Unknown Worlds

    (ACG, 1960-1967)
™ and ©1961 Best Syndicated Features, Inc.

The series, “Unknown Worlds,” was published by the American Comic Group and premiered in 1960. The series lasted for 57 issues and featured a very wide variety of odd stories in the science-fiction, monster, and fantasy genres. It was an offshoot of ACG’s other popular titles, Forbidden Worlds and Adventures Into the Unknown.

Debuting in 1960, the stories were handicapped by the constraints of the Comics Code (then very much in force, and prohibiting many of the most popular horror and crime themes). It made up for the lack of artistic freedom, in some ways, by the exceptional imaginations (and sometimes plain weirdness) of its creators, including Ogden Whitney (Herbie), Steve Ditko, Johnny Craig, and Al Williamson, all of whom made contributions to later issues of the series.
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  • 1
    #1
    Aug 1960
    Cover: $0.10
    W: L’afcadio Lee, Pierre Alonzo, Richard E. Hughes, Curt Carpenter  ·  A: Paul Reinman, John Rosenberger, Ogden Whitney, Curt Carpenter
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Sep 1960
    Cover: $0.10
    W: L’afcadio Lee, Pierre Alonzo, Richard E. Hughes, Pierce Rand  ·  A: Ogden Whitney, Edvard Moritz, Bill Walsh, Pierce Rand
    No copies available
  • 3
    #3
    Nov 1960
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Kurato Osaki, Richard E. Hughes, L’afcadio Lee, Zev Zimmer, Shane O’Shea  ·  A: Jack Sparling, Paul Reinman, Pete Costanza, John Forte
    Oct-Nov issue; Richard Hughes writing as Kurato Osaki; Richard Hughes writing as L’afcadio Lee; Richard Hughes writing as Shane O’Shea; Richard Hughes writing as Zev Zimmer
    1 copy for $5.00
  • 4
    #4
    Jan 1961
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Kurato Osaki, Richard E. Hughes, Zev Zimmer, Shane O’Shea, Pierre Alonzo  ·  A: John Forte, Bill Walsh, Leo Morey, Ogden Whitney
    Dec-Jan issue; Richard Hughes; Richard Hughes writing as Kurato Osaki; Richard Hughes writing as Pierre Alonzo; Richard Hughes writing as Shane O’Shea; Richard Hughes writing as Zev Zimmer
    No copies available
  • 5
    #5
    Feb 1961
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Kurato Osaki, Pierre Alonzo, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: John Rosenberger, Ogden Whitney, Pete Costanza
    No copies available
  • 6
    #6
    Mar 1961
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Leon Lazarus, Shane O’Shane, Pierre Alonzo  ·  A: John Forte, Harry Lazarus, John Rosenberger, Ogden Whitney
    No copies available
  • 7
    #7
    Apr 1961
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Richard E. Hughes, Pierre Alonzo, Kurato Osaki  ·  A: John Forte, Ogden Whitney, Pete Costanza, Leo Morey
    No copies available
  • 8
    #8
    Jun 1961
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Kurato Osaki, Richard E. Hughes, L’afcadio Lee  ·  A: John Forte, Ogden Whitney, John Rosenberger, Bill Walsh
    No copies available
  • 9
    #9
    Aug 1961
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Kurato Osaki, Richard E. Hughes, L’afcadio Lee  ·  A: Ogden Whitney, John Rosenberger, Paul Reinman, Tom Hickey
    Dinosaurs
    1 copy for $29.98
  • 10
    #10
    Sep 1961
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Richard E. Hughes, Pierre Alonzo  ·  A: Ogden Whitney, Pete Costanza, Tom Hickey
    No copies available
  • 11
    #11
    Oct 1961
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Richard E. Hughes, Kurato Osaki  ·  A: Tom Hickey, John Forte, Hy Eisman, John Rosenberger, Bill Walsh
    1 copy for $17.98
  • 12
    #12
    Dec 1961
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Kermit Lundgren, L’Afcadio Lee, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Beck Hamilton, Ogden Whitney, Pete Costanza, Tom Hickey
    2 copies from $12.00
  • 13
    #13
    Feb 1962
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Ogden Whitney, Paul Reinman, John Rosenberger, Tom Hickey
    No copies available
  • 14
    #14
    Mar 1962
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Richard E. Hughes, L’afcadio Lee, Pierre Alonzo  ·  A: Pete Costanza, John Forte, C.C. Beck
    1 copy for $13.98
  • 15
    #15
    Apr 1962
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Kurato Osaki, L’afcadio Lee  ·  A: Chic Stone, Ogden Whitney, C.C. Beck
    1 copy for $144.98
  • 16
    #16
    Jun 1962
    Cover: $0.12
