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CATALOG RECORD

Amazing Adventures #1

Ziff-Davis · Series began 1950 · 1950

Dates

Cover date
1950
On sale
October 1, 1950
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Robert Gibson Jones, Harry Sahle, Murphy Anderson, Ogden Whitney, Wally Wood, Alex Schomburginks: Robert Gibson Jones, Harry Sahle, Murphy Anderson, Ogden Whitney, Wally Wood, Alex Schomburgcolors: Robert Gibson Jonesscript: Jerry Siegel

Stories

  • Amazing Facts From Nature · 1 pages
  • The Asteroid Witch · 7 pages

    Vince breaks up with his Martian girlfriend Kit-E to seek the legendary Asteroid Witch.

  • A-Day · 6 pages

    Bob Johnson, attache to the U.S. delegation at the United Nations, is contacted by Kan Dal. The Atlanteans were nearly destroyed by their atomic war with Mu, so they offer their secrets for harnessing atomic power for peaceful purposes to the world to head off another atomic conflict.

  • Winged Death on Venus · 9 pages

    The DuPreys trick Chet into guiding them to the city of the Winged People, where Wagner plans to steal the diamond eye of their idol, Anacinth. He'd stolen the other eye thirty years ago to begin his fortune, but after some bad investments he needs the other one.

  • Trespasser in Time · 5 pages

    A scientist is injected with a serum that seemingly sends him tumbling through time and space where he encounters strange creatures and an enigmatic woman.

  • The Stone Men · 5 pages

    Stan's fiancee Judy insists on going along when he is dispatched to investigate a meteorite. The meteorite turns out to be the scout ship for invaders from another planet.

Reprinted in

Amazing Adventures [Test Prototype] (1950), Doc Weird's Thrill Book (1987), Wally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction (2012), PS Artbooks Softee: Amazing Adventures (2022), Dangerous Dames (2023)

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