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CATALOG RECORD

Astounding Stories #190

Alan Class · Series began 1966 · [circa 1988 - 1989]

Dates

Cover date
[circa 1988 - 1989]
On sale
1988
Pages
100

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Steve Ditko, Matt Baker, Mort Drucker, Ken Landau, Bob Powell, John Tartaglione, John Forteinks: Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Vince Colletta, Steve Ditko, Mort Drucker, Ken Landau, John Tartaglione, John Forteletters: Jon D'Agostinoscript: Carl Wessler

Stories

  • The Worlds of Kirby · 6 pages
  • Jeb's Well · 5 pages

    Jeb Heston fears his well reaches to Satan's domain so he covers it back up.

  • Transition · 7 pages
  • Incident on the 3rd Planet · 8 pages

    An alien from Saturn tells a doctor his story of flight from Jovians only to find the doctor is a Jovian in disguise. But the Saturnian turns the tables on his Jovian captors.

  • Strong Boy · 6 pages
  • The Thought Taker · 2 pages

    John Roebling pays Professor Conelton millions for his method of thought transfer, but Conelton develops amnesia before he can explain how he does it.

  • They Say It's Haunted · 5 pages

    The Greers move into a haunted house...again?

  • The Man Who Couldn't Miss · 6 pages
  • The House That Cheered Up · 5 pages

    A run-down house cheers up a couple and vice versa.

  • The Boy From Beyond · 7 pages
  • Base of Operations · 5 pages

    A pair of fishermen are warned from fishing near Bolara, but Bolara is really just a way for aliens to keep humans away.

  • Lady of the House · 4 pages

    A magical house convinces Hall Brencher to turn himself into the police.

  • King of the World · 5 pages

    A physicist wants his youth back so he can use his knowledge to lord it over people and drinks a youth serum that regresses him to infancy.

  • The Other Self · 5 pages
  • Calculated Risk! · 3 pages

    Scouts from the planet Volarnus go to Earth to size it up for invasion. They try to land on a patch of uninhabited territory that their ships echo detector confirms. They land only to realize that this uninhabited territory is the Ocean and they sink. When they don't radio back to their home planet, the other Volarnians believe that Earth is too dangerous and call off the planned invasion.

  • The Door That Wouldn't Stay Shut! · 4 pages

    A landlord replaces a tenant's door with a door that continues to open of its own volition, so the man nails it shut for the night. When a fire breaks out, the door still opens itself, despite the nails. After the fire has been dealt with the tenant is surprised to see the words 'Fire Exit' printed underneath the paint the fire had scoured away.

  • A Jinn Named Joe · 5 pages

    An office employee gets a Jinn who helps him achieve material success, but then he becomes unpopular around the office. When the Jinn disappears, things go back to the way they were before.

  • The Right Spot · 2 pages
  • Martians, I Greet You! · 2 pages
  • He Came From Nowhere · 4 pages

    A man down on his luck is helped out by a 'dog' who is actually an angel.

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