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| Again, the story "The Asteroid Witch" has art by a young Curt Swan. He really does his girls well doesn't he? |
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| "Asteroid Witch" is signed Murphy Anderson and it is excellent. Also stories by Ogden Whitney and the young Wally Wood. |
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| Good, sharp scans--pages not crooked. Can't wait to read this interesting comic! |
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| Cover art by the famous science fiction illustrator Robert Gibson Jones (Fantastic Adventures,Amazing Stories). |
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| A superb cover. Really draws you in. |
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| Fantástico vuestro trabajo. Gracias. |
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| p.36 is worth the price of admission all by itself! |
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| Gran trabajo. Saludos. Muchas gracias. |
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| Me parece un aporte fabuloso. Gracias |
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| I definitely would have bought it on newstand!
Looks like a 10 to me! |
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| This first issue is undated, but the U.S. Catalog of Copyright Entries gives its copyright date as October 1, 1950. |
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| Jerry Siegel got to return to his first love, science fiction, as editor of this comic book. And he (according to the credits from GCDb) also wrote the script for "The Asteroid Witch". Not surprising, since plenty of editors (Stan Lee, for instance) also hired themselves to write stories. There are no writing credits listed on any of the other stories here however. Lou Mougin seems pretty sure that Jerry wrote "The Asteroid Witch", but what about the other stories? And you know what? If you compare AMAZING Adventures #1 to DC's STRANGE Adventures #1 (edited by another old-time SF fan, Julius Schwartz), the Siegel-edited AMAZING does not come off too badly by comparison. Or for that matter, to another 1950 SF title, the Bill Gaines-edited WEIRD SCIENCE #1. Both first issues contained at least one story written by Gardner Fox, and it doesn't seem unlikely that he could have contributed to AA, as well. Harry Harrison also seems like a likely possibility (based on the inclusion of a Wallace Wood-drawn story) since the two men shared a studio at the time. Seems like Murphy Anderson would turn up almost everywhere there was any opportunity for drawing SF stories, whether it be DC, Ziff-Davis, Better/Standard, or Fiction House's PLANET COMICS. And "The Stone Men" seems to prefigure the Atlas/Marvel style of giant alien monsters, in particular one called "The Terror of Tim Boo Ba" that appeared in AMAZING Adult Fantasy #9 (drawn by Steve Ditko). |
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"Get out of my way, you Martian tramp!"
Classic. |
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| Trespasser in Time is signed at the very end by Alex Schomburg! It's on page 29, bottom right. |
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| "Asteroid Witch" looks a lot like Scarlet Witch. Coincidence? I THINK...so. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | The signature on the cover is that of Robert Gibson Jones, who was a pulp artist. Both this credit and the issue editing by Jerry Siegel, is confirmed in a news item in Fantasy Times 114 (1950-09-02) |
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| Cover | Thrilling Science-Fiction Tales! |
| Credits | Pencils: Robert Gibson Jones [as R. Jones] (signed painting) | Inks: Robert Gibson Jones [as R. Jones] (signed painting) | Colors: Robert Gibson Jones [as R. Jones] (signed painting) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
| Notes | The signature on the cover is that of Robert Gibson Jones, who was a pulp artist. Both this credit and the issue editing by Jerry Siegel, is confirmed in a news item in Fantasy Times 114 (1950-09-02) |
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| Featuring | Amazing Facts From Nature |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | On the inside front cover. Signature noted by Ger Apeldoorn via the GCD Error Tracker. |
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| Comic Story | The Asteroid Witch (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Vince breaks up with his Martian girlfriend Kit-E to seek the legendary Asteroid Witch. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Vince Darrow; Kit-E; Timothy; the Asteroid Witch |
| Notes | Writer ID determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin. |
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| Comic Story | A-Day (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bob Johnson, attache to the U.S. delegation at the United Nations, is contacted by Kan Dal. The Atlanteans were nearly destroyed by their atomic war with Mu, so they offer their secrets for harnessing atomic power for peaceful purposes to the world to head off another atomic conflict. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Bob Johnson; Lizbeth; Kan Dal; Josef Stalin |
| Notes | United Nations; Atlantis; flying saucers |
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| Comic Story | Winged Death on Venus (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The DuPreys trick Chet into guiding them to the city of the Winged People, where Wagner plans to steal the diamond eye of their idol, Anacinth. He'd stolen the other eye thirty years ago to begin his fortune, but after some bad investments he needs the other one. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Chet Fields; Ronjli; Wagner DuPrey (dies); Magda DuPrey; ant men; winged people |
| Notes | Letterer credit comes from reprint in Doc Weird's Thrill Book. [MN 3/2008] |
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| Comic Story | Trespasser in Time (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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| Comic Story | The Stone Men (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Stan's fiancee Judy insists on going along when he is dispatched to investigate a meteorite. The meteorite turns out to be the scout ship for invaders from another planet. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Stan Carlson; Judy Thomas; Juan (dies) |
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| Featuring | Cosmic Comics |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Signature noted by Ger Apeldoorn via the GCD Error Tracker. |
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| Featuring | Amazing Prophecies |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | On back cover. |
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