World of Fantasy, #18

Published: June 1959

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World of Fantasy #18

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Issue Contents:
Xom! The Menace from Outer Space!
1 page science fiction
Characters
  • Xom
  • Philip Lindsey
The Creatures Who Captured Earth!
Story 1 5 pages science fiction
Storyline

Aliens come to Earth and give humans the technology to make war and work unneccessary. One man is suspicious, and proves that they were only softening up humanity for an invasion.

Characters
  • John Warren
Credits
Story Notes

This story is retold in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #86 (July 1961) as "Beware of Meeks Bringing Gifts!" drawn by Jack Kirby. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Party
Story 2 2 pages humor
Storyline

A salesman trying to unload some oil stocks thinks that he’s found a rich mark, but instead walks into a party of talking dogs.

Characters
  • Mr. Braggle
Story Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Clock Strikes Never!
Story 3 5 pages science fiction
Storyline

A bitter inventor steals the time machine he invented for his company and some money and escapes to the future. The police of the future are waiting for him, so he goes into the past, but the machine disintegrates and he becomes young again, re-emerging with no memory and the opportunity to make a better choice.

Characters
  • Frank Hanes
  • Fate
Credits
Story Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

To Build a Robot!
Story 4 4 pages science fiction
Storyline

A young engineer attempts to acquire funding from a wealthy industrialist in order to build an android. The industrialist is secretly an android himself, who dissuades the young man in order to discourage competition from other androids.

Characters
  • Luther Worthington
  • Dexter Scott
Credits
Story Notes

Narrated in the second person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Man Who Talks to the Stars
Story 5 4 pages science fiction
Storyline

A reporter interviews a man who claims to be able to communicate with other worlds, but he disappears when he realizes that he accidentally visited a primitive world.

Characters
  • Hank Johnson
  • Freddy
  • XR79B
Credits
Story Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Xom! The Menace from Outer Space!
Story 6 5 pages science fiction
Storyline

A group of human explorers are asked by aliens to help them destroy a monster, but the monster is harmless and the aliens are really ivory hunters.

Characters
  • Xom
  • Philip Lindsey
Credits
Story Notes

Narrated in the first person. This story is set in the year 2744. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.