Dates
- Cover date
- September 1970
- On sale
- June 16, 1970
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #5 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition15¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition1/- [0-1-0 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 1/- [0-1-0 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- The Return of Taboo! · 7 pages
After his apparent destruction, Taboo reconstitutes himself and runs amok. He is eventually stopped by the arrival of others from his world, who reveal that he is not an advance scout for invasion, but merely a deranged criminal.
- The Strange Magic of Master Khan! · 5 pages
A pirate steals the ship of an Asian sorcerer. The ship's owner curses the thieves, shrinking the ship and imprisoning them in a glass bottle.
- We Met in the Swamp! · 5 pages
A hermit claims to have helped a group of aliens in return for a chest of treasure. The chest is empty, but he realizes that air is precious to space travellers.
- I Lived a Ghost Story! · 4 pages
A real estate agent tries to dissuade a man from buying a haunted house, but he insists on spending a night there. He is chased from the house by spirits and is scared off, which relieves the agent, since he is one of the ghosts, and wouldn't want to have to share their home.