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| Additional Information | |
| Name | Alarming Tales 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Tommy Donnegan |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby (see notes) Joe Simon (see notes) |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| First Line | What was it?.. Who built it?... Where was the chair taking him? |
| Notes | Cover is a composite with main figure drawn by Joe Simon and background figures by Kirby, per Harry Medryk: http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4414 Previous indexer credited George Rousous with inking. |
| Advertisement | DeLuxe Photo Service (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Tony Curtis (photo); Debbie Reynolds (photo); Elvis Presley (photo) |
| First Line | 631 movie & TV star pictures 25¢ |
| Contents | No Title (1 page) |
| Characters | Tommy Donnegan; Eddie Michaels; Max Hall |
| Script | Joe Simon ? |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby (illustrations) |
| Inks | Jack Kirby Joe Simon (illustrations) |
| First Line | We're off!! Into the realm of the unknown!!! |
| Notes | Contents page with scenes from interior stories. |
| Advertisement | Zenith Stamps (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Everything you need to enjoy stamp collecting yours for only 25¢ |
| Comic Story | The Cadmus Seed! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Googer has created plant men. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Professor Horace Googer |
| Script | Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Jack Kirby |
| Letters | Howard Ferguson |
| Notes | Kirby inks per Harry Mendryk. Writer credits this issue from Martin O'Hearn. |
| Comic Story | Logan's Next Life! (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tom thinks his friend Rex has been reincarnated as a dog. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Tom Conway; Mary Conway; Rex Logan |
| Script | Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| Letters | Howard Ferguson |
| Notes | Page count corrected by Chris Dosevski via the GCD Errors list, December 2008. Simon inks per Harry Mendryk. |
| Comic Story | The Fourth Dimension is a Many Splattered Thing! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Eddie chases a burgler into the fourth dimension. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Eddie Michaels; Max Hall |
| Script | Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Jack Kirby |
| Letters | Howard Ferguson |
| Notes | Kirby inks info per Harry Mendryk. |
| Advertisement | Tim Calhoun's Sliding Note Finder Harmonica (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Tim Calhoun |
| First Line | Start to play real music on the harmonica in 15 minutes flat! |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Pencils | various |
| Inks | various |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Men! Boys! Here are the best exciting adventure stories! |
| Advertisement | 3-Way Hurricane Lantern (1 page) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| First Line | 3-way hurricane lantern |
| Advertisement | Motor Overhaul Additive (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Like-new motor overhaul job $2.98 |
| Comic Story | The Last Enemy! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Drake travels to 2514 AD. He finds dead tigers in a field. A rat tells him that all humans were killed in an atomic war and that animals inherited the earth. Drake is knocked out and back at their lair they demand the secret of making atom bombs. Suddenly the lair is attacked knocking Drake out. He wakes up in a bed with a dog, fox and bear at his side. The General enters the room and tells him that only rats want to continue fighting, everyone else wants peace. Drake gives him the secret of atomic bombs. Drake travels back to the present hoping that dogs will be better than rats. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Hammond Drake; Rat leader; The General (a bulldog) |
| Script | Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Jack Kirby |
| Letters | Howard Ferguson |
| Notes | In some ways, this story anticipates Kirby's later Kamandi strip, as it features a future world populated by talking dogs and rats. Kirby inks per Harry Mendryk. |
| Text Story | Sealed Doom / Black Cat (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Linda and Rick are summoned to police headquarters to identify a dead actress. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Rick Horne; The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Charlie Niles |
| Text Story | Blind Fury / Black Cat (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A press agent has been murdered at the studio. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Edward Joliffe; The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; C. B. de Pille; Rick Horne |
| Comic Story | Donnegan's Daffy Chair (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Donnegan sits in an inventor's fancy chair and launches it. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Timothy Donnegan; Sam; Frank |
| Script | Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Jack Kirby |
| Letters | Howard Ferguson |
| Notes | Kirby inks per Harry Mendryk. |
| Advertisement | Automatic Firing BB Machine Gun |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Automatic firing tripod machine gun |
| Advertisement | Miniature [Midget, Mini, Spy, Secret Spy, Mycro] Camera |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Amazing precision miniature secret camera |
| Notes | Precision Miniature Secret Camera, from Honor House Products. |
| Advertisement | Kajar Book of Magic (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Kajar (photo) |
| First Line | Magician tells all! |
| Advertisement | Jowett Institute of Physical Training (1 page) |
| Script | George Jowett |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | George Jowett (photo); John Sill (photo); Tony Pascarella (photo); Jim Norman (photo) |
| First Line | How to gain up to 50 lbs. of mighty muscles! |
| Yogi Berra Homers in the 9th - Wins Big Game! / Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve (1 page) | |
| Synopsis | Yogi Berra tells kids how they can get gifts by selling White Cloverine Brand Salve. |
| Pencils | ?; ? (photograph) |
| Inks | ?; ? (photograph) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Characters | Yogi Berra |
| Notes | Ad in comic form. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
