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Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) comic books

  • Item #62413123
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    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 1 VG 4.0

    Tape on interior cover.

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Paul Reinman, Emil Gershwin, Edvard Moritz and Henry Kiefer. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A man unwittingly unleashes a demon, who grants him three wishes in return for his freedom. Artwork by legendary EC artist Al Williamson on this story may have been ghosted by the even more legendary Frank Frazetta. During World War I, a ghostly medieval cavalry appears to defend a Belgian town. A governor listens to a condemned mans strange story of life, death and resurrection involving a Monster Doll. Demon of Destruction; Monsieur Werewolf; Love of a Vampire; The Way of the Werewolf; Vampires Victim; The Ghostly Army of Bethune; The Monster Doll. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60543030
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    Published Nov 1951 by ACG.

    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 3 GD+ 2.5

    Cover detached. Water spotting.

    Starts Apr 5

    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.

  • Item #62370789
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    Published Jul 1952 by ACG.

    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 7 FR/GD 1.5

    5 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Oxidation. Tape on interior cover.

    Starts Mar 10

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by George Wilhelms, Harry Lazarus, Sam Cooper, King Ward and Pete Riss. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A doctor finds horror at the Sleepwell Tourist Camp while investigating a local anemia epidemic; A ghostly executioner stalks the last descendant of a French aristocratic family; A monster expert from Europe investigates a werewolf outbreak in America. 1st monthly issue. The Vampires Strike; Ghost Friends; The Realm of the Moonsters; The Ghouls Return; Merciless Medium; The Gambler and the Devil; The Prowling Terror. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62294515
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    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 23 CGC 3.0

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #2136607006

    Starts Apr 5

    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.