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Issue: Forbidden Worlds #1
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Issues: #1 of 145 Issues
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Publisher: FlagThorpe & Porter
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Indicia Publisher: Arnold Book Co.
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Pages: 68
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Price: 12.0 pence GBQ 0-1-0
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Content Items: 17 (11 stories, 1 cover)
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Beyond the Reach of Time!

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Feature(s): Charles Atlas
First Line: How wallflower Ron walked off with the prettiest rose!
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Beyond the Reach of Time!

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Character(s): Tom Powers; Madge; Henry Powers; Mrs. Powers; Gloria Saunders
First Line: The year was 1942, and as young Tom Powers said goodbye to those he loved,E
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Story of a Miser!

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Character(s): Mark Brinkley; Eleanor Brinkley; Wayne Brinkley; Edward Brinkley; Mrs. Brinkley; Abraham Lincoln
First Line: It was as strange an adventure as had ever befallen a man,E
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Death of a "Ghost!"

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Character(s): Alan Barset; Lois Barset; Ekto
First Line: For 75 years, the old house in New Hampshire had been empty!
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Feature(s): Amazing Speeds
First Line: One of the newest army devices is the 'Buck Rogers,' a personal rocket belt...
Synopsis: Science fact on army "Buck Rogers" personal rocket belt, Electrons, and blink of an eye.
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Feature(s): Mystery in Space
First Line: Intriguing tales of the future and the mysteries of outer space
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Doctor Falsom's Discovery!

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Character(s): Falsom; Warren; Peter Mason
First Line: It was only a lump of crude quartz,E
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The Last Role

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Character(s): Bill Saunders; Ted; Lew Chase; Caroline (Lew's wife in a photograph)
First Line: He was a lonely old man who had nothing left except some yellowed news clippings in a crumbling scrap book and his memories...
Synopsis: On a film set Bill complains to Ted about the cameras not rolling. Ted says that the man they hired hasn't shown up and they need a replacement. He suggests Lew Chase. Bill is doubtful since Lew's wife died. Ted discloses that Lew is his father. Ted persuades his father to appear. Later Lew promises his wife's photo that he will make her proud and then collapses. Next day Lew shows up, says he has an important appointment and quickly performs his routines. Tired, he goes to the dressing room from which he disappears. A phone call from Lew's landlady then reveals he died last night.
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Superstitions

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First Line: Nearly everybody has a more or less uneasy feeling that breaking a mirror will not help your luck for at least seven years.
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The Mystic

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First Line: He could foretell the future - but an ironic twist of fate was to turn his own power against...
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The Impossible

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Sawyer; police sergeant
First Line: I must be out of my mind! How did I get here?
Synopsis: Sawyer wakes up on the floor of a room he's never seen before. He focuses by recalling his name, he's a research scientist and he's from 1958. Looking outside he sees futuristic buildings and goes to the police who tell him it's 2008. They take him to his house but it is now a condemned ruin. The sergeant tries to take Sawyer back but Sawyer escapes and goes back to the room where he finds a notebook. The sergeant appears and takes the book while Sawyer escapes again. Sawyer follows the sergeant home and learns that he hasn't time travelled but has been rejuvenated by his own experiment.
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The Test

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Ted; Margo; Mr Rêve
First Line: Sometimes even people in love do not know how much they mean to each other until they are faced with...
Synopsis: Ted and Margo are lost on honeymoon in a car. Ted tells Margo that the Cajuns have a legend that those in love must come to the Bayous to be tested. The find a beautiful house and ask if there is accommodation. Mr Rêve says yes and that he can see that they are in love but it has not yet faced the test. They climb the stairs, a bat scares Margo who falls down. Ted carries her outside and a storm whips up. Ted tells Margo they will live or die together. They wake up in the car and drive off. They see a car with Mr Rêve inside who tells them they have passed and this is not a dream now.
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Ghost Ship of Space

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Genres: science fiction
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The Creatures in the Volcano

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Character(s): Tubuai; Mauiki
First Line: There is a story that Grandfather used to tell me when I was a child...
Synopsis: A chief of a Pacific island tribe finds aliens in a volcano preparing to conquer Earth. He thinks his people will not believe him, so he instead agrees to sell the island to the US for nuclear tests, which destroys the aliens.
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Large Album & Stamp Collection

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Read the Best in the World's Finest Juvenile Publications

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First Line: Make your selection from these thrilling - exciting - romantic adventure stories
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"Make your selection from these thrilling - exciting - romantic adventure stories"
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Small print of cover to issue 20 Ivanhoe shown. This is embellished due to its size with black pen highlights.

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