Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) comic books 1965-1967

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, credited as Pete Costanza. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Zev Zimmer. Art by Pete Costanza, Kurt Schaffenberger and George Wilhelms. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. As the Silver Age of comics begins, ACG introduces a superhero: Magicman, immortal son of the wizard Cagliostro, who disguises himself as an American soldier when not battling evil as Magicman. A modern-day man undergoes hypnosis to discover the truth about his great-grandfathers disappearance; student Willie Stover and his pet frog Oswald accidentally foil an invasion from a microscopic world during Detention. Also featuring a one-page Herbie story/ad for his new comic. Cover by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger, working under an assumed name at the request of DCs editor. Magicman!; Missing: Frederick Forbes!; No Good to the World! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, credited as Pete Costanza. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Zev Zimmer and Brad Everson. Art by Pete Costanza, Pete Riss and George Wilhelms.An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. In Vietnam, Magicman battles Agent A-214, a diminutive Communist agent who disguises himself as an infant; Johnny Carlyle hunts the puma that killed his father, and his father's ghost appears at a crucial moment; A space explorer encounters a duplicate of her dead fiance on an alien world. Also featuring a one-page Herbie story/ad for his new comic. Cover by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger, working under an assumed name at the request of DCs editor. Watch Out for A-214!; Help From Beyond; The Most Human Guy I Ever Knew! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, credited as Pete Costanza. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Zev Zimmer and Lafcadio Lee. Art by Pete Costanza, Ogden Whitney and Bob Jenney. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Magicmans associate Sergeant Kilkenny, suspected of being Magicman, is asked to solve a string of murders; Writer H. Rider Haggard reveals a dream he had foretelling his dog's death; A strange old man sells lifelike dolls, and woe be to those who try to swindle him. Cover by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger, working under an assumed name at the request of DCs editor. The Case of the Young Old Men!; Dreams Can Come True; The Seller of Dolls! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $6.40

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, credited as Pete Costanza. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Zev Zimmer, Pierre Alonzo and Bob Standish. Art by Pete Costanza, Edd Ashe and Paul Reinman. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Trying to solve a robbery performed by sorcery, Magicman travels to the past to ask Merlins advice. But the crimes are happening all through time, pointing to one person: Magicmans father, the wizard Cagliostro. A bully looks forward to intimidating aliens in space; A ruthless antiques dealer meets three elderly sisters who can tell the future, but doesnt foresee his own destiny. Cover by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger, working under an assumed name at the request of DCs editor. Magicman Meets Merlin!; Only Tough Guys Get Places!; Loom of Fate! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Zev Zimmer, Sven Larsen and Pierce Rand. Art by Pete Costanza, Edd Ashe and John Rosenberger. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Magicman battles aliens who have taken over the bodies of a team of space explorers; A con artist offers to help Satan run the place after he arrives in Hell; The new member of a diving crew turns out to be an exceptionally good diver – too good to be entirely human. Well Bury You Deep!; Theres a New Lot of Spirits Coming In!; The Thing from the Depths. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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"Magicman vs. the Wizard of Science" (script by Richard Hughes as "Zev Zimmer," art by Pete Costanza), "Stone Age Man" (script by Kermit Lundgren, art by Paul Reinman), and "The Ghost That Died" (script by Hughes as "Kurato Osaki," art by Hy Eisman). Costanza cover. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, credited as Pete Costanza. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Zev Zimmer and Ace Aquila. Art by Pete Costanza, Edd Ashe, Chic Stone and Emil Gershwin. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. In a seaside New England town, the ghosts of a pirate crew wreak havoc until Magicman shows up to put them to rest; A teller of tall tales is abducted by aliens, but he knows no one will believe him; A man insists that he controls his own destiny, but the gods just laugh. Cover by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger, working under an assumed name at the request of DCs editor. Pirate Peril!; Two Weeks with Pay; The Four-Fingered Hand!; Master of his Fate! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, credited as Pete Costanza. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Zev Zimmer, Brad Everson and Greg Olivetti. Art by Pete Costanza, Lloyd Cynwald and Sal Trapani. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A gangster gains control of a giant ape and forces it to commit crimes for him, arousing Magicmans ire; A broomstick has incredible magic powers; A magic mirror creates duplicates of people, but they have opposite personalities. Cover by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger, working under an assumed name at the request of DCs editor. Ancient Ape!; The Space Broomstick; The Mirror of Mystery! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, credited as Pete Costanza. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Zev Zimmer, Ace Aquila and Greg Olivetti. Art by Pete Costanza, Chic Stone and Edd Ashe. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Magicman meets his greatest nemesis, the evil sorceress Dragonia, and travels back in time to discover a cache of gold lost during World War I; An interplanetary war in a distant galaxy eventually spells doom for Earth; The spirits of the Unknown help a teenage hood by showing him how badly his life will turn out unless he reforms. Cover by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger, working under an assumed name at the request of DCs editor. Magicman Meets Dragonia!; Whatever Did Happen to the Earth?; Spirits Can Be Good Joes! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, credited as Pete Costanza. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Zev Zimmer, Kurato Osaki and Greg Olivetti. Art by Pete Costanza, John Rosenberger and Hy Eisman. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Magicman has to stop the deadly spy Chang, but no one alive has seen his face; Marty tries to figure out how to help his girlfriend's uncle, who has turned invisible in a lab accident; A man witnesses a fifty-year-old crime at an old service station on a deserted road. Cover by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger, working under an assumed name at the request of DCs editor. Chang's Going to Kill You!; The Vanishing Uncle!; The Ghostly Garage! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, credited as Pete Costanza. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Zev Zimmer, Jonathan Burns and Pierre Alonzo. Art by Pete Costanza, Al Wenzel and Pierre Alonzo. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Magicman travels into the past to help his father Cagliostro battle an evil wizard; An American steals a golden idol from a tribe in the Amazon jungle, but soon regrets it; The ghost of an executed criminal seeks revenge from beyond the grave. Cover by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger, working under an assumed name at the request of DCs editor. Well Go Where the Action Is!; The Vengeance of the Vine!; Ghostly Revenge! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, credited as Pete Costanza. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Zev Zimmer and Kurato Osaki. Art by Pete Costanza and Chic Stone. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. When a mad scientist has a robot double of Magicman commit crimes, it captures the attention of ACGs other superhero, Nemesis, leading to their first crossover; In the desert, a modern-day man encounters prospectors from the 1840s; A psychic woman foresees her own doom. Cover by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger, working under an assumed name at the request of DCs editor. Magicman Meets Nemesis! Where Time Stood Still!; Second Sight. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, credited as Pete Costanza. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Zev Zimmer, Bob Standish and Greg Olivetti. Art by Pete Costanza, Steve Ditko, Sal Trapani and Ogden Whitney. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. An alien queen hypnotizes Magicman into helping her people invade the Earth; A warlock curses a hunter that one of his sons will be born evil; a shy and timid boy gets a visit from Mr. Destiny. Cover by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger, working under an assumed name at the request of DCs editor. Art by Marvel legend Steve Ditko. Brainwashed!; Curse of the Warlock!; Everyones Paralyzed—-But Me! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, credited as Pete Costanza. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Zev Zimmer, Kurato Osaki and Shane O'Shea. Art by Pete Costanza, Tom Hickey, Steve Ditko, Sal Trapani and Paul Reinman. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Magicmans foe Dragonia escapes from prison and targets American troops in Vietnam with her magic; A sea captain is cursed to wander the oceans of the world ; A scientist builds an android that he passes off as his son Jeremy, but they have a tragic argument after the android falls in love with a human girl. Cover by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger, working under an assumed name at the request of DCs editor. Art by Marvel legend Steve Ditko. Operation: Viet Nam!; Youll Know No Rest!; My Son, the Creature! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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"The Proper Spirit" (script by Bob Standish, art by Chic Stone), "The Thing With the Golden Hair" (art by Sheldon Moldoff; reprint), and Magicman in "Dare the D-Dimension" (script by Richard Hughes as "Zev Zimmer," pencils by Pete Costanza, inks by Hickey). Kurt Schaffenberger (as "Lou Wahl") cover. Cover price $0.12.

