Sinister Tales
#176
([circa 1980 - 1981])
Alan Class,
1964 Series
- Price
- 0.20 GBP
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1980 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Alan Class & Co. Ltd
- Brand
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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.
The Painting
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #72 (October 1964)
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The Painting
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- After refusing a gallery showing, Jake Taylor's painting accuses him of being a coward.
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #72 (October 1964)
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The Devil and the War Bride
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Phil Carter; Coreen Carter; Satan; Dr. Warnow; Mordo; Garth
- Synopsis
- Phil Carter's bride Coreen believes in the supernatural, but Phil does not, so Satan gives Coreen demonic power, until she outwits him and he bedevils her no more.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #44 (June 1953)
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The Man Who Died Too Soon!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Stan Griffith; Meg Crane; Dr. White
- Synopsis
- Pilot Stan Griffith is brought back to life, but Heaven already has him registered as dead. They try to rectify the mistake, but since Stan is destined for a long life, they send him home.
- Reprints
A Perfect Gentleman!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Craig Peterson; Luther Niles
- Reprints
- from Unknown Worlds (American Comics Group, 1960 series) #47 (April-May 1966)
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The Spectral Pirate
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Richard Small; Mr. MacPherson; Captain Cutt; Nancy
- Synopsis
- Richard Small must fight the pirate Captain Cutt, who emerges from a painting, for the life of his girlfriend Nancy.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #25 (November 1951)
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The Picture That Was Cursed!
comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes (credited as Zev Zimmer)
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mark Manton; Lucy Manton; Mariana Blakely; Tim McCafferty; David Fieldston
- Synopsis
- David Fieldston is asked to replace the late Mark Manton in the film he was shooting when he died, but David finds the film is haunted by the ghost of Mark's wife, Lucy Manton, who Mark murdered.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #137 (December 1962-January 1963)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Painting
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
The Painting
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3.
The Devil and the War Bride
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4.
The Man Who Died Too Soon!
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5.
A Perfect Gentleman!
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6.
The Spectral Pirate
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7.
The Picture That Was Cursed!
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8.
[no title indexed]
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9.
Companion Comics in this Series
This issue was modified by, among others
- Doug Brain
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Karsten S.
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
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