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Issue: Forbidden Worlds Archives #1
Publication Date: December 2012
 
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Publisher: FlagDark Horse
Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Books
On Sale Date: 11/28/2012
Volume: none
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781616550004
UPC/EAN: 978161655000454999
Price: $54.99 CAD
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Content Items: 80 (32 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
Dimensions: 7" x 10"
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Binding: Hardcover; Dustjacket
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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Foreword

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Demon of Destruction

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Don Brady (atomic physicist); Mary (death, brought back to life); un-named doctor; Uncle Phineas (Don's uncle, death); Marzo (The Spirit of Destruction) (villain)
Don Brady decides to take a rest - in the house in which his uncle was doing his experiments in the supernatural. Brady unwittingly unleases Marzo, who grants Brady three wishes in return for his freedom!
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What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!

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Johnny LuJack
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Monsieur Werewolf

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Jacques Turenne
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Love of a Vampire

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Ken Cummings; Beth Cummings; Hans Brunt; Riley; Inspector Jackson; Miss Jones
A woman on her honeymoon disappears when staying at a motel, after a bat enters the room while her husband is sleeping.
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Tess and Tim Capture the Bank Robbers

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Tess; Tim; Popsicle Pete
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The Way of the Werewolf

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Ondok; Roy; Ambrose Walker; Canisa Walker; Larry Davis
it's a slow news day, so the reporter gets the assignment to talk to a local expert on the man-eating wolves of India.
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Beating the Beach Barrage

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"U. S." Royal with His Jet-Propelled Bike
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Vampire's Victim

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Rudolf
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The Ghostly Army of Bethune

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In World War I, a ghost medieval cavalry appears to defend Belgium near the town of Bethune.
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Previous indexer read HCK as MCK and thought the artist was Mel Keefer.
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Extra! Good News!

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The Monster Doll

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Fellowes; Dickson Prescott; Bill; Jane Crothers Prescott; Sue Jackson; Alan MacCampbell; Julian Bulmere; Alice McLane
Dickson Prescott is sentenced to die within the hour, while the Governor hears about his strange story.
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Announcing Operation: Peril

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Boys! Girls! Hurry!

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Have You Got What It Takes?

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Every Way You Look at Them

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While They Last. Outstanding bargains

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Without Knowing a Note ...

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The Mists of Midnight

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Audrey Clark; Neil; Jim Fletcher
Audrey sees a man struggling in the fog.
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Phil Rizzuto

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Postscript to Death

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Sylvia; John
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The League of Vampires

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Nancy Lewis; Roy Carlson
Nancy Lewis has a strange visitor who has bat eyes, and he makes her take him to her finance's laboratory.
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Dead Man's Doom

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Phanto
Phanto is a fake medium, who is willing to do what it takes to keep his fee.
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Kate, the Witch, vs. Andrew Jackson

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"True" Witches of History
John Bell; Betsy Bell; Josh Gardiner; Kate the Witch; General Andrew Jackson; Rachel Jackson; Witch-Destroyer
A witch appears before future President Andrew Jackson's friends in Robertson County, Tennessee. And he goes to see if it is true.
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Strange Staircase

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Billy; Roger (dog)
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The Magic Coin

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Amos Brown; Ken Havers; Miss Seely; Sabina; Decimus; Emperor Marcus Aurelius; Smithers
Dr. Amos Brown is missing. He is found on top of the old coin that is under the microscope.
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The Spectral Sky-Ship

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Captain Lamberton
The Ship, Fellowship, disappears in 1646.
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Based on the poem THE PHANTOM SHIP by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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The Boy Who Talked with Spirits

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Eddie Harkness; Josiah; Emily
Eddie has two ghosts who help keep him up on what's going on.
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Be the Master Not the Slave!

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Ugly Blackheads Out in Seconds with Vacutex

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Extra! Good News!

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Lair of the Vampire

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Gloria; Pat
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script credit via Will Murray in Comic Book Marketplace #119
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Tess and Tim Capture the Bank Robbers

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Tess; Tim; Popsicle Pete
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The Return

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Mrs. Peabody; Alice Hanscombe; Mrs. Hanscombe
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The Vengeful Spirit

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Pete; Edna; Pierre Mariveaux; Odette Mariveaux
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Every Way You Look at Them

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Letters from June Mueller, Michael R. Elliott, and Frances E. LeJeune.
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The Domain of the Doomed

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Bruce Norton; Betty
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Giants on the Earth

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E. B. Beauman; Eric Shipton; Frank S. Smythe; H. W. Tilman
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Skull of the Sorcerer

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Davey Knox; Robert Knox; Frank; Mike; Wally; Dalai Rama of Karak
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Al Williamson lists the inkers to this story in James Van Hise's The Art of Al Williamson (San Diego: Blue Dolphin, 1983)
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Pursuit Into the Past

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Rog Halith
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The Witch's Apprentice

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Old Kate; Tim; Ned Rawson; Thelma Starr; Henry Symon
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Draw me!

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How to Fix Any Part of Any Car

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Exploring the Supernatural!

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Given. Premiums - Cash

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A Queen for the Voodoo Chief

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Danny Keller; Jeri Adams [Nafaris]; Kufir; John Marberry
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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.
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Devil-Doomed Sandman

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Joan; Donald
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The bike that has everything!

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The Fiend in Fur

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Frank; Phyllis Hall
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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The Spectral Sleepwalker

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Jeanne La Blazon; Richard the Lion-Hearted
Jeanne La Blazon is murdered in 1177, but still she waits for Prince Richard to return.
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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

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Nancy; Rex; Hela
Rex and Nancy are drowned and see ancient Viking warriors.
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The Undying

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Graham; Evans
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For Recommended Reading...

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Boys! Girls! Hurry!

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The Doom of the Moonlings

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Bob; Joyce; Selena; Death
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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House of Horror

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Alice Carter; Ken Bainbridge; Dr. Amos Dunstan; Martha Dunstan; One-Eyed Foster; Scar-Face Mike
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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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.
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New! Super-Duper! Simply terrific! Television Bank

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Silver Streak Archives

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Adventures into the Unknown

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Forbidden Worlds

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