(April 1951)
Avon,
1950 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1950-12-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Avon Periodicals, Inc.
- Brand
- An Avon Publication
- Editing
- Sol Cohen
Issue Notes
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals 1952, page 236
Mentioned in Seduction of the Innocent (p. 112) as an example of the "injury-to-the-eye motif," probably for an incident in "The Giant from Beyond."
Mentioned in Seduction of the Innocent (p. 112) as an example of the "injury-to-the-eye motif," probably for an incident in "The Giant from Beyond."
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Reprints
-
in Pre-Code Classics: Strange Worlds (PS, 2014 series) #1 (April 2014) -
in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #420 - Strange Worlds Volume 1 ([March] 2017) -
in Fremde Welten (ilovecomics, 2017 series) #14 (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
The Leopard Men
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Description of an African cult whose witch doctors promise great power to those who dress as leopards and kill white men.
Indexer Notes
credit by Jim Vadeboncoeur and Hames Ware
The Giant from Beyond
Crom the Barbarian / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Crom the Barbarian; Tanit; Balthar the Terrible; Taka; Calla
- Synopsis
- A giant named Balthar raids Ophir's caravans. Crom takes an army to find and defeat him.
- Reprints
- in Eerie (Thorpe & Porter, 1952 series) #1 ([1952] ?)
- in Barbarians and Beauties (AC, 1990 series) #1 (1990)
-
in Golden Legends (Univers Comics, 2009 series) #2 - Crom le barbare (3e trimestre 2009) - in Lurid Little Nightmare Makers (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #2 ([May] 2014)
- in Fremde Welten (ilovecomics, 2017 series) #14 (2020)
-
- Keywords
- barbarian; giant
Indexer Notes
From Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Inks are most likely Manny Stallman, certainly not John Giunta.
The Weapon Out of Time
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Eerie (Thorpe & Porter, 1952 series) #1 ([1952] ?)
- in Thrilling Science Tales (AC, 1989 series) #1 (1989)
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #19 Special Edition (2000)
- in Wally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction (Vanguard Productions, 2012 series) #[nn] (January 2012)
- in Fremde Welten (ilovecomics, 2017 series) #14 (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: almost certainly with Joe Orlando.
Octopus-Kings of the Lost Planet
The Story Behind the Cover / text story / 3 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Eerie (Thorpe & Porter, 1952 series) #1 ([1952] ?)
-
Dara of the Vikings
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dara; Ford Robbins; Gene Dorn; Cyngar
- Synopsis
- Ford and Gene discover a land where Vikings still live and meet Dara, who they rescue from the evil Cyngar.
- Reprints
- in Eerie (Thorpe & Porter, 1952 series) #1 ([1952] ?)
- in Good Girl Comics (AC, 1994 series) #16 (Summer 1994)
- in Lurid Little Nightmare Makers (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #2 ([May] 2014)
- in Fremde Welten (ilovecomics, 2017 series) #14 (2020)
-
- Keywords
- good girl; viking
Indexer Notes
Credit by Hames Ware.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Leopard Men
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2.
The Giant from Beyond
Crom the Barbarian -
3.
The Weapon Out of Time
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4.
Octopus-Kings of the Lost Planet
The Story Behind the Cover -
5.
Dara of the Vikings
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