themselves.

Always an Adventure (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Frederick Walker

Reprints

• from Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Charlton, 1956 series) #5 (November 1957)

They Call Me...Space Pirate (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Joe Sinnott (signed)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (signed)

Letters

Ray Holloway ?

Job Number

T-320

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was an age of intergalactic space travel...but it was also an age of space piracy!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Sandor

Synopsis

A successful space pirate tries to conquer a world without technology to use as a base. He is surprised to find that the inhabitants are actually advanced "homo superior" with psychic powers, and they easily imprison him and his men.

Reprints

• from Strange Worlds (Marvel, 1958 series) #5 (August 1959)

The Prisoner! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Art Peddy

Inks

Art Peddy

Letters

?

Job Number

G-700

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Please, somebody...please find the lamp!

Reprints

• from Strange Stories of Suspense (Marvel, 1955 series) #5 (October 1955)
which is reprinted
• from Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #171 ([circa 1979 - 1980])