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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published October 1981
Cover Price 0.95 USD
Pages 98
Editing ?

Cover Details

Pencils Bob Powell; Jack Kirby; Joe Simon; ?
Inks Bob Powell, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, ?
Reprinted The cover is a collage of images reprinted from the stories inside, and elsewhere

1 page filler "Title Page"

Pencils Bob Powell; Jack Kirby; Joe Simon
Inks Bob Powell, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Reprinted This is a collage of images and titles reprinted from the stories inside

1 page story "Strange Superstitions"

Pencils Howard Nostrand
Inks Howard Nostrand
Reprinted from ?

5 page story "Colorama"

Synopsis You are hypersensitive to color, and the doctor may have a cure, but you will have to kill him to get it
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell
Reprinted from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #45 [with changes]

2 page story "Logan's Next Life"

Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Reprinted from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #1

5 page story "Line-Up!"

Synopsis There's been a murder in the hill country, and it's time for justice
Pencils Howard Nostrand
Inks Howard Nostrand
Reprinted from ? [with changes]

2 page story "The Hero"

Reprinted from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #2

2 page story "The First Man on the Moon"

Reprinted from Race for the Moon (Harvey, 1958 series) #1

5 page story "Canceled!"

Synopsis A banker hires a hit man, but refuses to pay when the intended victim dies an accidental death
Reprinted from ? [with changes]

5 page story "The Caddis Seed!"

Synopsis An eccentric scientist discovers a way to grow men from seeds
Script Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Reprinted from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #1

5 page story "The Fourth Dimension is a Many Splattered Thing!"

Synopsis When mysterious robberies hit a hat store, the owner follows the thieves into the Fourth Dimension!
Script Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Reprinted from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #1

6 page story "The Last Enemy!"

Synopsis A time traveler discovers that in 2514, the human race is extinct, and intelligent animals rule the Earth
Script Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Notes In many ways, this story is a prototype for Jack Kirby's later series, Kamandi
Reprinted from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #1

4 page story "Donnegan's Daffy Chair"

Synopsis A hapless janitor takes a wild ride in a mysterious chair
Script Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Reprinted from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #1

6 page story "Hole in the Wall"

Synopsis An unemployed proofreader finds a gateway to another dimension
Script Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Reprinted from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #2

4 page story "The Big Hunt"

Synopsis A bored hunter travels to Dimension 5 to hunt the strange creatures there, but the boys at the club don't believe him
Script Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Reprinted from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #2

1 page The Man in Black called Fate filler "title page"

Characters Venus; The Weaver
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell
Reprinted from MAN IN BLACK (Harvey, 1957 series) #1; from Thrill-O-Rama (Harvey, 1965 series) #1

5 page The Man in Black called Fate story "Brush Strokes"

Synopsis A painter wishes to paint the greatest painting ever, but when Fate grants his wish, things don't go the way he planned
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell
Reprinted from Man in Black (Harvey, 1957 series) #1

2 page story "Second Chance"

Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell
Reprinted from Man in Black (Harvey, 1957 series) #1

5 page The Man in Black called Fate story "The Hanging Thread"

Synopsis When the Weaver decrees a certain man must die in a shipwreck, his wife tries to defy Fate
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell
Notes Venus, The Weaver
Reprinted from Man in Black (Harvey, 1957 series) #1

5 page The Man in Black called Fate story "The Fly in the Ointment"

Synopsis In ancient Arabia, a corrupt king tries to kill a young man and claim the man's sister for his harem. Put Fate has other plans . . .
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell
Reprinted from Man in Black (Harvey, 1957 series) #1

5 page The Weaver story "untitled"

Synopsis In ancient Rome, a henpecked gladiator thinks he will get away with murder. But the thread of his life is shorter than that
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell
Reprinted from Man in Black (Harvey, 1957 series) #1

5 page story "The Fireballs"

Synopsis Fireballs that seem to move with intelligence appear in a rural area
Script Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Reprinted from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #2

5 page story "I Want to Be a Man!"

Synopsis A supercomputer gains consciousness, but he wants more...
Script Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Reprinted from Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 series) #2

5 page story "Knockout!"

Synopsis A fighter gains self-confidence from a mysterious potion
Reprinted from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #45

5 page story "The Invasion!"

Synopsis A couple panics when the television reports flying saucers have landed
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell
Reprinted from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #21 [with changes]