Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) comic books 1958-1960

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by John Rosenberger, Dick Beck and Ogden Whitney. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A young boy has powers of precognition; A hotshot racer from the 26th century winds up in the early 1900s; A professor learns how to communicate with animals. Luck of the Zanubis!; Mr. Matthews' Mermaid; The Road Back!; Annals of the Occult; Drobny's Domain! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Emil Gershwin, John Forte and Al Williamson. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. The mysterious stranger who moves into town has curiously apelike features and an even curiouser story; A teacher of blind children finds her wish coming true; Professor Weaver is recruited by the people of Pluto to repel an alien invasion in a story with art by EC legend Al Williamson. Terrific Ogden Whitney ape transformation cover. The Stranger on the Hill!; Shock; Binoculars and a Tiger!; Something for the Children; When Duty Calls! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by John Rosenberger, John Forte and Ogden Whitney. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A fisherman captures a merman, and neither one of them is happy about it; A couple vacationing in the mountains wonders why no animals seem to see or hear them; A treasure hunter steals a sacred idol and buries it, but the idol has the last laugh. The Undersea Empire!; Permanent Fixture; The Cabin in the Woods!; Taps for a Trumpeteer; Wrath of the Idol! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Story by Richard Hughes. Art by John Forte and Ogden Whitney. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. This issue was clearly inspired by the Sputnik crisis, as the lead story directly references the launch of the first Russian satellite in late 1957. The highlight is the classic Cold War story There's a New Moon Tonight!, an epic 15-page time-capsule of Cold War paranoia and Space Race history from Herbie creators Richard Hughes and Ogden Whitney, in which the response to Sputnik from the top-secret Bureau of Space Penetration naturally results in conflict with an alien civilization. Also, a Nazi encounters his birth parents during the purge of a city; World War II partisans are aided by the spirit of a historical military commander. Fun cover and art from Ogden Whitney on the Sputnik crisis story; also includes a full-page Honor House ad for a kids Jet Rocket Space Ship. There's a New Moon Tonight!; Wartime Episode; No Place to Hide!; What's the Answer?; Return of a Hero! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by John Forte, John Rosenberger, Bob Jenney and Ogden Whitney. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A top military advisor is abducted by aliens to their home, a dome in a post-atomic wasteland; An American couple becomes involved in restoring the throne of Slovenia to its rightful owner, with some supernatural help; An ivory hunter falls victim to a shrinking curse. The Dome of Doom!; What's the Answer?; It Happened in Central Europe!; The Ivory Curse! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by John Forte and John Rosenberger. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Americas first astronaut encounters a space girl and a Tyrannosaurus Rex on the first planet he sees; A man finds the fireworks he lost years ago, just when he needs them most; Saucer aliens aid victims of a meteor strike in the remote Tibetan wilderness. Rocket Pilot Robbins Reporting!; Grandma Was Right; The Subhuman Giants!; Disaster in Tibet! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Dick Beck, Harry Lazarus, John Forte and John Rosenberger. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. An ancient Egyptian mage manages to transport himself through time into World War II; A pioneering couple becomes lost in space and encounters hostile aliens in the far-off year of 1983; Anthropologists encounter a lost world of dinosaurs and a helpful caveman. The Circular Trap!; Picture of the Future; Rocket to Nowhere!; The Human Touch! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ogden Whitney, Harry Lazarus, Al Williamson and Roy Krenkel. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Jupiterians give an Earth weakling superhuman strength as part of their plan to enslave humankind; A skier travels back in time to a previous incarnation as an Egyptian pharaoh; A stranded woman is rescued after help from a mysterious source; And The Vortex, a story by EC legend Al Williamson. The Strength of Ten!; The Pharaoh's Skis; The Vortex!; The Robinson Affair! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by John Forte, Leo Morey and John Rosenberger. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A couple discovers the truth about the disembodied presence in their old house; An ex-soldier who never ages learns that the secret has to do with his wartime experiences; A scientist finds trouble after he creates an object that can dissolve anything. Death of a Ghost!; Beyond the Reach of Time; Doctor Falsom's Discovery!; Story of a Miser! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Mike Roy, Bob Jenney and John Rosenberger. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Arthur Lansing is given a mirror that foretells the future, but only to those who are pure of heart; A giant robot learns to think for itself, leading to a turn of events absolutely everyone could have foreseen; A visiting UFO accidentally leaves behind an alien virus that threatens to wipe out humankind. The Mirror of Mowgladi!; Superstitious Notes; The Alien Germs!; The Iron Brain! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by John Forte and Emil Gershwin. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. An eccentric scientist sends a cowardly man on a quest through time to win the heart of the woman he loves. Strange lights from the sky possess an Earth scientist and force him to build a strange machine; A wealthy mans greedy heirs get exactly what they deserve. Dr. Martin's Marvelous Museum!; Call in the Night; The Strange Ones!; The Ironclad Will! