([1962])
Thorpe & Porter,
1962? Series
- Price
- 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]
- Pages
- 68
- On-sale Date
- 1962 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Top Sellers Ltd.
- Brand
-
TP
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Year extrapolated from advert for Race for the Moon comics in Flash (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 series) issues 1 & 2 https://www.comics.org/issue/760804/?issue_detail=2#1628535 and advert in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter) issue 22 https://www.comics.org/issue/515291/?issue_detail=2#2557685 offering a set of compendium LPs with songs issued and current in 1964 - 65.
Secret of the Skyscraper-Spaceship!
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a spaceship from Earth! We must prevent it from landing on Mars"
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #42 (February-March 1958)
-
I Know the Secret of the Poltergeist!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- T-84
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I am an investigator of the supernatural and...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #1 (January 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
First line is followed by the title.
He Stole 50 Years
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- M-365
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He was the kind of newspaper publisher that would use any means,
- Genre
- crime; science fiction
- Characters
- Vincent Slade; Andrew Slade
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #15 (December 1958)
-
- Keywords
- The Electronic Cavalcader
Strange Doings in Cell 4-B!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- M-232
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Porter dreamed of nothing but escape!
- Genre
- crime; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Porter; Pop (prison inmates)
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #15 (December 1958)
-
The Uncanny Keys
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Richard Doxsee (signed)
- Inks
- Richard Doxsee (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- M-293
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Only once in a million years could a man find a set of keys like the ones Shelton discovered!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Shelton
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #15 (December 1958)
-
The Sinister Supermen
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- M-271
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nothing on Earth could stop them!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Yates; Frisco
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #15 (December 1958)
-
Vial of Inspiration
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (inset illustrations)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (inset illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- J-628
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It happened when Gus Harris was an apple-cheeked youngster with tattered bluejeans.
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Gus Harris; Mr. Peters; Mrs. Peters
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #6 (March 1957) which is reprinted
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #47 (June 1956) [retitled]
-
The Secret of Stephen Durham
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- K-135
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They were the closest of friends, as their fathers before them had been!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Clark Wendall; Stephen Durham
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #15 (December 1958)
-
It Waits under the Sea!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- M-327
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How could Felix Bradin have known after years of careful planning,
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Felix Bradin; Harry Spahn
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #66 (December 1958)
-
We Found the Ninth Wonder of the World!
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- T-83
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We searched for a forgotten man in forgotten waters--
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Simmons; Briggs; Kane
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #1 (January 1959)
-
Mystery of the Mountain
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- L-506
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The professor's theory had to be wrong!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #15 (December 1958)
-
The Heat's On
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Gene Colan; Don Heck (inset Illustrations)
- Inks
- Gene Colan; Don Heck (inset Illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- H-366
- Genre
- science fiction
- 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"]
-
He Wore a Black Beard
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ed Winiarski (signed as Win)
- Inks
- Ed Winiarski (signed as Win)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- M-416
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It didn't matter what the mysterious invention was!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Wally Rogers; Ralph Blaine
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #66 (December 1958)
-
The Eerie Experiment!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Robert Q. Sale (signed as Robert Q. Sale)
- Inks
- Robert Q. Sale (signed as Robert Q. Sale)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- M-288
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ben Darrow's startlingly sudden ability to know what was going to happen next
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ben Darrow; Peter Ivanov; Phil Walker; Howie Barnes
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #66 (December 1958)
-
I Foiled an Enemy Invasion!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed as
JACK DAVIS) - Inks
- Jack Davis (signed as JACK DAVIS)
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ? (sourced)
- Job Number
- T-82
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was too incredible to believe!!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mark Briton
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #1 (January 1959)
-
I Was the First Man to Set Foot on...the Mystery Planet!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- T-85
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My visit to the mystery planet started out as a business adventure!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Hank Jordan; Tom Jonson
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #1 (January 1959)
-
Time Machine
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- G-85
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think the first time I really began to think seriously about the mysteries of Time was when I was about fourteen years old.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #57 (March 1957) which is reprinted
- from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #35 (June 1955) [as "Time Machine"]
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Secret of the Skyscraper-Spaceship!
-
1.
I Know the Secret of the Poltergeist!
-
2.
He Stole 50 Years
-
3.
Strange Doings in Cell 4-B!
-
4.
The Uncanny Keys
-
5.
The Sinister Supermen
-
6.
Vial of Inspiration
-
7.
The Secret of Stephen Durham
-
8.
It Waits under the Sea!
-
9.
We Found the Ninth Wonder of the World!
-
10.
Mystery of the Mountain
-
11.
The Heat's On
-
12.
He Wore a Black Beard
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13.
The Eerie Experiment!
-
14.
I Foiled an Enemy Invasion!
-
15.
I Was the First Man to Set Foot on...the Mystery Planet!
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16.
Time Machine
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Guy Budziak
- Stephen Mitchell
- Paul Robinson
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