Strange Journey (1957) comic books
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Issue #2
Published Nov 1957 by America's Best Comics.$29.00
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Horror comics from Ajax-Farrell, featuring kid-friendly material as required by the new Comics Code. One of the few comics under Ajax-Farrell's "America's Best Comics" imprint, later borrowed for Alan Moore's unrelated publishing imprint. A hunchbacked assistant plots to take the kingdom from a blind princess. A man falls for a female ventriloquist, until he learns her terrible secret, in a story reprinted with changes required by the Comics Code. A detective investigates reports of an alien invasion in an abandoned building. Our Green-Eyed Princess of Dumbrille!; The Beautiful and the Dumb!; The Dreadful Vision; A Hole in the Sky; Space Is a Secret. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
Published Jul 1958 by America's Best Comics.$26.00
Stories and art by H. C. Kiefer and others. Horror comics from Ajax-Farrell, featuring kid-friendly material as required by the new Comics Code. One of the few comics under Ajax-Farrell's "America's Best Comics" imprint, later borrowed for Alan Moore's unrelated publishing imprint. Al and Tom of the Galactic Guardians investigate after a spaceliner vanishes into a space whirlpool, as the comic completes its transformation from horror to science fiction. The story of Orville and Wilbur Wright and the first successful motorized flight. A wacky story about the life of a TV weatherman that previously appeared in MAD clone Madhouse. Twelve Seconds That Changed History!; Whirlpool of Space; Operation Satellite; Uncle Featherby Weather--Or Not?; Valor Unlimited. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