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ogden Whitney, John Forte and Emil Gershwin. Cover by Ogden Whitney. A new era begins for the formerly straight-faced science-fiction anthology from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. This issue introduces a rotund, bespectacled kid named Herbie who cares for nothing but his lollipop. Nevertheless, he can fly, talk to animals, intimidate alien invaders, consult with world leaders, and charm any woman. He also manages to save a shipwrecked U.S. Senator. Thus is born one of the great unheralded heroes of 1950s comics. Also, a theater agent insults the wrong stage magician; A WWII fighter pilot gets shot down and finds himself on board a pirate ship in the distant past. Herbie's Quiet Saturday Afternoon!; Magic Maker; Thanksgiving Day!; The Riddle of Robert O'Malley! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by John Buscema, John Forte, John Rosenberger and Paul Reinman. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A meteorologist investigates a snowstorm in July and winds up battling a time-traveling sorcerer 100 years in the past; A haunted house one-pager featuring early work by legendary Marvel and Conan artist John Buscema; A special pair of glasses lets a man see both the distant past and the future. A Highly Localized Snowfall!; 1207 Pickett Lane; The Second Visit!; Past, Present, and Future! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Ogden Whitney. "Legend of the Clock!" starring Gary, Mr. Janero, Duke De Bascon, Marquis Duchamps, Monsieur Lechat, Aline and Rene, script by Richard Hughes (as Jonathan Burns), art by John Buscema. "The House of Tomorrow!", script by Richard Hughes (as Shane O'Shea), art by John Forte; Saturnian furniture is mistaken for Bob Carter's designs, but the futuristic furniture gets better reviews that his traditional work. "Somewhere I'll Find You!" starring Lyle Gordon, Ellen, and Vincent H. Carr, script by Richard Hughes (as Bob Standish), art by Paul Reinman. "Strange Journey," script by Richard Hughes (as Thomas R. Drew), art by Ogden Whitney; Professor Bordoni's experimental car takes him to another dimension, from which he is banished as a mental case... back to Earth! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Shane O'Shea, Pierce Rand, Frederick Masters and Derek Rutherford. Art by Sam Citron, John Forte, John Rosenberger and Al Williamson. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A botanist cultivates plant spores from space, learning too late that they can duplicate other life forms; An arrogant Earth scientist finds he is the dumbest person on the planet Tolanno; A strange voice from the stars gives advanced weapons technology to a warring Stone Age tribe in a story by EC great Al Williamson. The Glittering Nightmare!; Professor Benton's Betters; The Second Henry Stone!; In the Beginning! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by James R. Thompson and Richard Hughes, credited as Curt Carpenter, Kermit Lundgren and Derek Rutherford. Art by Ogden Whitney, John Forte, Dick Beck and Pete Costanza. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A diver investigates a sunken pirate treasure that carries a curse on all who search for it; Medieval alchemists seeking a new weapon discover something so powerful, the castle is still irradiated centuries later; An Amazon tribe targeted by land developers seeks aid from the ancient spirit of the volcano who watches over them. The Golden Doom!; Orango the Mighty; The Castle of Kraken!; Safari to the Stars! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Stray!" (script by Richard Hughes as "Greg Olivetti"; art by Al Williamson); "The Oracle Stone!" (script possibly by Hughes as "Charles Lacoste"; art by Jon Diehl); "The Flaming Phantom!" (script by Hughes as "Shane O'Shea"; art by Al Wenzel); and "Queen of Uranus" (script by Thomas R. Drew, art by Odgen Whitney). Whitney cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Brad Everson, Bob Standish, Curt Carpenter and Jonathan Burns. Art by Ogden Whitney, Tom Hickey, John Buscema, Dick Beck and Pete Costanza. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A power-hungry space explorer who abuses the chimp on his rocketship lands on a planet populated by intelligent chimps, in an early story by legendary Marvel and Conan artist John Buscema; A greedy treasure hunter strands his fellow sailors on a tropical island paradise with a beautiful woman; A hunter stalks the invisible creature that lives in a remote crater. The Man Who Couldn't Be Stopped!; Island with a Secret; The Hunt!; The Strange Case of Uncle Hoober! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Brad Everson, Kurato Osaki and Shane O'Shea. Art by John Forte, Harry Lazarus, Paul Reinman, Dick Beck and Pete Costanza. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. An ape sent into space on an experimental flight returns with human intelligence, and conducts experiments on the scientist who sent him out; A stranger rents a cottage in a small village, where he uses alchemy to bring forth creatures from another world; A mad scientist creates a strange device that turns modern-day humans into Neanderthals. The Ape in the Sky!; The Golden Knight; The Answer Machine!; The Thing in the Sea!; The Stranger; Mystery Island! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Hepzibah's Dream!" (script by Richard Hughes as "Shane O'Shea"; art by John Buscema), "All the Time in the World!" (script by Bob Standish, art by John Rosenberger), "The Lonely Life of Homer Hergis" (script by Hughes as "Greg Olivetti"; art by Pete Costanza), and "The Day the Earth Trembled!" (script by Pierce Rand, art by Paul Reinman). Ogden Whitney cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Jonathan Burns, Greg Olivetti, Kurato Osaki and Shane O'Shea. Art by Ogden Whitney, George Klein (credited as Mark Midnight), Paul Reinman, and John Buscema. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Aliens return to Earth after millions of years and are astonished to find dinosaurs are still around; A man rescued from the ocean describes a ship graveyard in the Sargasso Sea, in an early story by legendary Marvel and Conan artist John Buscema. A scientist discovers the secret machinery that controls the Earths magnetic pole, and almost dooms the planet by messing with it. Letters page includes a request for more stories featuring Herbie, who made his debut in issue #73. The Vengeance of Coyote Charlie!; The Little Man Who Wasn't There; A Second Look!; The Secret of the Sargasso!; World in Torment! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Gloves of Dr. Marek" (script by Richard Hughes as "Kurato Osaki," art by "Mark Midnight," "Ignook" (script by James R. Thompson, art by John Rosenberger), "The Demon of the Wind" (script by Thomas R. Drew, art by John Forte), and "Birds of Fate" (script by Pierce Rand). Ogden Whitney cover. Cover price $0.10.

