Issue | #128 |
Published | July 1965 |
Frequency | eight times a year |
Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Richard E. Hughes |
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] |
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] |
Script | Richard E. Hughes |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Letters submitted by Jerry Vasily; Penny Icard; Mike Redman; Steven Moore; Carolyn Volovar |
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 |
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) |
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] |