Forbidden Worlds #102

(March-April 1962)

The Hand of the Unknown! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Pete Costanza (credited)

Inks

Pete Costanza

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Shane O'Shea (headshot); Pete Costanza (headshot); Chief; Andy Markson; Rebecca Ainsley; Paul Ainsley; Dr. Carmichael

Synopsis

Is the house haunted, or is it all in her head? Andy Markson of the Institute of Psychic Phenomena investigates.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #49
• in Crypt of Souls (Gredown, 1984 ? series) ([1984] ?)

Keywords

Institute of Psychic Phenomena

Indexer Notes

Small portraits of O'Shea and Costanza drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

A Matter of Identity! (Table of Contents: 3)

Mysteries of the Unknown / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Rosenberger

Inks

John Rosenberger

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dmitri Simenov; Alexei Simenov; Sonia Simenov; Ivan Kolchak

Synopsis

Comrade Dmitri Simenov learns what it is like to be erased from history.

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #76 (September 1956) [retitled]
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #7, #68, #103 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #136 ([circa 1978 - 1979])
• in Reign of Terror (Gredown, 1980 ? series) ([1980])
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #167 ([circa 1983 - 1984])

Indexer Notes

Original title: "The Man Who Never Lived."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

From Your Editor- To You! / letters page / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes ?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Header lettered by Ed Hamilton from earlier issues. Letters from Gary Cox (Kingsport, Tenn), Ron Jones (Bel Air, Md), Philip Tucker (Berkley, Mich), Douglas Soesbe (Portland, Ore), Stephen Crane (British Columbia, Canada) and Robert Carberry (San Diego, Calif). Editor warns about folks wanting $2.50 for back issues of Forbidden Worlds.

Statement Required By The Act of August 24, 1912 (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Richard E. Hughes)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement dated 27 September, 1961. Forbidden Worlds published 8 times yearly at Sparta, Illinois. Owner: Best Syndicated Features, Frederick H. Iger, and H. Donenfeld
Average number of copies during the 12 months preceding October 1, 1961: 178,600.

Strange Words on Stone! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Costanza

Inks

Pete Costanza

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

Characters

Dr. Forrestal

Synopsis

Found: stone tablets with the oldest written language in the world.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #52

Elmer Gets the Most Striking Dates! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (credited)

Inks

Ogden Whitney

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

Characters

Elmer Truffle; Dinnie Foster; Georgie; Professor Alexis

Synopsis

Elmer Truffle gets into a bet with a buddy that he will get the most striking date to go to the Spring Hop with him.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #49