Alan Class,
1963 Series
- Price
- 1'- [0-1-0 GBP]
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Alan Class & Co. Ltd
- Brand
-
AC Approved Comic
Annals of the Occult!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
-
from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #92 (January 1958)
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Annals of the Occult!
comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ladies and gentlemen, as editor of this magazine,
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Frederick Forbes; Eddie Forbes
- Synopsis
- Banker Frederick Forbes vanished in 1867 with a great amount of the townspeoples' money. Nearly a hundred years later, his great-grandson agrees to undergo hypnosis to solve the mystery, and learns that it was accidental death, not villainy, that caused Forbes to disappear, and the money is finally recovered.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #92 (January 1958)
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Indexer Notes
Cover story.
[no title indexed]
Annals of the Occult / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You hear many strange stories---but few stranger than this one,
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Pop Channing
- Synopsis
- An old telegrapher dies before he can send a message to save a train. His ghost sends the message instead.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #90 (November 1957)
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Between Two Worlds!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ogden Whitney (signed as
Ogden Whitney) - Inks
- Ogden Whitney (signed as Ogden Whitney)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I tell you Don's Lodge was right here!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- June Drake; Dr. Sloan; Don Foster
- Synopsis
- A dying woman meets the ghost of a man who painted her into existence years earlier.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #90 (November 1957)
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It Happens at Night!
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- L-577
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was one of the strangest events ever to befall a man,
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Jennings
- Reprints
- from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #57 (May 1957)
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Return of the Pequod!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes ?
- Pencils
- Pete Costanza ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- Ed Hamilton
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now I've taken to seeing things that haven't existed for over 150 years!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Peter Fullmer; Mrs. Macy; Captain Ahab; Queequeg
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #88 (September 1957)
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- Keywords
- Moby Dick
[A Recurring Nightmare]
Annals of the Occult / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Most people say there's no such thing as the supernatural...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Gerald Ansco
- Reprints
Mr. Manning's Mirrors!
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Manning had been a glazier for 40 years
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mr. Manning; Johnson
- Reprints
The Talent
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- H-992
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The tramp had a beaten and bedraggled look.
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Harry; Bobby; Oswald
- Synopsis
- A tramp comes to a farmhouse asking for a hot meal in exchange for chopping wood and impresses the family with his talking dog.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #69 (June 1959) which is reprinted
- from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #3 (April 1956)
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Indexer Notes
Originally 1.75 pages the second page here has blank spaces at top and bottom.
Yesterday Today and Tomorrow
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- A-4000
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yesterday was a time, not too long ago, when people laughed at the thought of a man flying...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #47 (November 1964)
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The Isotope Man
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- A-3057
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Green Arrow three, a space-cruiser pursuing a damaged dreadnought disabled in the milky way,
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. Osborne
- Reprints
- from Space Adventures (Charlton, 1958 series) #58 (August 1964)
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Suspected of Murder!
Iron Man / comic story / 13 pages
- Job Number
- X-782-(A)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Last issue, due to his epic battle with the fearsome Black Knight, Tony Stark found...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Giant Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Sergei Amkov; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan
- Synopsis
- Tony Stark sustained an injury to his heart last issue. Now he cannot remove his Iron Man armor as he needs its power to keep him alive. Happy and Pepper, unaware of Stark's dual identity, believe that Iron Man is responsible for their employer's disappearance and they call for the police. Iron Man flees but is forced to return and battle Hawkeye when he attacks Stark's factory and kidnaps Pepper. Hawkeye escapes. Elsewhere, the Black Widow taken back to Russia by her former employers. Following her rescue, Pepper is less hostile to Iron Man and persuades the police not to arrest him.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #60 (December 1964)
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Black Omen
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed as MASTROSERIO)
- Inks
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed as MASTROSERIO)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- A-3403
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain Aln knew other Earth patrols had been here...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Aln
- Reprints
- from Space Adventures (Charlton, 1958 series) #58 (August 1964)
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Brannin's Brain!
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There were none to mourn the death of old Byron Brannin!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Byron Brannin; Jim Hardin; Lucy Hardin; Hawkins
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #86 (July 1957)
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Puzzle of the Ring!
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ogden Whitney (signed as Ogden Whitney)
- Inks
- Ogden Whitney (signed as Ogden Whitney)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's happened at a lake in upper New York State...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Jim; Mary
- Synopsis
- A woman loses her engagement ring while swimming. It's later found inside a fish being served at a diner despite the fact the fish was caught before she lost her ring.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #91 (December 1957)
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Table of Contents
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0.
Annals of the Occult!
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1.
Annals of the Occult!
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2.
["You hear many strange stories---but few stranger than this one,"]
Annals of the Occult -
3.
Between Two Worlds!
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4.
It Happens at Night!
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5.
Return of the Pequod!
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6.
[A Recurring Nightmare]
Annals of the Occult -
7.
Mr. Manning's Mirrors!
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8.
The Talent
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9.
Yesterday Today and Tomorrow
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10.
The Isotope Man
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11.
Suspected of Murder!
Iron Man -
12.
Black Omen
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13.
Brannin's Brain!
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14.
Puzzle of the Ring!
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15.
["Companion comics in this series"]
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