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Issue Details

Issue #126
Published March-April 1965
Frequency eight times a year
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard E. Hughes

Cover Details - "Watch Out for A-214!"

Characters Magicman
Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger [as Pete Costanza] (signed)
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger [as Pete Costanza] (signed)
Notes According to Schaffenberger in a 1998 letter, many covers at ACG were penciled and inked by him, but signed by Pete Costanza because DC editor Mort Weisinger (for whom Schaffenberger worked on the Superman Family titles at that time) did not want him drawing superhero covers for other companies.
Reprinted in Magicman (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #[nn]

15 page Magicman story "Watch Out for A-214!"

Characters Magicman [Tom Cargill]; Sgt. Kilkenny; Agent A-214
Synopsis The Communist Chinese infiltrate Cargill's Army post in Viet Nam with Agent A-214, a diminutive man disguised as an infant. Believing Kilkenny to be Magicman, A-214 takes him prisoner and the real Magicman has to rescue him.
Genre superhero
Script Richard E. Hughes [as Zev Zimmer]
Pencils Pete Costanza
Inks Pete Costanza
Reprinted in Magicman (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #[nn]

1 page Herbie promo (ad from the publisher) "This Is Herbie"

Genre humor
Script Richard Hughes
Pencils Ogden Whitney
Inks Ogden Whitney
Notes house ad for Herbie (American Comics Group, 1964 series)

2 page From Your Editor -- to You! letters page

Script Richard E. Hughes
Letters typeset
Notes Letters submitted by Dan Noon; Dale R. Gowin; Danny Doyle; Mark Savage; Larry Herndon

2 page story "Help from Beyond"

Synopsis Johnny Carlyle wants to hunt down the puma that killed his father, and his father's ghost appears at a crucial moment to protect him.
Genre occult
Reprinted from ?

8 page story "The Most Human Guy I Ever Knew!"

Genre science fiction
Script Richard Hughes [as Brad Everson]
Pencils George Wilhelms
Inks George Wilhelms
Notes Everson pseudonym noted in Jerry Bails's Who's Who in American Comic Books
Reprinted After her fiancee Jim is killed in Viet Nam, Lenore Mills becomes a famous scientist, inventing a new rocket fuel and joining a space exploration team. During a mission, a chameleon-like alien takes on the appearance of Jim and also assumes his personality, defending Lenore and her crew from his fellow aliens.