A Brief History of UK Silver Age Archie Comics
A Brief History of UK Silver Age Archie Comics
By Rik Offenberger
Alan Class & Co., Ltd.
Alan Class worked in the import business, importing American film, detective and romance magazines. From 1959 until 1989 Alan Class published thousands of 9-1/4″ x 7-1/4″ black and white reprint comics that featured material from Atlas, Marvel, ACG, Charlton, Archie and other American publishers.
The main titles were, Amazing Tales CREEPY WORLDS 1-249, Amazing Stories SINISTER TALES 1-227, Amazing Stories of SUSPENSE 1-235, Strange Suspense Stories ASTOUNDING STORIES 1-195, Strange Suspense stories UNCANNY TALES 1-187, Strange Tale of Suspense SECRETS of the UNKNOWN 1-249, however he also published Amazing Space Tales OUT of this WORLD volume one 1-22, volume two 1-9, Journey into DANGER 1-8, Tales of the Supernatural WEIRD PLANETS 1-23, Blazing Trails 1-3, Just Dennis 1-5, Outer Space and 1-8, Tales of the Underworld 1-9, as well as a few one shots, such as Eerie Tales 1, Space Adventures Presents Space Trip To the Moon 1 and Tales Of The Supernatural 1.
In 1971, Alan Class began to issue reprints of the earlier issues, “reprints of reprints” they had the same stories and covers as the earlier issues. Higher printing costs and diminished circulation eventually caused Alan Class & Co. to stop publishing in 1989.
The Mighty Crusaders Guide to
Alan Class & Co., Ltd.
Amazing Stories of
SUSPENSE
85 3 Fly stories with cover
86 1 Fly story, 1 Shield story
88 2 Fly stories with cover, and 1 Flygirl story
90 3 Jaguar stories with cover
90 1 Steel Sterling story with cover, and 1 Fox story
97 3 Fly & Flygirl stories
100 1 Jaguar story
105 1 Fly story with cover
217 1 Fly story
224 3 Jaguar stories with cover
235 1 Fly story, and 1 Shield story
Amazing Stories
SINISTER TALES
76 1 Fly story by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby
84 2 Fly stories, and 1 Flygirl story
89 1 Mighty Crusaders, 1 Fly, and 1 Jaguar story
91 1 Fly story, and 1 Jaguar story
93 1 Jaguar story
94 1 Fly-Man, 1 Black Hood, 1 Shield, and 1 Jaguar story
220 2 Jaguar stories with cover, and 1 Fly story
Amazing Tales
CREEPY WORLDS
100 2 Jaguar stories, and 1 Fly story
105 2 Fly story, 1 Flygirl story, and 1 Jaguar story
107 1 Fly story
109 2 Fly stories, and 2 Jaguar stories
113 1 Fly story, and 1 Web story
165 2 Fly stories with cover
169 1 Jaguar story
243 3 Jaguar stories, and 1 Fly story
Strange Suspense stories
ASTOUNDING STORIES
52 3 Fly stories with cover
55 1 Fly story, 1 Mr. Justice story, and 1 Black Hood story
60 1 Fly story
64 2 Fly stories with cover, 1 Flygirl, and 2 Jaguar stories
70 3 Jaguar stories with cover
71 3 Jaguar stories
94 2 Shield stories, and 1 Fly story
96 3 Fly stories with cover
115 3 Jaguar stories, and 1 Fly story
117 1 Jaguar story with cover
120 1 Fly
121 2 Jaguar stories with cover
122 1 Black Hood story, 1 Mr. Justice story, and 1 Fly story
124 3 Jaguar story with cover
125 1 Fly story
126 1 Shield, 1 Black Hood, and 1 Fly by Simon & Kirby
130 1 Fly story, and 1 Flygirl story
144 2 Jaguar stories with cover, 1 Fly story
146 1 Jaguar story
161 1 Fly story, and 1 Flygirl story
186 2 Black Hood stories
189 1 Fly story
Strange Suspense stories
UNCANNY TALES
95 1 Fly story by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby
121 1 Fly story by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby
123 2 Shadow stories with cover
126 1 Black Hood story with cover, and 1 Mighty Crusaders
155 1 Fly story
156 1 Mighty Crusaders story
Strange Tale of Suspense
SECRETS of the UNKNOWN
94 1 Shield and Web story with cover, and 2 Fly stories
98 1 Mighty Crusaders story
104 3 Jaguar stories with cover
106 1 Fly story, and 1 Jaguar story
111 1 Fly story with cover, 1 Shield story, and 1 Web story
230 1 Shadow story, and 1 Fly story
247 1 Mighty Crusaders story, and 1 Fly story
