World of Fantasy
#12
(June 1958)
Marvel,
1956 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Chipiden Publishing Corp.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
Distributed to newsstands in February 1958. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Several stories in this issue bear the logo reading "A Tale to Marvel At!" used by the cancelled Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series), perhaps indicating that this was built on an unpublished pre-implosion issue.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
in 
The Face in the Glass!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- M-257
- Characters
- Boris Hann; Johan
- Synopsis
- A thief runs through a village after a robbery. He takes shelter in Johan the Mirror Maker's shop. The police question Johan, but Johan doesn't realize that Boris has snuck in. After the police leave, Boris confronts the old man. Johan gives him a magic mirror that can alter his appearance. Boris transforms his image into that of a younger man, then breaks into a mansion. Fleeing, Boris collides with an old man, who has a heart attack. Back in his room, Boris changes his image to the old man's. The mirror works its magic only too well, as Boris falls to the floor in a death-like state.
- Reprints
in 
in The Next World
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Jack Oleck
- Pencils
- John Forte (signed)
- Inks
- John Forte (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- M-267
- Synopsis
- This story postulates that suicides are punished with madness.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Oleck script per Martin O'Hearn: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2019/08/jack-oleck-stories-in-three-atlas…
Previous indexer incorrectly credited art to Richard Doxsee. Story is signed and clearly the work of John Forte.
Bedlam in Barnesville
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- M-450
- Reprints
-
in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #249 ([circa 1988 - 1989]) - in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #243 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
-
The Enemy!
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- M-251
- Reprints
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #84 [Black and white ]
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #249 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
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Lucilles's Robot [sic]
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- C-473
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Lucille Swart; Arnold Swart; Rogo the Robot; Frank Swart; Jimmy Swart; Officer Murphy; John Winters
- Synopsis
- An engineer presents his wife with a robot to do her housework. He believes he is playing a prank, but the robot is real.
- Reprints
-
from Adventures into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #19 (June 1953)
-
Hiding Place!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- M-240
- Reprints
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #84 [Black and white ]
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Hiding Place
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1.
The Face in the Glass!
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2.
The Next World
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3.
Bedlam in Barnesville
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4.
Hallucination
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5.
The Enemy!
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6.
Lucilles's Robot [sic]
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7.
Hiding Place!
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- Katie
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Ethan Hoddes
- Hunter Johnson
- Mike Nielsen
- Gregory Roe
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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