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Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) comic books 1955 or before

  • Issue #1
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 1
    • 1" spine split from top. Cover-to-cover edge tear. Tape residue.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Paul Reinman, Emil Gershwin, Edvard Moritz and Henry Kiefer. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A man unwittingly unleashes a demon, who grants him three wishes in return for his freedom. Artwork by legendary EC artist Al Williamson on this story may have been ghosted by the even more legendary Frank Frazetta. During World War I, a ghostly medieval cavalry appears to defend a Belgian town. A governor listens to a condemned mans strange story of life, death and resurrection involving a Monster Doll. Demon of Destruction; Monsieur Werewolf; Love of a Vampire; The Way of the Werewolf; Vampires Victim; The Ghostly Army of Bethune; The Monster Doll. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $425 Forbidden Worlds #1 CBCS 4.0 (1951) Frank Frazetta ~ American Comics Group
    $1,100 Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) # 1 CGC: CGC 7.0 (4338089017)

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  • Issue #3
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 3
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    • 5" cumulative spine split (partially taped), cover near brittle in places.
    • Cover detached. Cover oxidation.

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Charles Spain Verral and others. Art by Ogden Whitney, King Ward, Emil Gershwin, Edvard Moritz and Leo Morey, plus one story by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, and Joe Orlando. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A couple studying ancient castles in Europe comes upon one that is the lair of an ancient vampire, situated on an inaccessible peak. Another couple accidentally flung into space on an experimental balloon lands on a purgatory planet inhabited by atomic mutants, in a story full of ludicrous science and genuinely disturbing art by King Ward. But the real gem is about a boy who accidentally summons the spirit of a vengeful sorcerer while playing with the skull on his fathers desk. This oft-reprinted story, Skull of the Sorcerer, features pencils by EC legend Al Williamson, inks by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood, and one panel (page 6 panel 3?) inked by Frank Frazetta himself. Lair of the Vampire; The Return; The Vengeful Spirit; The Domain of the Doomed; Giants on the Earth; Skull of the Sorcerer; Pursuit Into the Past. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 5
    • Cover and centerfold loose at one staple. Cover oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Roy Krenkel and Al Williamson (credited as Roy G. Williams), Lou Cameron, Lin Streeter, George Wilhelms and Al Camy. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A doctor explores the evil inhabiting the ancient manor of Stormway Hall; An American couple in Egypt discovers the horrifying secret of the Sphinx; A dead man writes in to Forbidden Worlds in an effort to clear his name in Land of the Living Dead, with art by comics legends Roy Krenkel and Al Williamson. The Tomb of Terror; The Merman Menace; Rocket for Two; Priestess of the Sphinx; Dance of the Savages; The Day the World Died; Circe, the Sorceress; Land of the Living Dead. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $660 Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) # 5 CGC: CGC 7.5 (3832250008)

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  • Issue #6
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 6

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Williamson, Pete Riss, Sam Cooper, Paul Gattuso and Paul Gustavson. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. An adventurous medical researcher gets more than he bargained for in the backcountry of Brazil; A writer sells his soul so that he can tell this very story; The strange tale of the African Were-Jackals. Any similarity to King Kong on the cover is purely commercial. The Domain of the Dead; The Haunted Gallery; The Sorcerers Play-Kit; The Flapping Head; The Haunting Refrain; The Devils Typewriter!; Stranglers Spirit; Bride of the Beast; The African Were-Jackals. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $48 Golden Age Forbidden Worlds Vol 2 ACG Comics PS ArtBooks Hardcover
    $75 1952 Forbidden Worlds #6 FARE/GOOD 1.5 Staples Replaced Plus Tape
    $100 Forbidden Worlds #6 June 1952 VG Williamson art, King Kong homage cover

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  • Issue #10
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 10

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Camy, Jayson Disbrow, Jon L. Blummer and Charlie Sultan. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Joe learns that his pals mysterious fiancee hates to be photographed and has had previous husbands, all of whom disappeared; Survivors of a plane crash discover that their tropical island is inhabited by a vampire; A treasure hunter unearths a voodoo idol and is targeted for vengeance by the dead. The Unknown Vampire; Portrait of Satan; Bride of Doom; Strange Machine; The Curse of Rada! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $225 FORBIDDEN WORLDS #10 CGC CBCS 3.5 AMERICAN COMICS GROUP 1952
    $330 FORBIDDEN WORLDS #10 CGC 7.0 OW/WH PAGES // AMERICAN COMICS GROUP 1952
    $349 FORBIDDEN WORLDS- #10 CGC 5.0 - 1952 ACG COMIC

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  • Issue #11
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 11
    • Staple rust with migration.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Charles M. Quinlan, Charles Nicholas and Harry Lazarus. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A ghost forces a couple to spend the night in a haunted house if they want to break the clutching curse; A professor discovers a terrible secret about a wax museum full of historys worst killers; The hideous legends surrounding Elizabeth Bathory, the so-called Blood Countess. The Mummys Treasure; I Am Doomed; The Clutching Curse; The Wax Demons; True Vampires of History: Elizabeth Bathory. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 12
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4641127015
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by King Ward, Charles Nicholas and Jon Blummer. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. The strange story of a ghost army at the Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican-American War; The genie released from an ancient box sets out to fulfill his thousand-year-old promise to destroy humankind; Honeymooners discover that the executed witches of Salem have left behind a fearsome curse. The Chest of Death; True Ghost Armies; The Haitian Puppet; Were-Spiders Doom; The Tomb of the Unseen; The Witch's Curse. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #23
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 23

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Charles Nicholas, Bill Walsh and Harry Lazarus. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A mad scientist creates horrifying insect-animal hybrids; A robot falls in love with a woman and goes on a rampage; A ghost ship appears over the South Pacific with a crew of undead privateers. Nightmare for Two!; The Mummy That Lived; The Machine That Fell in Love; The Thing in the Bottle!; Terror of the Deep! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #26
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 26

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Art Gates, Sam Citron, Charles Nicholas and Bob Forgione. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A boxer faces death in the ring; A faceless fiend sets out to murder the descendants of an ancient noble family; Uranium hunters in Sumatra find the connection between a beautiful native woman and a deadly tree. The Champ; Death Through the Ages; The Specters of Carteret Castle; Report from the Beyond!; Tree of Terror! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $340 FORBIDDEN WORLDS #26 (1954) - GRADE 6.0 - ACG GOLDEN AGE KEN BALD ART GATES

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  • Issue #30
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 30
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4599897005
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Bob Forgione, Sam Citron, Harry Lazarus and Dick Beck. Cover by Harry Lazarus. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A crook teaches a parrot to become his partner in crime and soon regrets it; Nature takes a hideous revenge after a murder on a beach; A man obsessed with a long-dead woman learns the horrifying secret of her accursed family. The Talking Machine!; The Ninth Victim! ; The Street That Was; The Thing on the Beach!; They'll Never Believe Me! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #31
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 31

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Kenneth Landau, Sheldon Moldoff, Art Gates, and Lin Streeter. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A strange visitor brings death to the corrupt nobles who hunted common folk for sport; A hideous stone idol opens a gateway to the dimension of the dead; An obsessed artist sculpts a self-portrait thats a little too lifelike. Circle of the Doomed!; No Escape!; The Horrors of Mu!; Danny and the Demon!; Masquerade. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $330 FORBIDDEN WORLDS #31 CGC 5.5 1954 KEN BALD

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