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Issue: Strange Worlds #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1951
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Issues: #2 of 14 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagAvon
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Avon Periodicals, Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/21/1950
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sol Cohen
Disclose Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals 1952, page 236
Mentioned in Seduction of the Innocent (p. 112) as an example of the "injury-to-the-eye motif," probably for an incident in "The Giant from Beyond."
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette
Inker(s): Gene Fawcette
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagPre-Code Classics: Strange Worlds #1 published April 2014
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Leopard Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Richard Case
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: Description of an African cult whose witch doctors promise great power to those who dress as leopards and kill white men.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Giant from Beyond

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): John Giunta
Inker(s): Manny Stallman ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Crom the Barbarian
Character(s): Crom the Barbarian; Tanit; Balthar the Terrible; Taka; Calla
Synopsis: A giant named Balthar raids Ophir's caravans. Crom takes an army to find and defeat him.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagGolden Legends #2 published January 2009
In Content Item: FlagEerie #1 published January 1952
as The Giant from Beyond! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBarbarians and Beauties #1 published January 1990
as The Giant From Beyond! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLurid Little Nightmare Makers #2 [unnamed variant] published May 2014
as The Giant from Beyond [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Weapon Out of Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Wally Wood
Inker(s): Wally Wood; Joe Orlando ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEerie #1 published January 1952
as The Weapon Out of Time! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThrilling Science Tales #1 published January 1989
as The Weapon Out of Time! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #19 Special Edition published January 2000
as The Weapon Out of Time [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction #[nn] published January 2012
as The Weapon Out Of Time [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Octopus-Kings of the Lost Planet

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): W. Malcolm White
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Story Behind the Cover
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEerie #1 published January 1952
as Octopus-Kings of the Lost Planet [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Dara of the Vikings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Walter Palais ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, philosophical
Character(s): Dara; Ford Robbins; Gene Dorn; Cyngar
Synopsis: Ford and Gene discover a land where Vikings still live and meet Dara, who they rescue from the evil Cyngar.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEerie #1 published January 1952
as Dara of the Vikings [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGood Girl Comics #16 published January 1994
as Fantastic Adventure [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLurid Little Nightmare Makers #2 [unnamed variant] published May 2014
as Dara of the Vikings [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8

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