Fantastic (1952 Youthful) comic books 1951-1953

Stories and art by Harry Harrison, Ernie Bache, Henry Kiefer and Vince Napoli. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. Numbering continues from Captain Science (1950) #7. In his final adventure, Captain Science discovers an uncharted island populated by prehistoric beasts, in a story with some cool dinosaur art by Harry Harrison and Ernie Bache. A journalist discovers that Professor Philo's "thinking machine" works a little too well, resulting in something that's a cross between Pinocchio and Frankenstein's Monster. Interplanetary private eye Brant Craig is taking in a space-dog race when there's a murder at the space-dog derby track, and only he can solve it. The frozen monster from Grandpa's back-forty thaws out on a hot day, in a story with some cool T-Rex art. Plus an article about real-life mental telepathy. Another classic sci-fi/monster/girl cover, possibly by Harry Harrison. Isle of Madness; The Thinking Machine; Mental Telepathy: Does It Exist?; Brant Craig: The Case of the Racing Grellama; Dinosaur in Grandfather's Barn. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ed Goldfarb and Bob Baer. Stories and art by Harry Harrison, Ernie Bache, Henry Kiefer and Vince Napoli. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. A horror writer (working for Fantastic Comics) learns that since he bought that strange typewriter from that mysterious pawn shop, all the horrible things he writes are coming true. Scientists in Mozambique seeking a lost civilization encounter the whirling Go-Devils of Doon. An extortionist forms an unlikely alliance with a voodoo priestess to threaten his victims with a fate as shrunken heads, but that can't end well for anyone. Deadly Doodles of Dandy; Go-Devils of Doon; Place of the Dead; The Eyes of Madam Jahn; Queen of the Shrunken Heads. Final issue under this title; series continues as Beware (1952 Youthful) #10. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.