"The Edge of the Sea" (script by Bob Standish, art by Al Wenzel); "The Mechanical Man" (script by Ed Lorenz); "Echo From the Past" (script by Kermit Lundgren, art by John Forte); and "Things to Come" (script by Pierce Rand, art by Pete Costanza). Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Pierce Rand and Curt Carpenter. Art by Ogden Whitney, John Forte, Paul Reinman, and John Rosenberger. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Interplanetary miners turn the solar system into their own private grudge match after one of them swindles the other; A man believes he can rule the world after he finds a ray that will turn anything into its exact opposite; A nostalgia buff encounters ships bearing pilgrims and pirates, and gets caught up in their search for treasure. The Vengeance of Mike Dane!; Exchange Student; The World at My Feet!; Time Turns Back!; Vengeance of the Sea! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Bob Standish and Brad Everson. Art by Kenneth Landau, Paul Reinman, and John Rosenberger. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. The discovery of an alien medical bag turns a would-be doctor into an ace surgeon; A meek, bespectacled man discovers a stone-age civilization and becomes a great warrior; An ancient dome with a perfectly smooth surface turns out to have something huge living inside it. Letters page includes one from sci-fi author Jack Chalker, criticizing the comics portrayal of indigenous people but otherwise favorable. Calling Dr. Wimble!; The Road from the Past; The Triumph of Harvey Meek!; The Dome!; Interplanetary Episode! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The House in the Fog!" (script by "Charles Lacoste"; art by Kurt Schaffenberger); "The Train That Vanished!" (script by Jonathan Burns; art by John Buscema); "The Amazing Talent of Horace Frisbee!" (script by Richard Hughes as "Shane O'Shea"; art by "Mark Midnight"); and "Puzzle of the Deep!" Ogden Whitney cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Shane O'Shea, Curt Carpenter and Jonathan Burns. Art by Leo Morey, Paul Reinman, and George Klein (credited as Mark Midnight). An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A magical funhouse mirror turns people into what their reflections look like; A ladies man traveling the world becomes involved with the stone image of an ancient goddess; A prank turns a weakling into the strongest man in the world. Gift From Beyond!; The Stone Goddess!; The Mighty Bruno!; Strange Visitor! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Top Secret!" (script by Bob Standish, art by John Forte); "One By One!" (script by "Charles Lacoste"; art by John Rosenberger); "The World of Giants!" (script by Pierce Rand, inks by Leo Morey); and "Skybird's Revenge." Ogden Whitney cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Pierce Rand and Brad Everson. Art by John Rosenberger, Kurt Schaffenberger, and George Klein (credited as Mark Midnight). An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Americans and Russians race to recover artifacts left in the Arctic by ancient space travelers; A man invents a gas that sends him 20 years into the future, into an abandoned New York City; A treasure hunter becomes a friend to all monkeys after stealing a golden Hanuman monkey-god idol. Art by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger. When the Earth was Young!; Ghost Town!; Madman—or Psychic?; The Golden One!; You Never Can Tell! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Bud's Birthday Presents!" (script by Richard Hughes as "Shane O'Shea"; art by Paul Reinman), "The Image Maker!" (script by Hughes as "Zev Zimmer"; art by Pete Costanza), and "Condemned by the Crystal" (art by Ogden Whitney). Whitney cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Pierce Rand and Curt Carpenter. Art by Paul Reinman, John Forte, Dick Beck and Pete Costanza. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A revolutionary new camera lens can see into the past, but it can also transport people there, whether they want to go or not; Modern-day (for 1959) crooks get their hands on a weapon left by an errant time-traveling tourist; A WWII soldier takes refuge in a European castle that is strangely familiar. The Minus-Zero Lens!; The Mad Musician!; The Man from Elsewhere!; Puzzle from the Past! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.