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Strange Worlds (1950 Avon) comic books 1950-1952

  • Issue #1
    Strange Worlds (1950 Avon) 1
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #0340807001

    Stories by John Michel, Henry Kuttner (credited as E. J. Bellin), Donald A Wolheim (credited as W. Malcolm White), and Gardner Fox. Art by Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, Jon Small and John Giunta. Cover by Gene Fawcette. Science fiction adventure from Avon, featuring stories and art from legends in the comics and sci-fi fields. An adventure of Kenton of the Star Patrol; A ghost tells the strange tale of the bottle that gave him wealth and then caused his death; Crom the Barbarian battles a giant spider. War of the Marsh-Men; Kenton of the Star Patrol: The Corsairs from the Coalsack; Dead Mans Tale!; Crom the Barbarian: The Spider God of Akka! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Strange Worlds (1950 Avon) 2
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #2138928021
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4317799003

    Stories by Donald A Wolheim (credited as W. Malcolm White), and Gardner Fox. Art by Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Walter Palais, Richard Case, Manny Stallman and John Giunta. Cover by Gene Fawcette. Science fiction adventure from Avon, featuring stories and art from legends in the comics and sci-fi fields. The strange tale of the leopard cult of Africa; Modern-day explorers discover a lost world of Vikings, including the beautiful Dara and the evil Cyngar; Crom the Barbarian battles a giant named Balthar to save Ophir's caravans. This issue was mentioned in Werthams Seduction of the Innocent as an example of the "injury-to-the-eye motif," probably for a scene in "The Giant from Beyond." The Leopard Men; Dara of the Vikings; Crom the Barbarian: The Giant from Beyond; The Weapon Out of Time; Octopus-Kings of the Lost Planet! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Strange Worlds (1950 Avon) 3

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    Art by Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Sid Greene, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Roy Krenkel, and Howard Larsen. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Science fiction adventure from Avon, featuring stories and art from legends in the comics and sci-fi fields. Kenton Of The Star Patrol goes undercover as a convict in a prison mine on Saturn's moon Titan; A modern-day woman becomes a tribal flame goddess, but first she must sacrifice the man she loves; A story illustrated by four legendary artists, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, and Roy Krenkel; Garth fights on a deadly human chessboard in a Malu the Slave Girl story originally intended for the never-published Slave Girl Comics (1949) #3. Also featuring a dynamic contents page illustrated by Wally Wood and Joe Orlando on the inside front cover. The Princess of the Past; The Flame Goddess; The Invasion from the Abyss; The Alien Raiders! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $395 STRANGE WORLDS #3 CGC 3.0 OFF-WHITE TO WHITE PAGES 1951 WOOD & FRAZETTA ART
    $500 Strange Worlds #3 CGC 5.0 C/OW Pages 1951 Avon Frazetta Wally Wood Art

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  • Issue #4
    Strange Worlds (1950 Avon) 4

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    First printing cover by Wally Wood. Art by Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Raphael Astarita, Charles Sultan, and George Tuska. Science fiction adventure from Avon, featuring stories and art from legends in the comics and sci-fi fields. Kenton Of The Star Patrol confronts the beautiful Myrza, queen of the space vampires; Jac Hartt battles alien spies with the power of invisibility; Adventurers find a lost kingdom full of dinosaurs, cavemen and a girl wearing leopard skins. Also featuring an action-packed contents page illustrated by Wally Wood on the inside front cover, and a vivid Wood cover that practically leaps off the page. The Vampires of the Void; The Lost Kingdom of Athala; The Curse of Ahmen Ra; A Nation Is Born; The Enchanted Dagger! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Strange Worlds (1950 Avon) 5
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #2001430019

    Art by Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Norman Nodel; John Rosenberger, Werner Roth, Ed Goldfarb, and Gene Fawcette. Cover by Wally Wood and Joe Orlando. Science fiction adventure from Avon, featuring stories and art from legends in the comics and sci-fi fields. The women warriors of Mimas, a moon of Jupiter, act as space sirens to lure unsuspecting spaceships to their doom; Space banditos from a rogue asteroid plot to steal the Earth itself; A robot gains a glimmering of humanity when he tries to save a lovely woman. Also featuring a gorgeous contents page illustrated by Wally Wood and Joe Orlando on the inside front cover, and another superb Wood cover featuring a ravenous alien, a beautiful woman in shimmering gossamer, and a dashing space hero. Sirens of Space!; End of His Service!; Shining Sands of Death!; The Abduction of Earth! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $750 STRANGE WORLDS #5 - CGC 1.5 1951 AVON Wally Wood Classic GGA Bondage Alien Cover
    $875 STRANGE WORLDS #5 GGA BONDAGE COVER CGC 2.5

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  • Issue #6
    Strange Worlds (1950 Avon) 6
    • Interior is complete. Back cover missing, front cover glued on.

    Featuring a memorable science fiction cover by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Plus Everett Raymond Kinstler art in the 6-page Kenton of the Star Patrol story, "The Monster-Men of Space!", and a 3-page Kinstler titled "Death Claims an Enemy." Kinstler also draws the inside front cover. All the art in this issue is impressive. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Strange Worlds (1950 Avon) 7
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #1445362001

    Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Norman Nodel, Michael Becker, Vince Alascia, and Gene Fawcette. Cover by Mort Lawrence. Science fiction adventure from Avon, featuring stories and art from legends in the comics and sci-fi fields. A mutant with strange powers only wants to use them for good, but the world doesnt understand; An Earth soldier defends a space station from a Venusian invasion; A woman marooned on a distant planet is worshipped as a goddess, until other humans show up. Also featuring an epic contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. Space-Gods of Planetoid 50; Sabotage on Space Station 1; The Man Who Fought the World!; The Space Monster of Eros; Man-Trap! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $344 Strange Worlds #7 CGC 4.5 (Classic PCH cover!) 1952 Avon

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  • Issue #8
    Strange Worlds (1950 Avon) 8

    Strange Worlds intro by Everett Raymond Kinstler. The Metal Murderer!, art by Harry Lazarus. Death on the Earth-Mars Run!, art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Is There Life on Earth? text story. The Abduction of Henry Twigg, art by Joe Kubert. The Land Within! text story. The Thing on the Broken Balcony!, art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Strange Worlds (1950 Avon) 9
    • Interior is complete. Heavy water damage. Staple rust. Cover oxidation. Mold.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Syd Shores, Michael Becker, Vince Alascia, and Gene Fawcette. Cover by Gene Fawcette. Science fiction adventure from Avon, featuring stories and art from legends in the comics and sci-fi fields. A man discovers by robots in the fourth dimension that are holding humans captive; Space agent Mike Gordon is assigned to rescue the daughter of Earths president from a space bandit; Space criminals are mutated by the planetoid they use as a hideout. Also featuring the finest contents page yet, illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. The Radium Monsters; Mystery of Asteroid 9; World of the Monster Brain!; Ransom — One Million Decimars!; Interplanetary Safari; Revenge at Callisto Orbit. Issues #10 through #17 were not published. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $1,000 Strange Worlds 9 Avon 1952 CGC 6.0 Ow/w pages

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