Forbidden Worlds

    (ACG, 1951-1967)
©1965 Best Syndicated Features, Inc.

ACG’s Forbidden Worlds was another of the original science-fiction/horror titles of the early 1950s. The first several years of Forbidden Worlds featured stories with a horror theme. Toward the middle of the run, around the advent of the Comics Code, the focus shifted toward straight science fiction, with the usual space wars, giant robots, and dinosaur planets common to the stories of that time. In later issues, around the dawning of the Silver Age, Forbidden Worlds featured a science-fiction super-hero called Magicman. But the real hit was Ogden Whitney’s kid-humor/super-hero spoof series, Herbie, the Fat Fury, which appeared several times in the unlikely pages of Forbidden Worlds before graduating to his own series.

ACG drew on some of the better comic talent of the day, with early issues featuring art by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, and Joe Orlando.
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Forbidden Worlds #2

September, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $147.25 		 Lin Streeter, Charles Sultan, King Ward, Morris Waldinger, George Klein
Forbidden Worlds #63

February, 1958
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $51.84 		  
Forbidden Worlds #88

July, 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $16.98 		Richard E. Hughes, Curt Carpenter, Jonathan BurnsPaul Reinman, Leo Morey, Mark Midnight, George Klein
Forbidden Worlds #108

November, 1962
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $19.98 		Shane O’Shea, Richard E. Hughes, Pierre AlonzoOgden Whitney, Paul Reinman
Forbidden Worlds #109

January, 1963
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $4.95 		Shane O’Shea, Richard E. Hughes, Kurato OsakiChic Stone, Paul Reinman, John Forte
Forbidden Worlds #111

May, 1963
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $8.98 		Greg Olivetti, Richard E. Hughes, Bob Standish, Zev ZimmerChic Stone, Tom Hickey, Max Elkan, John Rosenberger
Forbidden Worlds #112

July, 1963
Cover Price: $0.12
2 copies available from $4.00 		Curt Carpenter, Greg Olivetti, Richard E. HughesChic Stone, Gerald McCann, Paul Reinman
Forbidden Worlds #113

August, 1963
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $29.98 		  
Forbidden Worlds #115

October, 1963
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $12.98 		L’Afcadio Lee, Richard E. Hughes, Greg Olivetti, Pierre AlonzoOgden Whitney, Tom Hickey, Pete Costanza, John Rosenberger, Emil Gershwin
Forbidden Worlds #117

January, 1964
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $3.00 		L’afcadio Lee, Pierre AlonzoChic Stone, Tom Hickey, Ogden Whitney
Forbidden Worlds #119

May, 1964
Cover Price: $0.12
2 copies available from $4.00 		Richard E. Hughes, Bob StandishChic Stone, Pete Costanza
Forbidden Worlds #120

July, 1964
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $14.98 		Kurato Osaki, Richard E. Hughes, L’afcadio LeePete Costanza, Bob Jenney, Ogden Whitney
Forbidden Worlds #122

September, 1964
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $2.64 		Kurato Osaki, Richard E. HughesPete Costanza, Morris Waldinger, Emil Gershwin
Forbidden Worlds #124

November, 1964
Cover Price: $0.12
3 copies available from $8.00 		Pierce Rand, Richard E. Hughes, Bob StandishHy Eisman, Sid Lazarus
Forbidden Worlds #125

January, 1965
Cover Price: $0.12
4 copies available from $10.00 		Richard E. HughesPete Costanza, Kurt Schaffenberger, George Wilhelms
Forbidden Worlds #126

March, 1965
Cover Price: $0.12
2 copies available from $2.75 		Richard E. Hughes, Brad EversonPete Costanza, George Wilhelms
Forbidden Worlds #127

May, 1965
Cover Price: $0.12
4 copies available from $6.65 		Richard E. Hughes, L’afcadio LeePete Costanza, Bob Jenney
Forbidden Worlds #128

July, 1965
Cover Price: $0.12
2 copies available from $7.00 		Bob Standish, Pierre Alonzo, Richard E. HughesEdd Ashe, Paul Reinman, Pete Costanza
Forbidden Worlds #129

August, 1965
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $7.98 		Richard E. Hughes, Sven Larsen, Pierce RandPete Costanza, Edd Ashe
Forbidden Worlds #130

September, 1965
Cover Price: $0.12
3 copies available from $6.25 		Kermit Lundgren, Kurato Osaki, Richard E. HughesHy Eisman, Paul Reinman, Pete Costanza
Forbidden Worlds #131

October, 1965
Cover Price: $0.12
2 copies available from $2.00 		Richard E. Hughes, Ace AquilaPete Costanza, Edd Ashe, Emil Gershwin, Chic Stone
Forbidden Worlds #133

January, 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
2 copies available from $6.98 		Richard E. Hughes, Ace Aquila, Greg OlivettiPete Costanza, Chic Stone, Edd Ashe
Forbidden Worlds #134

March, 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
3 copies available from $3.98 		 Pete Costanza
Forbidden Worlds #135

May, 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
3 copies available from $7.98 		Richard E. Hughes, Pierre AlonzoPete Costanza, Chic Stone
Forbidden Worlds #136

July, 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
6 copies available from $6.00 		Richard E. Hughes, Kurato OsakiPete Costanza, Chic Stone
Forbidden Worlds #137

August, 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
2 copies available from $7.00 		Richard E. Hughes, Bob Standish, Greg OlivettiPete Costanza, Steve Ditko, Ogden Whitney
Forbidden Worlds #138

September, 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $2.00 		Richard E. Hughes, Kurato OsakiSteve Ditko, Paul Reinman, Pete Costanza
Forbidden Worlds #139

October, 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
2 copies available from $3.00 		Bob Standish, Richard E. HughesChic Stone, Pete Costanza
Forbidden Worlds #140

November, 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $390.00 		Pierre Alonzo, Richard E. HughesSteve Ditko, Pete Costanza
Forbidden Worlds #142

March, 1967
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $12.00 		Kurato Osaki, Bob StandishPete Costanza, Gerald McCann
Forbidden Worlds #144

July, 1967
Cover Price: $0.12
2 copies available from $7.98 		Brad Everson, Thomas R. Drew, Richard E. HughesSal Trapani, John Costanza, Kenneth Landau
Forbidden Worlds #145

August, 1967
Cover Price: $0.12
2 copies available from $7.00 		Adam BarrKenneth Landau