UFO Flying Saucers #4 [Whitman]
([November 1974])

Western, 1968 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Whitman W [with Face]
Editing
?

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of UFO Flying Saucers (Western, 1968 series) #4 [Gold Key].

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

UFO Flying Saucers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Wilson (painting)
Inks
George Wilson (painting)
Colors
George Wilson (painting)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Are they trying to tell us something?
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from Alberto Becatinni

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204 Revolutionary War Soldiers (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Mississippi Mystery (Table of Contents: 2)

UFO Flying Saucers / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Bolle
Inks
Frank Bolle
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
90259-411 U.F.O.#4-748
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Charles Hickson; Calvin Parker
Synopsis
Pascagoula, Mississippi, two men fishing at the river's edge are abducted by a UFO.
Reprints
Keywords
alien; alien abduction; flying saucer; UFO

Indexer Notes

Faces, inking and undramatic movements are similar to Bolle's signed story in #10.

Get These Dynamite Embroidered Cloth Patches... (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Gandalf Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

From out of the Past (Table of Contents: 4)

UFO Flying Saucers Special Feature / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Bolle
Inks
Frank Bolle
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Prophet Ezekiel
Synopsis
The vision of the prophet Ezekiel 593 B.C.
Reprints
Keywords
sundog; UFO

Indexer Notes

Artwork so similar to his signed work it has to be Bolle.

Marsh Gas in Michigan (Table of Contents: 5)

Are We Being Told the Truth? / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Bolle
Inks
Frank Bolle
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
Can marsh gas be picked up by radar? Can over 100 witnesses be wrong? Another "explanation" to ridicule the observers.
Reprints
Keywords
conspiracy; Michigan

Indexer Notes

Faces and movement must be Bolle, but he differs some in his inking.

Case #1: The "Shy" UFO / Case #2: Aliens Go Home! (Table of Contents: 6)

UFO Case Book / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Bolle
Inks
Frank Bolle
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Reg Bone (basketball coach)
Synopsis
They call it "shy" because it only appears on dark nights, and zooms away before anyone can get close to it.
Reprints
Keywords
UFO

Indexer Notes

Faces and movements are Bolle.

Scary, Life Size Monster Ghost (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Melton Co. Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Make Excellent Extra Cash (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Engravaplates Social Security Cards / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Kids, Roach Designs Are Now Available As Iron-On Transfers! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Gandalf Products / advertisement / 0.5 ? page (report information)

The Night Visitors (Table of Contents: 10)

UFO Flying Saucers / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Bolle
Inks
Frank Bolle
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
William Booth Gill; Ananias
Synopsis
Missionary in New Guinea visited by a UFO in 1959.
Reprints
Keywords
missionary; UFO

Fun Tricks Free Things (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Gandalf Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Kinross Kidnapping (Table of Contents: 12)

UFO Flying Saucers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Bolle
Inks
Frank Bolle
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Lt. Felix Moncla Jr. (pilot); Lt. R.R Wilson (pilot)
Synopsis
Fighter plane disappears in encounter with a UFO over Lake Superior in 1953.
Reprints
Keywords
Lake Superior; Michigan; UFO

Stendec (Table of Contents: 13)

UFO Flying Saucers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Bolle
Inks
Frank Bolle
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Capt. R.J. Cook (pilot)
Synopsis
The BOAC jetliner Stardust disappears in 1947 over Santiago.
Reprints
Keywords
Santiago

The Hoaxmaster Knows -- and Tells All! (Table of Contents: 14)

UFO Flying Saucers / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Bolle
Inks
Frank Bolle
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Hoaxmaster
Synopsis
The Hoaxmaster tells of various fake UFO sightings.
Reprints
Keywords
Greenwood Delaware; Gulfport Mississippi; Jonesboro Arkansas; Louisiana State University; Mobile Alabama; psychic; Xenia Ohio

Sell Grit (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Order by Mail (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

The Fun House Novelties / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Incident in Vietnam (Table of Contents: 17)

UFO Flying Saucers / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Bolle
Inks
Frank Bolle
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A UFO stops all engines at an American base in Vietnam.
Reprints
Keywords
UFO; Vietnam

100 Toy Soldiers (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Collections (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Collections / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

It's As Easy As S.L.C. (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Sales Leadership Club Cards / Stationery / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Are they trying to tell us something?"]
    UFO Flying Saucers
  2. 1. 204 Revolutionary War Soldiers
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  3. 2. The Mississippi Mystery
    UFO Flying Saucers
  4. 3. Get These Dynamite Embroidered Cloth Patches...
    Gandalf Products
  5. 4. From out of the Past
    UFO Flying Saucers Special Feature
  6. 5. Marsh Gas in Michigan
    Are We Being Told the Truth?
  7. 6. Case #1: The "Shy" UFO / Case #2: Aliens Go Home!
    UFO Case Book
  8. 7. Scary, Life Size Monster Ghost
    Melton Co. Products
  9. 8. Make Excellent Extra Cash
    Engravaplates Social Security Cards
  10. 9. Kids, Roach Designs Are Now Available As Iron-On Transfers!
    Gandalf Products
  11. 10. The Night Visitors
    UFO Flying Saucers
  12. 11. Fun Tricks Free Things
    Gandalf Products
  13. 12. The Kinross Kidnapping
    UFO Flying Saucers
  14. 13. Stendec
    UFO Flying Saucers
  15. 14. The Hoaxmaster Knows -- and Tells All!
    UFO Flying Saucers
  16. 15. Sell Grit
    Grit Newspaper
  17. 16. Order by Mail
    The Fun House Novelties
  18. 17. Incident in Vietnam
    UFO Flying Saucers
  19. 18. 100 Toy Soldiers
    100 Toy Soldiers
  20. 19. Collections
    Collections
  21. 20. It's As Easy As S.L.C.
    Sales Leadership Club Cards / Stationery
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