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Fantastic Worlds #5

Pines · Series began 1952 · September 1952

Dates

Cover date
September 1952
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: John Celardo, Alex Toth, Murphy Anderson, George Roussosscript: Otto Binder, Jerome Bixbyinks: Murphy Anderson, George Roussos, John Celardo

Stories

  • Triumph Over Terror · 8 pages

    A science fiction writer and his wife are captured by aliens who read their minds. The aliens decide not to invade Earth because they realize that humans would do anything to protect it.

  • Flying Saucery · 0.5 pages

    A man from Mars decides not to fly to Earth.

  • The Space Treasure · 6 pages

    A meteor smashing rocket's crew mutinees when they find a diamond covered meteor.

  • Johnny Randall's Body · 2 pages

    Johnny Randall, whose body is destroyed in an accident, gets a new body of a spaceship.

  • Space Dictionary · 1 pages

    Definitions of space travel terms.

  • Hero Of Space · 5 pages

    A woman falls in love with a man who ends up being a robot.

  • Flight to Venus · 1 pages

    Description of what will be needed for a trip to Venus.

  • The Invaders · 7 pages

    Aliens from Mercury try to invade Pax, a peaceful Earth colony, but end up being destroyed.

  • Science Fiction Pioneer · 1 pages

    Richard Adams Locke publishes an article about finding life on the moon.

Reprinted in

Pre-Code Classics: Fantastic Worlds / Lost Worlds (2017), Crypt of Horror (2005), Alex Toth: Edge of Genius (2007), Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 (2011), Seduction of the Innocent! (1985)

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