Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) comic books 1950-1959

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ogden Whitney, Bob Jenney, John Rosenberger and Pete Costanza. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Soldiers encounter a land of dinosaurs and primitive people inside a volcano, in a tale Edgar Rice Burroughs would have found familiar; Two brothers are at odds over a family ring that brings good luck; A doll comes to life and wages a campaign of destruction against the human race, but all he really wants is another just like him. Terrific Ogden Whitney dinosaur cover. The Land That Time Forgot!; Over the Ages!; The Good Luck Ring!; Peter Plastic!; What's Behind That Superstition?: No. 2 - Walking Under a Ladder. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Story by Richard Hughes. Art by John Forte and Ogden Whitney. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. This issue was clearly inspired by the Sputnik crisis, as the lead story directly references the launch of the first Russian satellite in late 1957. The highlight is the classic Cold War story There's a New Moon Tonight!, an epic 15-page time-capsule of Cold War paranoia and Space Race history from Herbie creators Richard Hughes and Ogden Whitney, in which the response to Sputnik from the top-secret Bureau of Space Penetration naturally results in conflict with an alien civilization. Also, a Nazi encounters his birth parents during the purge of a city; World War II partisans are aided by the spirit of a historical military commander. Fun cover and art from Ogden Whitney on the Sputnik crisis story; also includes a full-page Honor House ad for a kids Jet Rocket Space Ship. There's a New Moon Tonight!; Wartime Episode; No Place to Hide!; What's the Answer?; Return of a Hero! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ogden Whitney, Harry Lazarus, Al Williamson and Roy Krenkel. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Jupiterians give an Earth weakling superhuman strength as part of their plan to enslave humankind; A skier travels back in time to a previous incarnation as an Egyptian pharaoh; A stranded woman is rescued after help from a mysterious source; And The Vortex, a story by EC legend Al Williamson. The Strength of Ten!; The Pharaoh's Skis; The Vortex!; The Robinson Affair! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ogden Whitney, John Forte and Emil Gershwin. Cover by Ogden Whitney. A new era begins for the formerly straight-faced science-fiction anthology from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. This issue introduces a rotund, bespectacled kid named Herbie who cares for nothing but his lollipop. Nevertheless, he can fly, talk to animals, intimidate alien invaders, consult with world leaders, and charm any woman. He also manages to save a shipwrecked U.S. Senator. Thus is born one of the great unheralded heroes of 1950s comics. Also, a theater agent insults the wrong stage magician; A WWII fighter pilot gets shot down and finds himself on board a pirate ship in the distant past. Herbie's Quiet Saturday Afternoon!; Magic Maker; Thanksgiving Day!; The Riddle of Robert O'Malley! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Hepzibah's Dream!" (script by Richard Hughes as "Shane O'Shea"; art by John Buscema), "All the Time in the World!" (script by Bob Standish, art by John Rosenberger), "The Lonely Life of Homer Hergis" (script by Hughes as "Greg Olivetti"; art by Pete Costanza), and "The Day the Earth Trembled!" (script by Pierce Rand, art by Paul Reinman). Ogden Whitney cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Jonathan Burns, Greg Olivetti, Kurato Osaki and Shane O'Shea. Art by Ogden Whitney, George Klein (credited as Mark Midnight), Paul Reinman, and John Buscema. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Aliens return to Earth after millions of years and are astonished to find dinosaurs are still around; A man rescued from the ocean describes a ship graveyard in the Sargasso Sea, in an early story by legendary Marvel and Conan artist John Buscema. A scientist discovers the secret machinery that controls the Earths magnetic pole, and almost dooms the planet by messing with it. Letters page includes a request for more stories featuring Herbie, who made his debut in issue #73. The Vengeance of Coyote Charlie!; The Little Man Who Wasn't There; A Second Look!; The Secret of the Sargasso!; World in Torment! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.