    W: L’afcadio Lee, Richard E. Hughes, Pierre Alonzo  ·  A: Chic Stone, Tom Hickey, Ogden Whitney, Edvard Moritz
    No copies available
  • 17
    #17
    Aug 1962
    Cover: $0.12
    W: L’afcadio Lee, Richard E. Hughes, Ace Aquila  ·  A: C.C. Beck, Kurt Schaffenberger, Tom Hickey, Pete Costanza
    1 copy for $13.98
  • 18
    #18
    Sep 1962
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Brad Everson, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Bill Walsh, Chic Stone
    No copies available
  • 19
    #19
    Oct 1962
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Ace Aquila, Greg Olivetti, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Chic Stone, Pete Costanza, Tom Hickey, John Forte
    1 copy for $14.98
  • 20
    #20
    Dec 1962
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Richard E. Hughes, Thomas R. Drew, Pierre Alonzo  ·  A: Ogden Whitney, Paul Reinman, John Rosenberger, Pete Costanza
    No copies available
  • 21
    #21
    Feb 1963
    Cover: $0.12
    W: L’afcadio Lee, Richard E. Hughes, Zev Zimmer, Shane O’Shea  ·  A: Paul Reinman, Chic Stone, Pete Costanza
    1 copy for $13.98
  • 22
    #22
    Mar 1963
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Kurato Osaki, L’Afcadio Lee, Pierre Alonzo  ·  A: Chic Stone, Ogden Whitney, Paul Reinman
    1 copy for $13.98
  • 23
    #23
    Apr 1963
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Richard E. Hughes, Greg Olivetti, L’afcadio Lee  ·  A: Ogden Whitney, Chic Stone, Paul Reinman
    1 copy for $5.00
  • 24
    #24
    Jun 1963
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Richard E. Hughes, Ace Aquila  ·  A: Ogden Whitney, Paul Reinman
    1 copy for $6.00
  • 25
    #25
    Aug 1963
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Kurato Osaki, Richard E. Hughes, Ace Aquila  ·  A: Ogden Whitney, John Forte, Harry Lazarus, Chic Stone
    Reprints from Forbidden Worlds #68 (Jul 1958, retitled) and Adventures into the Unknown #98 (Jul 1958, retitled)
    1 copy for $4.00
  • 26
    #26
    Sep 1963
    Cover: $0.12
    W: L’afcadio Lee, Ace Aquila  ·  A: Pete Costanza, Fred Kida, Ogden Whitney
    Richard Hughes writing as Ace Aquila; Richard Hughes writing as L’afcadio Lee
    No copies available
  • 27
    #27
    Nov 1963
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Ace Aquila, Kurato Osaki, Richard E. Hughes, Zev Zimmer  ·  A: Ogden Whitney, Pete Costanza, Tom Hickey
    Oct-Nov issue; Reprint from Adventures Into the Unknown #78; Reprint from Adventures Into the Unknown #78 (Nov 1956); Richard Hughes writing as Ace Aquila; Richard Hughes writing as Kurato Osaki
    2 copies from $7.50
  • 28
    #28
    Dec 1963
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Richard E. Hughes, Link Norton  ·  A: Pete Costanza, Tom Hickey
    No copies available
  • 29
    #29
    Feb 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Kurato Osaki, Greg Olivetti  ·  A: Ogden Whitney, Pete Costanza, John Rosenberger
    1 copy for $4.00
  • 30
    #30
    Mar 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Kurato Osaki, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Citron Costanza, Paul Reinman
    1 copy for $16.95
  • 31
    #31
    Apr 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Kurato Osaki, Greg Olivetti, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Chic Stone, Pete Costanza, Fred Kida
    Avg sales of 143,258; Cites 300,000 avg press run; Statement of Ownership for 1963 appears
    No copies available
  • 32
    #32
    Jun 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Kurato Osaki, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Paul Reinman, Pete Costanza
    No copies available
  • 33
    #33
    Aug 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Brad Everson, Kurato Osaki  ·  A: Pete Costanza, Bob Jenney
    3 copies from $7.00
  • 34
    #34
    Sep 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Greg Olivetti, Richard E. Hughes, Zev Zimmer  ·  A: Chic Stone, Bob Jenney, John Rosenberger
    Reprints from Adventures Into the Unknown #77 (Oct 1956) and #97 (Jun 1958); Richard Hughes writing as Zev Zimmer and Greg Olivetti
    No copies available
  • 35
    #35
    Oct 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: L’afcadio Lee, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Edd Ashe, Chic Stone, Pete Costanza
    2 copies from $8.50
  • 36
    #36
    Dec 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Johnny Craig, Paul Reinman, Pete Costanza
