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Issue: Forbidden Worlds #4

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Publication Date: January 1952

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Issues: #4 of 145 Issues

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Variant: unnamed

Rating: [no rating]

Publisher: Flag

American Comics Group

Brand: American Comics Group ACG

Indicia Publisher: Preferred Publications, Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 52

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]

Notes: Issue date as given in indicia: "January-February, 1951-1952" [sic].

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was ongoing

Format Notes:

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1 Content Item
- A Queen for the Voodoo Chief [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

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Content Items (11 total)

Exploring the Supernatural!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Ken Bald

Inker(s): Ken Bald

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

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Pages: 1

Notes: Gravestone on cover has "Hughes" as the last name, which is the editor's last name.

A Queen for the Voodoo Chief

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Paul Cooper (signed)

Inker(s): Paul Cooper (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Ed Hamilton

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Danny Keller; Jeri Adams [Nafaris]; Kufir; John Marberry

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In Content Item: Flag

Shock v3 #2 published May 1971
as A Queen For the Voodoo Chief [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 11

Notes: Previous indexer stated this as written by Richard Hughes, however the story does not read like Hughes, and Hughes has stated that he edited, but didn't start writing for "Forbidden Worlds" until circa 1957.

Devil-Doomed Sandman

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): Typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Joan; Donald

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Pages: 1

The Fiend in Fur

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): George Wilhelms

Inker(s): George Wilhelms

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Frank; Phyllis Hall

Synopsis: Frank tries to explain to Miss Hall why she shouldn't walk in the woods alone, but she finds out for herself what the fiend in fur is.

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Pages: 7

The Spectral Sleepwalker

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Charlie Sultan

Inker(s): Charlie Sultan

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, informational

Feature(s): "True" Ghosts of History

Character(s): Jeanne La Blazon; Richard the Lion-Hearted

Synopsis: Jeanne La Blazon is murdered in 1177, but still she waits for Prince Richard to return.

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Richard Hughes ?

Letterer(s): Typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): From Your Editor- To You!

Synopsis: Announcement of the "L. F./ O. F. W." (Loyal Fans of Forbidden World") Club. Also mentions that "House of Horror" in this issue was written by two members of the Club. Letters from Helene Weiss, Josephine Eldes, and Ken Jorgowsky.

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Whirlpool of Death

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Nancy; Rex; Hela

Synopsis: Rex and Nancy are drowned and see ancient Viking warriors.

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Pages: 7

The Undying

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): Typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Graham; Evans

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Pages: 1

For Recommended Reading...

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Synopsis: Ad for ten ACG comics; primarily text.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Other half of page is ad for Smith Brothers Cough Drops, for getting a U.S. Military style ring and bracelet.

The Doom of the Moonlings

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): George Wilhelms

Inker(s): George Wilhelms

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, science fiction

Character(s): Bob; Joyce; Selena; Death

Synopsis: Bob and Joyce are confronted on a beach by Selena, Queen of the Moonlings, and are taken away to the moon.

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Pages: 7

House of Horror

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Alice Carter; Ken Bainbridge; ?

Penciller(s): Al Camy

Inker(s): Al Camy

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Alice Carter; Ken Bainbridge; Dr. Amos Dunstan; Martha Dunstan; One-Eyed Foster; Scar-Face Mike

Synopsis: Alice and Ken try to get a job with Forbidden Worlds, but are turned down for inexperience. On their way home, they decide to investigate the old Dustan House and find that the ghosts of the old man and woman who lived there have been capturing burglars and living off their life energies for 20 years.

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Pages: 9

Notes: Intro to story (and text page in this issue) claims that two main characters, Alice and Ken, are readers who submitted their story to the comic.