Alan Class,
1963 Series
- Price
- 1'- [0-1-0 GBP]
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Alan Class & Co. Ltd
- Brand
-
AC Approved Comic
- Editing
- Alan Class (reprint editor)
The Return of the Ant Man!
Ant-Man / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Hank Pym]
- Reprints
-
from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #35 (September 1962)
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Indexer Notes
Cover taken from an unaltered stat. Info per Nick Caputo, September 2014.
Return of the Ant-Man, Part 1
Ant-Man / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This will be a great boon to mankind!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Hank Pym] (origin) (first appearance as Ant-Man)
- Synopsis
- Henry Pym invents an anti-radiation gas, that attracts the attention of communist spies. Henry eludes them by shrinking himself once again.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #35 (September 1962)
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- Keywords
- anti-radiation formula; enlarging serum; reducing serum
[Return of the Ant-Man] Part 2, An Army of Ants!
Ant-Man / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Must be careful!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Hank Pym]
- Synopsis
- Henry Pym learns how to command ants to do his bidding and frees his captured assistants, with the help of the ants.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #35 (September 1962)
-
- Keywords
- cybernetic helmet
[Return of the Ant-Man] Part 3, The Ant-Man's Revenge!
Ant-Man / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One by one, Henry Pym, frees his assistants, but yet, the tiny human's task is only half done!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Hank Pym]
- Synopsis
- Henry Pym invents an anti-radiation gas, that attracts the attention of communist spies. Henry eludes them by shrinking himself once again.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #35 (September 1962)
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When Dave Opened the Door
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Brown ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- H-546
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #31 (February 1956)
-
Dark Room!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- H-321
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #31 (February 1956)
-
Behind the Locked Door!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Pete Tumlinson (signed)
- Inks
- Pete Tumlinson (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- F-47
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- When a man with a robotics researcher as a girlfriend gets a robot from her, the creature builds itself a girlfriend robot. When the human woman sees the girl robot, she flies into a jealous rage and shoots her beau before he can explain that the girl is just a robot.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #19 (November 1954)
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St. Mary's Specter
True Ghosts of History / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Johnson
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #4 (April-May 1949)
-
The Haunted Halls
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- L273
- Synopsis
- When a man enters a castle, he becomes the resident ghost.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #44 (March 1957)
-
The Heat's On
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Gene Colan; Don Heck
- Inks
- Gene Colan; Don Heck
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- H-366
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- John Tyler; Mary Tyler; Bobby Tyler
- Synopsis
- When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #44 (March 1957) which is reprinted
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #37 (November 1955) [as "The Heat's On"]
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The Black Boxes!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- K877
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- In the year 1958, when ICBMs become a reality, mysterious black boxes appear in the sky which render them ineffectual.
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #57 (January 1957)
-
I Am the... Gorilla-Man
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- V-488
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You... come closer...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Gorilla-Man [Franz Radzik]
- Synopsis
- An inventor transfers his mind into a gorilla to commit crimes, but the gorilla controlling his body turns against him.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #28 (February 1962)
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Timetable
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- H-451
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #31 (February 1956)
-
The Man Who Was Taken!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- K388
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #55 (November 1956)
-
The Man Who Watched over Me
Fanfare Series / comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Linda [Dula]; Mr. Jones [Erik]; Harry
- Reprints
- from Unknown Worlds (American Comics Group, 1960 series) #46 (March 1966) which is reprinted
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #58 (September 1957) [retitled]
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Inside the Furnace!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Robert Q. Sale (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Q. Sale (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- K678
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A man goes back in time and robs himself.
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #57 (January 1957)
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Case of the Ghost Bat
True Ghost Tales / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Ruby Moxey
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #18 (April 1951)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Return of the Ant Man!
Ant-Man -
1.
Return of the Ant-Man, Part 1
Ant-Man -
2.
[Return of the Ant-Man] Part 2, An Army of Ants!
Ant-Man -
3.
[Return of the Ant-Man] Part 3, The Ant-Man's Revenge!
Ant-Man -
4.
When Dave Opened the Door
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5.
Dark Room!
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6.
Behind the Locked Door!
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7.
St. Mary's Specter
True Ghosts of History -
8.
The Haunted Halls
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9.
The Heat's On
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10.
The Black Boxes!
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11.
I Am the... Gorilla-Man
-
12.
Timetable
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13.
The Man Who Was Taken!
-
14.
The Man Who Watched over Me
Fanfare Series -
15.
Inside the Furnace!
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16.
Case of the Ghost Bat
True Ghost Tales
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Roger Brochu
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Karsten S.
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
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