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Issue Details

Issue #127
Published May-June 1965
Frequency eight times a year
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard E. Hughes

Cover Details - "The Case of the Young Old Men!"

Characters Magicman
Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger [as Pete Costanza] (signed)
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger [as Pete Costanza] (signed)
Notes According to Schaffenberger in a 1998 letter, many covers at ACG were penciled and inked by him, but signed by Pete Costanza because DC editor Mort Weisinger (for whom Schaffenberger worked on the Superman Family titles at that time) did not want him drawing superhero covers for other companies.
Reprinted in Magicman (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #[nn]

16 page Magicman story "The Case of the Young Old Men!"

Characters Magicman [Tom Cargill]; Sgt. Kilkenny; Col. Blimpsworthy; Dr. Moeller
Synopsis Sergeant Kilkenny is again suspected of being Magicman and is sent to solve a string of murders. The real Magicman tags along to help out.
Genre superhero
Script Richard E. Hughes [as Zev Zimmer]
Pencils Pete Costanza
Inks Pete Costanza
Reprinted in Magicman (Avalon Communications, 1998 series) #1 (black-and-white); in Magicman (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #[nn]

1 page Nemesis promo (ad from the publisher) "Look Out -- He's After You!"

Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes house ad for Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #154, featuring Nemesis

1 page From Your Editor -- to You! letters page

Script Richard E. Hughes
Letters typeset
Notes Letters submitted by Dwayne Meisner; Chris Stanley; Colin Berry; Guy H. Lillian III; Richard Hoppenstedt

Half page statement of ownership

Letters typeset
Notes Statement of October 1, 1964 Average monthly paid circulation during preceding 12 months: 179,250 Actual sales for issue nearest filing date: 196,000 Owner: Best Syndicated Features, Inc., 2nd and Dickey Streets, Sparta, Illinois; Frederick H. Iger; H. Donenfeld

1 page story "Dreams Can Come True"

Synopsis Writer H. Rider Haggard's account of a dream he had foretelling his dog's death.
Genre occult
Pencils Ogden Whitney
Reprinted from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #89 (October 1957) [original title: Annals of the Occult]

8 page story "The Seller of Dolls!"

Synopsis A strange old man sells lifelike dolls, dolls that help him get revenge on two men who tried to swindle him.
Genre occult
Script Richard E. Hughes [as Lafcadio Lee]
Pencils Bob Jenney
Inks Bob Jenney