Forbidden Worlds #100

(November-December 1961)

The Buried Life of Joe Ferrari! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Ogden Whitney

Inks

Ogden Whitney

Colors

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Letters

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Characters

Joe Ferrari; Tessie Quinlan; Makabre

Synopsis

In the future, dull witted Joe Ferrari accidentally takes a rocket to a world full of aliens planning an invasion of Earth. After drinking some of their truth serum, he gains super-human strength and defeats them.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #33, #92, #140 ([circa 1975 - 1976])

Indexer Notes

Gala 100th Issue feature!

Beware of My Hands! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Characters

Hakim; Pharaoh Kumarin

Synopsis

An Egyptian tomb robber disturbs an ancient evil pharaoh's tomb.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

From Your Editor- To You! / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Brad Blankenship, Richard Kawecki, Ronnie Jones, John Wright, P. Magliocco, Tom Stevens, and Jeff Sturm.

That's the Way the Ball Bounces! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Dick Beck

Inks

Ed Hamilton

Colors

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Letters

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Characters

Merlin; Murgatroyd Shapiro; Mr. Hickenlooper; Mrs. Mazella; Aloysius Madjeski; Lefty Carboni; Slugger McGurk; Johnson

Synopsis

A neurotic wizard creates a magic rubber ball that goes around town helping people with their problems.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #33, #92
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #113 ([circa 1975 - 1976])

The Body in the Well! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Pete Costanza

Inks

Pete Costanza

Colors

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Letters

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Characters

Officer Mahaffey; Tommy

Synopsis

A group of children fall into an ancient well and are saved by the ghost of a boy who died in the well over a century earlier.

Reprints

• in Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #173 (June-July 1967) [retitled]
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #83 ([circa 1971 - 1972]) [Black and white], #92 ([circa 1972 - 1973]), #135 ([circa 1978 - 1979]), #166 ([circa 1983 - 1984])
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #238 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #242 ([circa 1988 - 1989])