Forbidden Worlds

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Forbidden Worlds
Issue #1 of Forbidden Worlds, October 1951.
Publisher	American Comics Group
Schedule	Varied between monthly and bi-monthly.
Format	Ongoing when in publication.
Publication date	July/August 1951 - August 1967
Number of issues	145

Forbidden Worlds was a fantasy comic from the American Comics Group, which won the 1964 Alley Award for Best Regularly Published Fantasy Comic.

[edit] History

Forbidden Worlds, a 52 page comic with the initial subtitle "Exploring the supernatural!", debuted in October 1951. The comic was replaced by Young Heroes from February until October 1955, when it reappeared with #35 and the altered subtitle "Stories of strange adventure". #101 saw a price raise from 10 cents to 12 cents. From #108 on, it became sporadically twomonthly instead of strictly monthly. #114 and #116 were special issues called Forbidden Worlds presents Herbie, featuring Herbie Popnecker, who was created in Forbidden Worlds #73 (December 1958). #125 to #138 all featured Magicman on the cover. The final issue was #145 (August 1967), when the company disappeared.

Most of the contents of Forbidden Worlds, including Magicman and Herbie, was written by Richard E. Hughes under a plethora of pseudonyms. Artists which contributed include Pete Costanza for Magicman and Ogden Whitney for Herbie. Other occasional contributors include Hy Eisman, John Buscema, Paul Reinman and Chic Stone.