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Issue: Forbidden Worlds #102 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1962
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Issues: #102 of 145 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved By The Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagAmerican Comics Group
Brand: American Comics Group ACGView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Best Syndicated Features Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/26/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved By The Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes] (credited)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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The Hand of the Unknown!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inker(s): Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Hamilton
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Hand of the Unknown!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]
Penciller(s): Pete Costanza (credited)
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Shane O'Shea (headshot); Pete Costanza (headshot); Chief; Andy Markson; Rebecca Ainsley; Paul Ainsley; Dr. Carmichael
Synopsis: Is the house haunted, or is it all in her head? Andy Markson of the Institute of Psychic Phenomena investigates.
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In Content Item: FlagCrypt of Souls #[nn] published January 1984
as The Hand of the Unknown [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Small portraits of O'Shea and Costanza drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger.
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A Grit Day!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Hamilton
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Grit
Synopsis: Martian impressed by Grit's great prizes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad seems to be produced by ACG's Custom Comics division.
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A Matter of Identity!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Rosenberger
Inker(s): John Rosenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Hamilton
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Mysteries of the Unknown
Character(s): Dmitri Simenov; Alexei Simenov; Sonia Simenov; Ivan Kolchak
Synopsis: Comrade Dmitri Simenov learns what it is like to be erased from history.
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In Content Item: FlagReign of Terror #[nn] published January 1980
as A Matter of Identity! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagAdventures into the Unknown #76 published September 1956
was The Man Who Never Lived! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Original title: "The Man Who Never Lived."
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): From Your Editor- To You!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
Disclose Notes: Header lettered by Ed Hamilton from earlier issues. Letters from Gary Cox (Kingsport, Tenn), Ron Jones (Bel Air, Md), Philip Tucker (Berkley, Mich), Douglas Soesbe (Portland, Ore), Stephen Crane (British Columbia, Canada) and Robert Carberry (San Diego, Calif). Editor warns about folks wanting $2.50 for back issues of Forbidden Worlds.
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Statement Required By The Act of August 24, 1912

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes] (credited)
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Statement dated 27 September, 1961. Forbidden Worlds published 8 times yearly at Sparta, Illinois. Owner: Best Syndicated Features, Frederick H. Iger, and H. Donenfeld
Average number of copies during the 12 months preceding October 1, 1961: 178,600.
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Strange Words on Stone!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pete Costanza
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Hamilton
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dr. Forrestal
Synopsis: Found: stone tablets with the oldest written language in the world.
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Pages: 2
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Elmer Gets the Most Striking Dates!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes [as Pierre Alonzo]
Penciller(s): Ogden Whitney (credited)
Inker(s): Ogden Whitney
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Hamilton
Subject Matter
Character(s): Elmer Truffle; Dinnie Foster; Georgie; Professor Alexis
Synopsis: Elmer Truffle gets into a bet with a buddy that he will get the most striking date to go to the Spring Hop with him.
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Pages: 7

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