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Issue: Forbidden Worlds #2
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Issues: #2 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: 19 (15 stories, 1 cover)
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2 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagStrange Tales #69 published June 1959 was Journey into Nowhere! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagStrange Tales #69 published June 1959 was The World That Was Lost! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Iron Brain!

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Genres: science fiction
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How - From a Skinny Weakling Ted Became The Club's 'Muscle King'

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The Iron Brain!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Martin Catlin; Mr. Hackley; Mr. Burrows; Alice Catlin
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The Mirror of Mowgaladi!

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Arthur Lansing; Henry Lansing; Sorrell; Dr. Sanderson; Killer Burke; Jones
Synopsis: Arthur Lansing is given a mirror that foretells the future, but only to those pure of heart.
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Superstitious Notes

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Genres: fantasy, historical
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The Alien Germs!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mrs. Samson; Mr. Samson; Howard Stone; Dr. Scott
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Abominable Snow Man!

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Character(s): Joe Campbell; Dave; Doc Adams
First Line: Out of the frozen northland comes the fanciful myth of a strange creature, neither man, nor beast...
Synopsis: Joe and Dave have returned to the site where Doc Adams was last seen when searching for the abominable snow man. Joe and Dave decide to start their investigations immediately. They are attacked by a bear and Dave is knocked out. Joe's rifle jams and then the bear is killed by an ice spear. Joe takes Dave back to camp and returns to track the snow man alone. He chases a shadowy figure into a storm and then becomes trapped in an avalanche after firing his rifle. He is rescued by Doc Adams who is conducting a secret investigation into whether the abominable snow man exists.
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Superstitions

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First Line: To cure a sty on the eye, the following methods were believed to be effective in the best social circles in the Middle Ages.
Synopsis: Article giving information on superstitions. Subjects are curing stys, throwing an old shoe after a bride, how unlucky left is, the bad luck that will befall a town if the town clock should strike at the same time as church bells and the English custom of wassailing in an apple orchard.
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Food for Thought

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Genres: crime, science fiction
Character(s): Mattt Price; Emery
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The Phantom Ship

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Character(s): Hank Gordon; Jeff; Johnson
First Line: They feared the phantom ship of the south seas...
Synopsis: Hank and Jeff are out in their boat in a storm when they catch a glimpse of what they think is the Phantom Ship. Later when they land in Parang they meet Johnson who offers them a dangerous job but won't pay any extra for it. Hank and Jeff are unhappy but Johnson tells them they have no choice. Later on the boat Johnson reveals they are going to look for the Phantom Ship and shows them an official badge. They see the ship and Johnson pulls a gun to force them to follow. The ship becomes trapped in a cove and is revealed to be a smuggling vessel. There is no such thing as the Phantom Ship.
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Haunted Castle

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Grandpa Donald Stoneybrook; Paxton Stoneybrook (great, great grandfather - deceased);
First Line: It was midnight, and a moaning wintry wind rattled the big windows of the old castle and whistle through the dead branches on the tall trees.
Synopsis: Donald Stoneybrook sits alone in front of a log fire in his family castle. He shouts at the paintings of his ancestors asking why they don't help him to pay the taxes before the castle is forced to be sold. Paxton leads the ghosts of the paintings into a discussion and they suggest that the castle be sold to someone who can afford it. Donald says that such people do not exist any more. After another discussion Paxton tells Donald that he should tell the real estate agent that that any buyer can live there rent free for a month and all the chores will be taken care of secretly by the ghosts.
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Double Trouble

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Sam Mason; Andrews (sheriff); Mac (bartender)
First Line: Listen to me! You fools!
Synopsis: Sam Mason is being taken to be hanged for a murder. He manages to break free and escape promising to kill Andrews, the sheriff who arrested him. He finds his way to the lumber town where he was arrested but none of the townspeople acknowledge his existence and walk right past him. He goes into a bar and is again ignored. Then the barman says that the radio has just announced that Mason has been hanged. Andrews comes in and walks right past Mason. Mason flees and returns to the prison. Andrews is there and he can see Mason. It was all a plan with the townspeople to trick him back.
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Invasion From.. Mars!

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Character(s): Bill; Vivian
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Unknown Worlds!

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First Line: Through the ages, man has sought other worlds beyond his present realm.
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Journey Into Nowhere!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Walter Johnson; Thomas Blake
First Line: It's an age of tension and uncertainty...
Synopsis: Two scientists try to travel to the future, but arrive in the stone age. They believe they have proved travel into the future impossible, not suspecting that they actually saw the world after the destruction of civilization by war.
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The World That Was Lost!

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Captain Jordan; Linus Vermeer
First Line: We thought that he was mad... That his mind was as disabled as his body...
Synopsis: An old eccentric in a wheelchair hires a sea captain to take him to a spot where he believes that the lost continent of Atlantis lies. When they reach their destination he reveals himself to be a merman and thanks the sailors for bringing him home before diving overboard.
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The Landing

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Character(s): Professor Barton; Cliff Drews; Lynn Williams
First Line: The space ship LUNA tore through the earth's gravitational pull.
Synopsis: The spaceship LUNA has just pierced the outer regions of space. Suddenly the ship is seized by a force and has to land on a strange planet. They find a wasteland of a thousand craters and destruction. Barton says that at one time a civilization must have flourished. Then they find a piece of wood marked "Atomic Device Testing Ground". They are back on Earth.
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Bargain for Stamp Collectors

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Classics Illustrated

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