Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (1956 Charlton) comic books 1958-1960

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Dick Giordano, Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Sal Trapani, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. In 1890s Alaska, Dutch has a profitable sideline in long-frozen brontosaurus steaks, in one of several stories in his issue with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. In another Ditko story, a coat is able to teleport its wearers to a parallel universe. The galaxy learns the secret of peaceful Planetoid X. The Angry Things; This Was an Unexplored World; And Life Goes On; The Garden of Time; The Watchers; Freight Car Prisoner; Element X; The Talking Dog; Madman at Large; The Cheapest Steak in Nome; Simba; Second Hand; The King of Planetoid X. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Gene Colan, Dick Giordano, Bill Molno, and Sal Trapani. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. A spaceship crew mutinies when their captain won't return to Earth, until they learn the reason why, in a story with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. A magical handbag grants a couple's wishes, in one of two stories this issue illustrated by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. In another Colan story, a telepath tries to expand his abilities, and soon regrets it. Adrift in Space; Eyes of a Cat; The Good Provider; Elixir; Full Development; S.S.S.; The Half Men. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. A photographer accidentally stumbles on the FBI's extra special agents, in a story with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Earth forces ill-advisedly fire a nuclear missile at a strange outer-space probe. Toomrah the Prophet is rejected by his followers for his visions of doom, but maybe he was right after all. Fluke; Waiting for Midnight; The Upside Down Spurs; Can This Be Real?; Toomrah the Prophet. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, and Sal Trapani. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. Most of the stories in this issue feature art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. A practical joke in a laboratory inadvertently exposes a foreign spy. A dust mote turns out to be a tiny alien spacecraft. A castaway discovers a futuristic city that appears abandoned. The Joke; Forbidden Planet; The Universal Key!; Hurry, Harry!; One Way Trip; Saucer-itis; The Strange One. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Paul Reinman and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. An imaginative caveman dreams of a better world, in a story with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko (credited as J. Kodti). In another Ditko story, mountain climbers encounter aliens atop Mount Everest. An archaeologist discovers that his biological relationship to an ancient kingdom gives him an advantage. Voyage to Nowhere; Oggo The Thinker; The Mountain That Was; The Subject; Frightful Fears; The Strange Return; A Little Green Man Is Here. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Matt Baker, Vince Colletta, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Ernie Hart. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. A run-down house cheers up a distraught couple, and vice versa, in a story with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. In another Ditko story that reflects its Cold War origins, deadly machines produce the weapons of war in a future world that doesn't need them. Lou gets Flo a magical charm bracelet from one of those magical sidewalk vendors, but it only does good if your intentions are good, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Water Stealers; Automata Ultima; The House That Cheered Up; A Lost Dimension; The Charm Bracelet. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. The first humans on Mercury encounter strange gigantic insects, and that's not all. A mysterious green star begins to have physical and mental effects on the astronomer who's observing it through a telescope. A strange little boy named Tobor has superhuman strength - in fact, there's not much human about him. The Mystery of Mercury; The Green Star; The Meandering Man from Mars; The Perfect Lens; Strong Boy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Vince Colletta, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Sal Trapani. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. A mysterious gas from outer space causes all humanity to lose the ability to lie. A volunteer for a science experiment learns that Professor Harver has figured out how to reverse gravity, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Jason has two hours to live, but all he can think of is his wife. An Air of Honesty; No. 9 Swanson St.; The Strange Place; Two Hours; The Nobody. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Vince Colletta, and Bill Molno. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. Construction workers encounter a Bigfoot-like creature in rural Humboldt County, California. Earth's top athlete gets to compete against alien all-stars. A strange little boy astonishes a small town with his knowledge of helio-spectrum-theoretical suppositions and other advanced science. Giant from Below!; The Man Who Couldn't Miss; Sudden Fear; The Boy From Beyond; A Planet So Primitive. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Vince Alascia, and Bill Molno. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. Strange, gigantic bubbles are released from deep within the Earth by oil drilling, and they begin to absorb anything they touch. Explorers from Earth discover that Venus's impenetrable cloud cover serves a vital, lifesaving purpose for Earth and Mars. A reporter discovers a shape-shifter's secret. The Giant Bubble Threat; The Man with 1000 Faces; Time Belt; The Ganymede Enigma; The Barrier Clouds of Venus. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Vince Alascia and Bill Molno, plus a spot illustration by Steve Ditko. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. After a meteor strike, a teen befriends a visitor who has strange knowledge of the future. Special glasses allow a scientist to see smoky aliens from another dimension. On a mysterious island that seems to have no connection to the modern world, a sailor rescues a woman from pirates. Plus a text story with an illustration by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. The Stranger; The Negative View; The Strange Island; Proud; Come! See the Flying Saucer! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Montes and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Montes, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Sal Trapani, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Bill Molno. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. Intergalactic beings known as "watchers" monitor civilized planets for a dangerous galaxy-destroying formula, in a story that predates Marvel's "Watcher" by two years. A man begins to suspect his precognitive co-worker isn't human at all. A wax dummy in a sideshow may actually be a "living statue" performer, and thus the only witness to the theft of the carnival receipts. The Forbidden Formula; The Man Who Didn't Belong; Hail Hero; Space Suds; In the Window; The Brain of Professor Mandel. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Sal Trapani, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Bill Molno. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. A diver encounters humanoids from the deep, in a story with art and cover by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Exiled from Venus after his weather machine destroys the environment, a mad scientist tries it on Earth. Invaders from Neptune send their scout robot to Antarctica, but they're on thin ice. The Green Unknown; The Stranger from Space; Sam Saller's Space Shoes; The Antarctic Monster; The Rain Maker. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Montes and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Sal Trapani, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Bill Molno. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. Scientists experimenting with a machine that allows them to enter the imagination unfortunately try it on a science-fiction writer. A sideshow patron doesn't believe that's really an alien in that tent. A lost couple stumbles on time-traveling alien criminals. Journey into the Mind; The Impostor; Martian Mistake; The Man with the Hairy Glove; Pirates from Future Time. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Sal Trapani, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Vince Alascia and Bill Molno. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. Roger enters a strange world whose sole inhabitant is in the business of selling time, in a story with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. An old house resists efforts to replace it. An escape artist is actually an interdimensional traveler. Go to the Genius; The House That Belonged; We Sell Time!; The Fishing Flounders; Greater Than Houdini. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.