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Adventures into the Unknown

    (ACG, 1948-1967)
©1958 Best Syndicated Features, Inc.

During the twilight of the super-heroes in the 1950s, science fiction and horror comics were the hottest thing on the newsstands, and this title was one of the pioneers of the genre. Each issue served up three or four short stories featuring alien attacks, post-atomic nightmares, bug-eyed monsters, unexplained phenomena, and other meat-and-potatoes 1950s science-fantasy themes. Adventures into the Unknown was broad enough in format to allow straight mystery and suspense stories side by side with hardcore science fiction, horror, and monsters.

The ACG art and writing staff lacked the talent of the big publishers like EC, Atlas (Marvel), and DC, but managed to produce clean, workmanlike art and entertaining stories.
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  • 55
    #55
    3-D cover, story
    May 1954
    Cover: $0.10
    TrueVision 3-D effect
    1 copy for $4.46
  • 96
    #96
    May 1958
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    A: Al Williamson
    1 copy for $17.00
  • 106
    #106
    Mar 1959
    Cover: $0.10
    1 copy for $24.95
  • 123
    #123
    Mar 1961
    Cover: $0.10
    2 copies from $11.50
  • 124
    #124
    Apr 1961
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    W: Pierre Alonzo, Ace Aquila  ·  A: Paul Reinman, Kenneth Landall
    1 copy for $0.85
  • 141
    #141
    Jun 1963
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Richard E. Hughes, Curt Carpenter  ·  A: Ogden Whitney, Paul Reinman, Kurt Schaffenberger
    1 copy for $5.50
  • 142
    #142
    Aug 1963
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    1 copy for $12.50
  • 143
    #143
    Sep 1963
    Cover: $0.12
    1 copy for $9.00
  • 144
    #144
    Oct 1963
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Shane O’Shea, Richard E. Hughes, Charles Lacoste, Brad Everson  ·  A: Chic Stone, Tom Hickey, Dick Beck, Sam Citron
    Oct-Nov issue; Reprint from Forbidden Worlds #57 (Aug 1957)
    1 copy for $6.24
  • 145
    #145
    Dec 1963
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    W: Richard E. Hughes, Ace Aquila  ·  A: Chic Stone, John Forte, Paul Reinman
    1 copy for $14.98
  • 147
    #147
    Mar 1964
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    W: Richard E. Hughes, Kurato Osaki, Sven Larsen  ·  A: Ogden Whitney, Paul Reinman, Pete Costanza, Sam Citron
    1 copy for $8.98
  • 150
    #150
    Aug 1964
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    W: Ace Aquila, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Bob Jenney, Sam Citron, Ogden Whitney
    2 copies from $7.98
  • 152
    #152
    Oct 1964
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    W: Kurato Osaki, Richard E. Hughes, Pierce Rand  ·  A: Johnny Craig, George Wilhelms, Hy Eisman
    1 copy for $12.00
  • 153
    #153
    Dec 1964
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    W: Kurato Osaki, Ace Aquila, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Pete Costanza, Paul Reinman, Sam Citron, Tom Hickey
    Richard Hughes writing as Ace Aquila
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 154
    #154
    Feb 1965
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    W: Richard E. Hughes, Kurato Osaki  ·  A: Pete Costanza, Bob Jenney
    Origin of Nemesis (Steve Flint); Origin of Nemesis (Tom Tresser)
    3 copies from $15.30
  • 156
    #156
    Apr 1965
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    W: Richard E. Hughes, Charles Lacoste  ·  A: Pete Costanza, Paul Reinman
    1 copy for $6.50
  • 157
    #157
    Jun 1965
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    W: Richard E. Hughes, Greg Olivetti  ·  A: Chic Stone, Pete Costanza
    3 copies from $5.00
  • 158
    #158
    Aug 1965
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    W: Richard E. Hughes, Greg Olivetti, Kurato Osaki  ·  A: Chic Stone, John Buscema, Hy Eisman
    Nemesis
    4 copies from $9.98
  • 159
    #159
    Sep 1965
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Richard E. Hughes, Kurato Osaki, Pierce Rand  ·  A: Chic Stone, Hy Eisman
    Nemesis
    6 copies from $4.25
  • 160
    #160
    Oct 1965
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    W: Richard E. Hughes, Ace Aquila  ·  A: Chic Stone, Johnny Craig
    Richard Hughes writing as Ace Aquila; Richard Hughes writing as Shane O’Shea
    4 copies from $8.98
  • 161
    #161
    Dec 1965
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    W: Richard E. Hughes, Kurato Osaki  ·  A: Chic Stone, Pete Costanza, George Klein
    1 copy for $8.00
  • 162
    #162
    Feb 1966
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    W: Richard E. Hughes, Pierce Rand, Kurato Osaki  ·  A: Chic Stone, Leo Morey, Pete Costanza
    2 copies from $7.98
  • 163
    #163
    Mar 1966
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    4 copies from $7.98
  • 164
    #164
    Apr 1966
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    W: Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Chic Stone, Paul Reinman
    3 copies from $4.25
  • 165
    #165
    Jun 1966
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    W: Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: John Buscema, Chic Stone
    2 copies from $5.25
  • 166
    #166
    Aug 1966
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    W: Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Chic Stone
    2 copies from $4.00
  • 167
    #167
    Sep 1966
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    W: Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Chic Stone, Paul Reinman
    3 copies from $10.00
  • 168
    #168
    Nov 1966
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    W: Shane O’Shea, Richard E. Hughes, Ace Aquila, Kurato Osaki  ·  A: Steve Ditko, Chic Stone, Paul Reinman
    Kurt Schaffenberger drawing as Lou Wahl; Kurt Schaffenberger inking as Lou Wahl; Nemesis; Oct-Nov issue; Reprint from Midnight Mystery #3 (May-Jun 1961); Richard Hughes writing as Ace Aquila; Richard Hughes writing as Kurato Osaki; Richard Hughes writing as Shane O’Shea
    1 copy for $10.00
  • 169
    #169
    Jan 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Kurato Osaki, Richard E. Hughes, Shane O’Shea  ·  A: Sal Trapani, Chic Stone, Harry Lazarus
    Dec-Jan issue; Kurt Schaffenberger drawing as Lou Wahl; Nemesis; Reprint from Out of the Night #12 (Dec 1953-Jan 1954); Richard Hughes writing as Kurato Osaki; Swastika in story; Time travel
    1 copy for $6.00
  • 170
    #170
    Feb 1966
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    W: Kurato Osaki, Richard E. Hughes, Shane O’Shea  ·  A: Pete Costanza, Chic Stone
    1 copy for $6.50
  • 171
    #171
    Mar 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Ace Aquila, Bob Standish, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Pete Costanza, Chic Stone, Paul Reinman
    Richard Hughes writing as Ace Aquila
    2 copies from $7.00
  • 172
    #172
    Apr 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    2 copies from $4.98
  • 173
    #173
    Jun 1967
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    W: Sven Larsen, Richard E. Hughes  ·  A: Sal Trapani, Wil Helms, Paul Reinman
    1 copy for $15.00
  • 174
    #174
    Aug 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Richard E. Hughes, Kurato Osaki, Bob Standish  ·  A: Dick Beck, Paul Reinman, Bob Jenney
    Final Issue
    1 copy for $3.50