Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) comic books 1958

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.

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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.

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.

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.