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Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) comic books 1938-1955

  • Issue #2
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 2
    • 2 centerfold wraps detached. Water saturation. Cover oxidation.

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Lin Streeter, Charles Sultan, King Ward, Morris Waldinger, George Klein and Bill Molno. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A strange visitor with bat eyes commands a woman to take him to her fiance's laboratory; A witch appears before Tennessee soldier Andrew Jackson, predicting that he will one day be President of the U.S.; A missing scientist is found on top of the old coin under his microscope. The Mists of Midnight; Postscript to Death; The League of Vampires; Dead Mans Doom; Kate, the Witch, vs. Andrew Jackson; Strange Staircase; The Magic Coin; The Spectral Sky-Ship; The Boy Who Talked with Spirits. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    1 day left Auction Forbidden Worlds Comic Book #2 ACG 1951 GD+ 3.0

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  • Issue #3
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 3
    • Cover detached. Water spotting.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
    • Interior is complete. Near full length spine split. Chew.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Charles Spain Verral and others. Art by Ogden Whitney, King Ward, Emil Gershwin, Edvard Moritz and Leo Morey, plus one story by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, and Joe Orlando. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A couple studying ancient castles in Europe comes upon one that is the lair of an ancient vampire, situated on an inaccessible peak. Another couple accidentally flung into space on an experimental balloon lands on a purgatory planet inhabited by atomic mutants, in a story full of ludicrous science and genuinely disturbing art by King Ward. But the real gem is about a boy who accidentally summons the spirit of a vengeful sorcerer while playing with the skull on his fathers desk. This oft-reprinted story, Skull of the Sorcerer, features pencils by EC legend Al Williamson, inks by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood, and one panel (page 6 panel 3?) inked by Frank Frazetta himself. Lair of the Vampire; The Return; The Vengeful Spirit; The Domain of the Doomed; Giants on the Earth; Skull of the Sorcerer; Pursuit Into the Past. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 6
    • 6" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Cover and interior oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Williamson, Pete Riss, Sam Cooper, Paul Gattuso and Paul Gustavson. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. An adventurous medical researcher gets more than he bargained for in the backcountry of Brazil; A writer sells his soul so that he can tell this very story; The strange tale of the African Were-Jackals. Any similarity to King Kong on the cover is purely commercial. The Domain of the Dead; The Haunted Gallery; The Sorcerers Play-Kit; The Flapping Head; The Haunting Refrain; The Devils Typewriter!; Stranglers Spirit; Bride of the Beast; The African Were-Jackals. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 10

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Camy, Jayson Disbrow, Jon L. Blummer and Charlie Sultan. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Joe learns that his pals mysterious fiancee hates to be photographed and has had previous husbands, all of whom disappeared; Survivors of a plane crash discover that their tropical island is inhabited by a vampire; A treasure hunter unearths a voodoo idol and is targeted for vengeance by the dead. The Unknown Vampire; Portrait of Satan; Bride of Doom; Strange Machine; The Curse of Rada! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 12
    • Centerfold detached at one staple.

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by King Ward, Charles Nicholas and Jon Blummer. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. The strange story of a ghost army at the Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican-American War; The genie released from an ancient box sets out to fulfill his thousand-year-old promise to destroy humankind; Honeymooners discover that the executed witches of Salem have left behind a fearsome curse. The Chest of Death; True Ghost Armies; The Haitian Puppet; Were-Spiders Doom; The Tomb of the Unseen; The Witch's Curse. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #14
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 14
    • 2" Cumulative spine split.

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Jon L. Blummer, Pete Riccia, Al Camy and Paul Gattuso. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. An atom bomb unleashes something that looks like red Godzilla with a hairpiece; A time traveler accidentally alters history and must make it back to the future – that is, 1953; A scientist sends a cursed letter to the man who cheated him out of his inventions. Million-Year Monster; Terror at Sea; The Time Destroyer; The Awful Letter; Spectre of the Skies!; Payment in Full! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #16
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 16
    • Interior is complete. Near full length spine split. Cover detached.

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Charles M. Quinlan, Al Camy, George Wilhelms, Edvard Moritz and Frank Simienski. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. An evil doll brings a killer back from the dead; A disembodied head remains full of terrible life; True Werewolves of History presents the strange tale of The Rajah of Balaralphur. The Doll; The Living Head; Castle in Cornwall; Lure of the Snake Goddess; The Rajah of Balaralphur; Mountain of Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #23
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 23
    Auction opens July 6
    • Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Charles Nicholas, Bill Walsh and Harry Lazarus. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A mad scientist creates horrifying insect-animal hybrids; A robot falls in love with a woman and goes on a rampage; A ghost ship appears over the South Pacific with a crew of undead privateers. Nightmare for Two!; The Mummy That Lived; The Machine That Fell in Love; The Thing in the Bottle!; Terror of the Deep! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #25
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 25
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4022353016

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Harry Lazarus, Ken Landau, Bob Forgione, Charles Nicholas, Jon L. Blummer and Charles Quinlan. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A sinister rubber baron has his partner killed by a Brazilian witch doctor, but the victims severed head continues to haunt him even back in America; A man purchases a cursed music box in Venice; A Nazi war criminal is pursued by the spirits of his victims. The Venetian Music Box!; Revenge of the Fire-Spirit; Hallahans Head!; United Forever!; The Living and the Dead!; The Dead Remember; True Uncanny Mysteries. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $300 Forbidden Worlds 25 CGC 2.5 RAREST Iss. Only 1 Sold Finer FLOATING HEAD 1954 ACG

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  • Issue #26
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 26
    Auction opens July 6

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Art Gates, Sam Citron, Charles Nicholas and Bob Forgione. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A boxer faces death in the ring; A faceless fiend sets out to murder the descendants of an ancient noble family; Uranium hunters in Sumatra find the connection between a beautiful native woman and a deadly tree. The Champ; Death Through the Ages; The Specters of Carteret Castle; Report from the Beyond!; Tree of Terror! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $450 Forbidden Worlds #26 CGC 4.5 Pre Code Horror Scarce ( Only 19 On Census)

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  • Issue #31
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 31
    Auction opens July 6

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Kenneth Landau, Sheldon Moldoff, Art Gates, and Lin Streeter. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A strange visitor brings death to the corrupt nobles who hunted common folk for sport; A hideous stone idol opens a gateway to the dimension of the dead; An obsessed artist sculpts a self-portrait thats a little too lifelike. Circle of the Doomed!; No Escape!; The Horrors of Mu!; Danny and the Demon!; Masquerade. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $890 FORBIDDEN WORLDS #31 CGC 7.5 OW/WH PAGES // AMERICAN COMICS GROUP 1954

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