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Issue Details

Issue #88
Published April-May 1965
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff

Cover Details - "Curse of the Mystic Mask!"

Genre occult; science fiction
Pencils Dick Dillin
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters Ira Schnapp

7 page story "The Fear Master"

Synopsis When Dr. Vincent Adler dies suddenly, his assistant Harold Jukes steals his last invention, a ray that causes instant fear, and embarks on a crime spree.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Jack Sparling
Inks Jack Sparling
Reprinted in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #160 (November-December 1974)

Half page statement of ownership

Letters typeset
Notes Statement of October 1, 1964 No circulation numbers given Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Harry Donenfeld, J. S. Liebowitz, P. H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S. U. Sampliner, Sonia Iger

Half page Doctor Fate; Hourman promo (ad from the publisher) "It Started with the Flash!"

Genre superhero
Pencils Murphy Anderson
Inks Murphy Anderson
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes House ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #55 (March-April 1965) [Doctor Fate and Hourman Silver Age revival]

Half page Professor Eureka story "I'm getting terribly absent-minded lately."

Characters Doctor Eureka
Genre humor; science fiction
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

8 page story "Beware the Weirdos"

Synopsis People are fascinated by a line of robots that can perform various tasks, but when rich owners buy them, they are suddenly the victims of crime.
Genre science fiction
Script Dave Wood ?
Pencils Gil Kane (signed)
Inks Gil Kane
Notes writer identification by Bob Hughes

1 page public service announcement "Are You a Silent Witness?"

Synopsis Kids learn that it pays to stick around and help the cops as a witness to a crime.
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Half page Flash promo (ad from the publisher) "If You Missed the Most Famous Flash Story..."

Genre superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes House ad for 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #9 (April 1965) [Flash]

1 page True Tales of the Unexpected text article

Letters typeset

7 page Green Glob story "The Curse of the Mystic Mask"

Characters Green Glob; Doug Douglas
Synopsis Doug Douglas has given up medical school to become an actor, but the Green Glob intervenes to transform him into the living image of a monster costume he wore for a publicity stunt. He returns to normal only when he realizes that the shallow fame of an actor is not what he really wants.
Genre occult; science fiction
Script Dave Wood ?
Pencils George Roussos
Inks George Roussos
Notes writer identification by Bob Hughes