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Strange Worlds (1950 Avon) comic books 1951

  • Issue #2
    Strange Worlds (1950 Avon) 2

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    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.

  • Issue #4
    Strange Worlds (1950 Avon) 4
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #2039096005

    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.