Out of this World (1956 Charlton) comic books

Add to cart GD 2.0 $26.00 View scans Water damage.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Jack Oleck and Bill Molno. Charlton responds to the new Comics Code with kid-friendly tales of science fiction, often illustrated by Steve Ditko or other future comics legends. Exposure to radiation mutates a group of men, causing their brains to expand and evolve, in one of several stories in his issue with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. In another Ditko story, a chemical magnate is blackmailed by a mysterious figure who knows how he earned his fortune. Space explorers seek the scientist Jarvis, who disappeared on a remote planet ten years ago. The Supermen; My Secret; What Happened?; Space Amateurs; The Man Who Wasnt There; The Dream. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $140.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: See item notes Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #4244027011

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $140.00 View scans Water damage. Staple rust with migration.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Jack Oleck and Charles Nicholas. Charlton responds to the new Comics Code with kid-friendly tales of science fiction, often illustrated by Steve Ditko or other future comics legends. An amnesiac tries to force a volcanic eruption, although he doesn't know why, in one of several stories in his issue with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. In another Ditko story, a scientist creates the perfect lure for a legendary sea monster, but he hasn't figured out what to do when it works. Weapons disappear from a statue, inspiring a revolution. The Thing From Below; The Night They Learned the Truth; I Made a Volcano; Haunted Hallows; The Liberator; The Man Who Stepped Out of a Cloud. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $75.00 View scans 1" Spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Charlton responds to the new Comics Code with kid-friendly tales of science fiction, often illustrated by Steve Ditko or other future comics legends. A spy is a master of disguise, but there's one angle he's overlooked, in one of several stories in his issue with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. In another Ditko story, a sentient river rebels against human efforts to channel it. A scientist figures out how to save humanity by freezing it for a year with a designer pathogen. All Those Eyes; The Rivers Wrath; The Secret Room; Inside the Imagined Image; Plague; A Caveman Named Smith. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $220.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4200836008

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Add to cart CGC 3.5 $165.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4121194008

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno and Sal Trapani. Charlton responds to the new Comics Code with kid-friendly tales of science fiction, often illustrated by Steve Ditko or other future comics legends. Evolutionary scientist Adam Marsh is transported back in time to the dawn of humanity and learns he's THAT Adam, in one of several stories in his issue with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. In another Ditko story, robot parents raise a mutant child in a post-apocalyptic world. A wrongly-imprisoned man develops the ability to walk through walls so he can find the real criminal and prove his innocence. The House of Man; Journey to Paradise; The Most Terrible Fate; The Voice From Nowhere; Marty's World; Vanquishing Vibrations; Through the Walls; Cure-All; Lifetime; Operation: 2, 4-D; The Green Thumb; Too Many Have Tried; The Man Who Went Back. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $89.00 View scans Margin piece torn out. Staple rust. Rust migration.

Cover by Maurice Whitman. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Dick Malmgren, Rocke Mastroserio, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Fred Kida, and Sal Trapani. Charlton responds to the new Comics Code with kid-friendly tales of science fiction, often illustrated by Steve Ditko or other future comics legends. A young boy sees a very different world than the people around him do, in one of several stories in his issue with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. In another Ditko story, Commander Dalles, Interplanetary Security Officer, figures out "The Secret Of Captain X." A Nazi officer pretends to surrender to Allied forces, hoping he can assassinate a high-ranking Allied official. The New Oddity; The Fingerprint; Emergency Landing; Imagination; Big Brainstorm; The Secret of Capt. X; At Last My Eyes Have Opened; Dog Whistle; And the Building Fell, Too; It Could Be Dangerous; Ludwigs Trolley; Phantom Cargo; P.O.W. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $10.50 View scan 1 1/2" Spine split from bottom. Water damage.

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Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Paul Reinman, Rocke Mastroserio, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Charlton responds to the new Comics Code with kid-friendly tales of science fiction, often illustrated by Steve Ditko or other future comics legends. A scientist invents a more perfect method of weather forecasting, but fears repercussions from Big Weather, in a story with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. After losing his glasses in the X-ray machine for a year, Roger discovers they've turned into X-ray specs, even better than the ones sold in comic-book ads of the era. While playing spaceman in the back yard, little Johnny meets Jovis, whose spacesuit looks so good because he really IS an alien. Roger Stewarts Glasses; The Perfect Forecaster; The Stranger in the Snapshots; Chirping Cricket; To Live Forever; Across the Barrier. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Vince Colletta, Bill Fraccio, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Charlton responds to the new Comics Code with kid-friendly tales of science fiction, often illustrated by Steve Ditko or other future comics legends. A mysterious figure claiming to be the Pied Piper offers to rid a city of rats, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Horace the accountant suddenly gains the power to control others, and soon becomes Emperor of the World. A car dealer is perplexed by a strangely dressed couple that wants to buy a new "antique" car, then tells him they're visiting from the year 2059. The Test of Character; The Antique Collectors; Return of the Pied Piper; Recorderexs Revolt; The Tenants at 33 Oak Street. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart VG 4.0 $9.00 View scans Water damage. Corner chipping.

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Cover by Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Vince Colletta, Bill Molno and Rocco Mastroserio. Charlton responds to the new Comics Code with kid-friendly tales of science fiction, often illustrated by Steve Ditko or other future comics legends. The world gets anxious when a gigantic idol from space arrives on Earth with unknown intentions, and nothing can harm it. Hitchhiker Luke stumbles upon a factory that makes mysterious buttons, then encounters a flying saucer and its pilot, who carries an identical button. Xondu the Eternal conducts forbidden experiments, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. A Planet to Remember; Xondu the Eternal; Mystery Button; Top Secret; The Remarkable Mr. Ramsay. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $20.00 View scans 1 1/2" Spine split from bottom. Cover oxidation.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Rocke Mastroserio, and Bill Molno. Charlton responds to the new Comics Code with kid-friendly tales of science fiction, often illustrated by Steve Ditko or other future comics legends. Time-travel pioneer Harvey discovers the disastrous consequences of the Butterfly Effect, in one of two stories in his issue with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. A strange sculptor offers the owner of a resort motel a monument that will draw visitors to his property, but the bizarre structure instead strikes fear and uneasiness in those who see it. Capt. Ferris investigates a strange lab near the Army base that is giving off EMPs, and discovers another army - of killer robots! The Amazing Attraction; The Little Things; Li'l Wise Guy; The Iron Dictator; The Pigeon; Destination Nowhere. Final issue of the series; Steve Ditko and Robin Snyder resumed the numbering almost 50 years later for three more issues of Out of this World. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.