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Issue: Forbidden Worlds #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1951
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Indicia Publisher: Preferred Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
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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
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reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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reprinted from some/all another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Ken Bald
Ken Bald
?
Subject Matter
occult
Reprinting
FlagShowcase #[nn] published ?
 
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Demon of Destruction

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al Williamson (signed); Frank Frazetta
Al Williamson (signed); Frank Frazetta
?
Ed Hamilton
Subject Matter
occult
Don Brady (atomic physicist); Mary (death, brought back to life); un-named doctor; Uncle Phineas (Don's uncle, death); Marzo (The Spirit of Destruction) (villain)
Don Brady decides to take a rest - in the house in which his uncle was doing his experiments in the supernatural. Brady unwittingly unleases Marzo, who grants Brady three wishes in return for his freedom!
Reprinting
FlagShowcase #[nn] published ?
FlagDoc Weird's Thrill Book #1 [unnamed variant] published January 1987
as Demon of Destruction [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAdventures into the Unknown #1 published January 1990
as Demon of Destruction [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGespenster Geschichten #952 published ?
as Der Fluch des steinernen Sarges [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Artwork was assigned to Al Williamson, who signed page 2. Frazetta assisted on the story. Experts differ on how much they believe Frank Frazetta penciled, some believe he penciled the majority of the story, others that Williamson did.
Monsieur Werewolf

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Ed Hamilton; typeset
Subject Matter
Jacques Turenne
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Love of a Vampire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Paul Reinman
Paul Reinman
?
?
Subject Matter
occult
Ken Cummings; Beth Cummings; Hans Brunt; Riley; Inspector Jackson; Miss Jones
A woman on her honeymoon disappears when staying at a motel, after a bat enters the room while her husband is sleeping.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
8
Tess and Tim Capture the Bank Robbers

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Sam Glankoff (signed)
Sam Glankoff (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
The "Popsicle" Twins Help the Sheriff
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Hughes ?
?
Ed Hamilton; typeset
Subject Matter
From Your Editor- To You!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
No letters.
The Way of the Werewolf

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Emil Gershwin
Emil Gershwin
?
Ed Hamilton
Subject Matter
occult
Ondok; Roy; Ambrose Walker; Canisa Walker; Larry Davis
it's a slow news day, so the reporter gets the assignment to talk to a local expert on the man-eating wolves of India.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
10
Beating the Beach Barrage

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
"U. S." Royal with His Jet-Propelled Bike; U. S. Royal Bike Tires
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Vampire's Victim

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Ed Hamilton; typeset
Subject Matter
Rudolf
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Ghostly Army of Bethune

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Henry Kiefer [as HCK]
Henry Kiefer [as HCK]
?
Ed Hamilton
Subject Matter
drama, occult
"True" Ghosts of History
In World War I, a ghost medieval cavalry appears to defend Belgium near the town of Bethune.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Previous indexer read HCK as MCK and thought the artist was Mel Keefer.
The Monster Doll

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Edvard Moritz
Edvard Moritz
?
Ed Hamilton
Subject Matter
occult
Fellowes; Dickson Prescott; Bill; Jane Crothers Prescott; Sue Jackson; Alan MacCampbell; Julian Bulmere; Alice McLane
Dickson Prescott is sentenced to die within the hour, while the Governor hears about his strange story.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
10

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