Dates
- Cover date
- March 1962
- On sale
- December 12, 1961
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #27 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- Oog Lives Again! · 7 pages
An alien trapped in ice is freed and mocks the fearful humans as it waits to be rescued. "Invade you? You have nothing we want! We should quarantine you!"
- From Outer Space · 2 pages
When hostile aliens come to Earth of the future they are persuaded not to enslave humanity because of Earth's music.
- On the Trail of the Witch! · 6 pages
A witch is fearful of being pursued by a witch-hunter, but it turns out her fears are groundless as he is also a witch.
- John Doe · 5 pages
An inventor creates a humanoid robot and treats it like a close friend. When the robot sacrifices itself to save him from a bear, his friends realize that the inventor is also a robot.
- His Name Was...Merlin! · 5 pages
An untalented magician who takes the name Merlin is visited by the spirit of the real Merlin in the form of a derelict and offers to teach him some tricks. When the man learns Merlin's last trick of completely disappearing, he stiffs Merlin his fee. Merlin tells him that he'll be sorry and is the last to depart the theater after the magician uses his disappearing trick and is never seen again.
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