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Adventures into the Unknown #144

American Comics Group · Series began 1948 · October-November 1963

Dates

Cover date
October-November 1963
On sale
August 22, 1963
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Ogden Whitney, Chic Stone, Sam Citron, Tom Hickey, Dick Beckinks: Chic Stone, Sam Citron, Tom Hickey, Pete Costanzascript: Richard Hughes

Stories

  • What a Picture It Would Make! · 13 pages

    A low-budget film studio considers making a picture about Wilhelm Brandt, a sorcerer who was cheated out of payment after freeing a town from a plague of wolves. But they didn't count on the actor they hire being the reincarnation of Brandt.

  • Coward! · Fanfare Series · 7 pages

    Thanks to a mysterious cure-all, Professor George Meeker finds himself thrown into the past and his cowardly ways gone.

  • Cursed Sword · 2 pages

    After expelling an old man from town the townsfolk believe to be a wizard, the Duke De Severne receives a sword which brings tragedy to him and his descendants.

  • Welcome to a Hero! · 4 pages

    Tom Marshall, Earth's peace emissary, returns from Xanta...or so it seems!

Reprinted in

Weird Planets (1962), Creepy Worlds (1962), Sinister Tales (1964), Buried Alive! (1980), Deeds of the Diabolical (1980), Macabre Destiny (1984), Swords of Valor (1990)

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