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Issue Details

Issue #128
Published July 1965
Frequency eight times a year
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard E. Hughes

Cover Details - "Magicman Meets Merlin!"

Characters Magicman; Merlin
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]

14 page Magicman story "Magicman Meets Merlin!"

Characters Magicman [Tom Cargill]; Merlin; Sgt. Kilkenny; Sir Lancelot; Cagliostro; Baron Angiotti
Synopsis Trying to solve a robbery performed by sorcery, Magicman travels to the past to meet Merlin and ask his advice, but finds Merlin plagued by a similar problem. He deduces that it's his father the wizard Cagliostro, who's responsible, and travels to his time. Cagliostro stole all the wealth to ransom his queen, kidnapped by Baron Angiotti, so Magicman frees the queen and returns the stolen treasures.
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 Jerry Vasily; Penny Icard; Mike Redman; Steven Moore; Carolyn Volovar

5 page story "Only Tough Guys Get Places!"

Synopsis Rocket pilot Gary Faulkner is a real bully who looks forward to his first space mission where he plans to conquer the planet they're exploring. However, the aliens have a timid-ray which reverses his personality permanently.
Genre science fiction
Script Richard Hughes [as Pierre Alonzo]
Pencils Edd Ashe
Inks Edd Ashe

1 page Nemesis; Herbie promo (ad from the publisher) "Gangway for Gasps!"

Genre superhero; humor
Notes house ad for Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series), featuring Nemesis, and Herbie (American Comics Group, 1964 series)

6 page story "Loom of Fate!"

Synopsis Unscrupulous antiques dealer Jasper Ferall discovers the legendary Norns, who appear to be simply three elderly sisters weaving tapestries. But when he tries to take advantage of one's ability to tell the future, he learns that not everything can be foreseen.
Genre horror
Script Richard E. Hughes [as Bob Standish]
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman
Reprinted from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #109 (July 1959) [original title: The Weavers of Doom]