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Issue Details

Issue #131
Published October 1965
Frequency eight times a year
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard E. Hughes

Cover Details - "Pirate Peril!"

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]

12 page Magicman story "Pirate Peril!"

Characters Magicman [Tom Cargill]; Sgt. Kilkenny; Dr. Oswald
Synopsis On vacation in a seaside New England town, Tom Cargill meets Dr. Oswald, a psychic researcher who summons the ghosts of a pirate crew that wreaks havoc until they are stopped by Magicman.
Genre superhero
Script Richard E. Hughes [as Zev Zimmer]
Pencils Pete Costanza
Inks Pete Costanza
Reprinted in Magicman (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #[nn]

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

Script Richard E. Hughes
Letters typeset
Notes Letters submitted by Joseph Smith, Jr.; Patricia Collins; Jerry W. Pritchett; Pat Schul; Eddie Soto; Marc Wolfson; Paul Manheimer

6 page story "Two Weeks with Pay"

Synopsis Hobbs always makes up wild stories about his vacation exploits that no one believes. This year, he is captured by aliens, and when he returns to work, doesn't say a word about it.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Emil Gershwin
Inks Emil Gershwin
Reprinted from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #104 (January 1959) [original title: Mr. Hobbs's Vacation]

1 page story "The Four-Fingered Hand!"

Characters Attila the Hun; Adolf Hitler
Synopsis A strange talisman is found on dead evildoers throughout history.
Genre occult
Script Richard E. Hughes
Pencils Chic Stone
Inks Chic Stone

6 page story "Master of His Fate!"

Synopsis Cyrus Robroy insists to everyone that he controls his own destiny, but the gods, amused by his arrogance, have other ideas.
Genre occult
Script Richard E. Hughes [as Ace Aquila]
Pencils Edd Ashe
Inks Edd Ashe