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| Date | | Number: 85 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Astounding Stories 85 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 GBP | Pages: 100 |
| Notes | Issue is undated. Estimated date based on analysis of brands and cover prices in the series. Double sized issue. |
| Cover | The Night of the Prowler! / 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Prowler |
| Pencils | John Romita (signed) |
| Inks | John Romita (signed) |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Comic Story | The Night of the Prowler! / Spider-Man (20 pages) |
| Synopsis | Peter tries to see Gwen only to find that she is (apparently) on a date with Flash. Hobie approaches his boss with ideas for new safety devices for his job as window-washer, only to be rebuffed. He implements them in private, adds a cloak and a mask, and thus creates The Prowler. Hobie plans to rob a newspaper as the Prowler then return the money as Hobie, making himself a hero. Naturally Peter (as Peter) discovers the Prowler in the act and J. Jonah discovers Peter in front of an empty safe. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Gwen Stacy; Flash Thompson; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Prowler [Hobie Brown] (introduction, origin) |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | John Buscema Jim Mooney |
| Inks | Jim Mooney |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Comic Story | To Prowl No More! / Spider-Man (20 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spidey and the Prowler fight. The Prowler gets away using a gas bomb, then plans another robbery to make himself (Hobie) a hero when the loot is recovered. Peter anticipates the move and gets there during the robbery. This time the Prowler's gas has no effect and Peter unmasks him to find a well-intentioned kid like himself. Spidey lets him go. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Prowler [Hobie Brown]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Gwen Stacy; Mindy (Hobie's Girlfriend, reference only) |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | John Buscema Jim Mooney |
| Inks | Jim Mooney |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Comic Story | The Head Man! (14 pages) |
| Characters | Ed Wilson; Francie; Mike Farroni; Linda |
| Script | Richard Hughes |
| Pencils | Ogden Whitney |
| Inks | Ogden Whitney |
| Comic Story | Preliminary Hearing! (4 pages) |
| Characters | Glenn Ormsby; Helen Verral; Hal Verral; Martin Verral |
| Comic Story | Phantom Submarine (3 pages) |
| Characters | Ichabod Davis; Hosmer Everson; Robert Davis; Karl Everson |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |
| Comic Story | Nothing Ever Happens to Halloran! (5 pages) |
| Characters | Joey Halloran; Miss Shapiro; Leronido; Theedelhoffa |
| Pencils | John Forte |
| Inks | John Forte |
| Comic Story | Beast of the Unknown (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Alfred Fosdick finds a unicorn helmet. |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Alfred Fosdick; Emerson |
| Pencils | Harry Lazarus |
| Inks | Harry Lazarus |
| Comic Story | Forgotten Forest! (5 pages) |
| Characters | Crane; Jordan; Ciachewi |
| Pencils | Harry Lazarus |
| Inks | Harry Lazarus |
| Letters | Ed Hamilton |
| Comic Story | The Gift of Life (5 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Joe Gill ? |
| Pencils | Bill Molno |
| Inks | Vince Alascia |
| Comic Story | Reggie Rides a Rocket! (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | In the near future, mama's-boy Reginald Peep finds himself when he is unexpectedly rocketed to another planet. |
| Genre | Humor; Science Fiction |
| Characters | Reggie Peep; Mike Edson; Marcia Jones; Princess Lorita |
| Script | Richard Hughes |
| Pencils | Ogden Whitney |
| Inks | Ogden Whitney |
| Comic Story | Witch Who Wouldn't! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ben Talbot finds an infant in the New England woods and raises her, but when he wants to marry her and use her occult abilities to amass wealth and power, she returns to the woods where her accelerated aging process soon makes her an old evil witch. |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Ben Talbot; Hazel; Miss Frobish |
| Script | Richard Hughes ? |
| Pencils | Emil Gershwin |
| Inks | Emil Gershwin |
| Letters | Ed Hamilton |
| Text Story | Fatal Fatigue (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
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