    1 copy for $12.98
  • 37
    #37
    Feb 1965
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Kurato Osaki, Pierce Rand  ·  A: Edd Ashe, John Forte
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 38
    #38
    Mar 1965
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Ace Aquila, Richard E. Hughes, Curt Carpenter  ·  A: John Forte, Paul Reinman, Edd Ashe
    1 copy for $14.98
  • 39
    #39
    Apr 1965
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Kurato Osaki, Curt Carpenter, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Chic Stone, Sam Citron, Harry Lazarus
    2 copies from $18.75
  • 40
    #40
    Jul 1965
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Bob Standish, Richard E. Hughes, Zev Zimmer  ·  A: Pete Costanza, Chic Stone, Emil Gershwin
    Jun-Jul issue; Richard Hughes writing as Bob Standish; Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation for October 1, 1964
    2 copies from $2.40
  • 41
    #41
    Aug 1965
    Cover: $0.12
    W: L’afcadio Lee, Richard E. Hughes, Pierre Alonzo  ·  A: Hy Eisman, Kurt Schaffenberger, Bob Jenney
    2 copies from $3.50
  • 42
    #42
    Sep 1965
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Ace Aquila, Greg Olivetti, Bob Standish, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Edd Ashe, Dick Beck, Chic Stone
    Richard Hughes writing as Ace Aquila
    2 copies from $6.00
  • 43
    #43
    Oct 1965
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Richard E. Hughes, Brad Everson, Kurato Osaki  ·  A: Chic Stone, John Forte, Hy Eisman
    1 copy for $5.50
  • 44
    #44
    Dec 1965
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Kurato Osaki, L’afcadio Lee, Curt Carpenter  ·  A: Edd Ashe, Paul Reinman, Pete Costanza, Bill Walsh
    No copies available
  • 45
    #45
    Feb 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Richard E. Hughes, Ace Aquila  ·  A: Hy Eisman, Bob Jenney, Sal Trapani
    Richard Hughes writing as Ace Aquila; Richard Hughes writing as Shane O’Shea
    No copies available
  • 46
    #46
    Mar 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Greg Olivetti, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Chic Stone, Sal Trapani, Ogden Whitney
    No copies available
  • 47
    #47
    Apr 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Ace Aquila, Curt Carpenter, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Al Williamson, Jay Tacey, Pete Costanza
    Apr-May issue; Richard Hughes writing as Ace Aquila
    1 copy for $13.75
  • 48
    #48
    Jun 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Richard E. Hughes, Greg Olivetti  ·  A: Chic Stone, Harry Lazarus
    2 copies from $9.00
  • 49
    #49
    Aug 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Kurato Osaki, Brad Everson, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Steve Ditko, Pete Costanza, George Wilhelms, Ogden Whitney
    No copies available
  • 50
    #50
    Nov 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Bob Standish, Ace Aquila  ·  A: Steve Ditko, Paul Reinman, Edd Ashe
    Richard Hughes writing as“Bob Standish”
    2 copies from $29.98
  • 51
    #51
    Oct 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Sven Larsen, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Chic Stone, John Rosenberger, Edd Ashe
    1 copy for $21.00
  • 52
    #52
    Dec 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Edd Ashe, Paul Reinman, Harry Lazarus
    3 copies from $7.98
  • 53
    #53
    Feb 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Ace Aquila, Richard E. Hughes, Pierre Alonzo  ·  A: Sal Trapani, Bob Jenney
    1 copy for $36.00
  • 54
    #54
    Mar 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Kurato Osaki, L’afcadio Lee  ·  A: Paul Reinman, Steve Ditko
    No copies available
  • 55
    #55
    Apr 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Ace Aquila, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Pete Costanza, Gerald McCann, John Forte
    Apr-May issue; Richard Hughes writing as Ace Aquila
    No copies available
  • 56
    #56
    Jun 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Kenneth Landau, Edvard Moritz
    2 copies from $12.00
  • 57
    #57
    Aug 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Charles Lacoste, Kurato Osaki, Ace Aquila, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Edvard Moritz, Al Wenzel, Sal Trapani
    Final Issue; Richard Hughes writing as Ace Aquila
    2 copies from $3.00