Sinister Tales #222

([circa 1988 - 1989])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Lance Lenning, Lunatic! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Pete Costanza

Inks

Tom Hickey

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #170 (February 1967) [Black and white]

Witch Doctor (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Gene Colan

Letters

?

Job Number

L-655

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

When a film crew shooting in the jungle tosses a witch doctor out of the camp as superstitious mumbo-jumbo, the witch doctor disguises himself as a European doctor in order to teach them respect for his abilities.

Reprints

• from World of Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series) #6 (April 1957) [Black and white]

Age of the Iron Men! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Joe Maneely (signed)

Inks

Joe Maneely (signed)

Letters

Ben Oda

Job Number

L-974

Reprints

• from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #58 (June 1957) [Black and white]

Indexer Notes

Wessler script per biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

Stout Sorcery... (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Costanza

Inks

Pete Costanza

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Edward V. Ennis; Manhar; Lasmani

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #170 (February 1967) [Black and white]
which is reprinted
• from Unknown Worlds (American Comics Group, 1960 series) #5 (February 1961) [retitled]

Secret under the Sea (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sol Brodsky (signed as Solly)

Inks

Sol Brodsky (signed as Solly)

Letters

?

Job Number

L-578

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

A man helps seamen locate sunken ships, but when he is exploited for material gain, he reveals himself to be from beneath the waves and vows to have nothing to do with surface-dwellers again.

Reprints

• from World of Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series) #6 (April 1957) [Black and white]

You Could Die Laughing! (Table of Contents: 7)

Nemesis / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea)

Pencils

Chic Stone

Inks

Chic Stone

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Nemesis

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #170 (February 1967) [Black and white]

The Journey (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Carl Burgos

Inks

Carl Burgos

Letters

typeset

Job Number

F-890

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Harry

Synopsis

A man finds out that he keeps turning blue because he is really an alien from a planet of blue people.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #24 (May 1955)

The Sinking Man! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Chuck Miller

Inks

Chuck Miller

Letters

?

Job Number

L-659

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A future man travels into the past to rule but finds himself sinking into a pit of swamp quicksand. He sees a couple of hunters and tries to control their minds through telepathic communication, but their minds are too primitive. He cannot shout out to them, as their telepathy rendered their vocal chords inert over a thousand years ago. Despairing, he reverses the time direction and deposits himself into the hands of the authorities.

Reprints

• from World of Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series) #6 (April 1957) [Black and white]

Hideous Hide-out (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mac L. Pakula (signed)

Inks

Mac L. Pakula (signed)

Letters

?

Job Number

L-645

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

The mob thinks that a woman's gorilla exhibit is the perfect place to hide their boss until the heat's off. They are surprised to discover, however, that the animals are not stuffed merely flash frozen. When she raises the temperature, the animals distract the men long enough for her to freeze them until the police arrive.

Reprints

• from World of Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series) #6 (April 1957) [Black and white]

The Head Man! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Letters

?

Characters

Ed Wilson; Francie; Mike Farroni; Linda

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #100 (September 1958) [Black and white]

Preliminary Hearing! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Characters

Glenn Ormsby; Helen Verral; Hal Verral; Martin Verral

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #100 (September 1958) [Black and white]

Phantom Submarine (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks

Paul Reinman (signed)

Letters

?

Characters

Ichabod Davis; Hosmer Everson; Robert Davis; Karl Everson

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #100 (September 1958) [Black and white]

Forgotten Forest! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Lazarus (signed)

Inks

Harry Lazarus (signed)

Letters

Ed Hamilton

Characters

Crane; Jordan; Ciachewi

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #99 (August 1958) [Black and white]

The Gift of Life (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Bill Molno

Inks

Vince Alascia

Letters

typeset

Job Number

A-3645

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #44 (December 1964) [Black and white]

Reggie Rides a Rocket! (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

humour; science fiction

Characters

Reggie Peep; Mike Edson; Marcia Jones; Princess Lorita

Synopsis

In the near future, mama's-boy Reginald Peep finds himself when he is unexpectedly rocketed to another planet.

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #103 (December 1958) [Black and white]

Witch Who Wouldn't! (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes ?

Pencils

Emil Gershwin

Inks

Emil Gershwin

Letters

Ed Hamilton

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Ben Talbot; Hazel; Miss Frobish

Synopsis

Ben Talbot finds an infant in the New England woods and raises her, but when he wants to marry her and use her occult abilities to amass wealth and power, she returns to the woods where her accelerated aging process soon makes her an old evil witch.

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #101 (October 1958) [Black and white]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Companion Comics In This Series (Table of Contents: 19)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

House ad for the Alan Class range of titles.