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"Don't Let the Ghost Take Shape" (script by Richard Hughes as "Pierre Alonzo," pencils by Steve Ditko, inks by Sal Trapani), Magicman in "Beware the Chinese Sorcerer" (script by Hughes as "Zev Zimmer," pencils by Pete Costanza, inks by Hickey), and "The Cure From Beyond." Kurt Schaffenberger (as "Lou Wahl") cover. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $9.00

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, credited as Pete Costanza. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Zev Zimmer and Ace Aquila. Art by Pete Costanza, Tom Hickey, Bob Jenney and John Rosenberger. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Escaped convicts take a young couple hostage, but the couple is not what they seem; The strange case involving the mummy in the city museum comes to light; Magicman battles the Artful Dodger and his gang of art thieves, in his final Forbidden Worlds appearance. Cover by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger, working under an assumed name at the request of DCs editor. Phantom Revenge!; Mystery of the Museum; You Think Its Easy?; The Score! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, credited as Lou Wahl. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Curt Carpenter, Kurato Osaki and Bob Standish. Art by Pete Costanza, Tom Hickey, Leo Morey and Gerald McCann. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. WWII German soldiers run afoul of a tree that still bears the ancient curse of a warlock; A man is condemned for cowardice after his bride drowns, but there is more to the story. Cover by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger, working under an assumed name at the request of DCs editor. The Warlocks Tree!; Those Ever-Lovin Space Shoes!; Turn Back the Clock!; Whats the Answer? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $6.30

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, credited as Lou Wahl. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Shane O'Shea, Kurato Osaki and Bob Standish. Art by Pete Costanza, Tom Hickey, Ken Landau, Ogden Whitney and Paul Reinman. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A time traveler trying to get away from the hectic modern world winds up in the dinosaur era; Leprechauns are not limited to Ireland; A case of mental telepathy. Cover by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger, working under an assumed name at the request of DCs editor. Just Imagine… No Subways!; Those Lithuanian Leprechauns!; The Gift of Beauty; The E.S.P. Casebook. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

"Click, Click Went the Machine" (script by Brad Everson, art by Sal Trapani), "The Strange Adventure of Archer Prott" (script by Thomas R. Drew, art by Beck/Costanza--C.C. Beck/Pete Costanza?) and "Little Green Man" (script by Richard Hughes as "Zev Zimmer, art by Ken Landau). Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger as "Lou Wahl." Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $9.00

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, credited as Lou Wahl. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes, credited as Adam Barr. Art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Ken Landau, and Paul Reinman. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. An archaeologist discovers a hidden valley populated by beings who can take human form, among other shapes; John Force, Magic Agent investigates a microbe that could be used for germ warfare. Cover by Superman and Lois Lane artist Kurt Schaffenberger, working under an assumed name at the request of DCs editor. The Timeless Tribe!; When the Hurricane Hit; Case of the Bottled Microbes. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.