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Forbidden Worlds, #125

Published: January-February 1965

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Forbidden Worlds #125

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Magicman!

Featuring Magicman

1 page superhero

"Look out! It's Magicman!"

Characters
  • Magicman
Credits
Story Notes

According to Schaffenberger in a 1998 letter, many covers at ACG were penciled and inked by him, but signed by Pete Costanza because DC editor Mort Weisinger (for whom Schaffenberger worked on the Superman Family titles at that time) did not want him drawing superhero covers for other companies.

Magicman!

Featuring Magicman

Story 1 12 pages superhero

"He's here...the mighty man who dares the impossible!"

Storyline

Magicman is the immortal son of the wizard Cagliostro. In the present day he joins the Army to fight in Viet Nam as PFC Tom Cargill and decides to use his magical abilities secretly as Magicman.

Characters
  • Magicman [Tom Cargill]
  • Cagliostro (flashback)
  • Senator Loring
Credits
How to Stay Healthy!
Story 2 1 page humor

"This is my great new magazine, "Herbie"."

Characters
  • Herbie Popnecker
Credits
Story Notes

Promotional ad in comic strip form.

Featuring From Your Editor- To You!

Story 3 2 pages
Credits
Story Notes

Letters submitted by Don Markstein, Janet Renner, Susan Newton, Lee Whittlesey, Eugene J. Rule, Juan Ortiz, and Mario Pagalocci.

Missing: Frederick Forbes!
Story 4 5 pages fantasy

"Ladies and gentlemen, as editor of this magazine,"

Storyline

Banker Frederick Forbes vanished in 1867 with a great amount of the townspeoples' money. Nearly a hundred years later, his great-grandson agrees to undergo hypnosis to solve the mystery, and learns that it was accidental death, not villainy, that caused Forbes to disappear, and the money is finally recovered.

Characters
  • Richard E. Hughes (host)
  • Frederick Forbes
  • Eddie Forbes
Credits
Story Notes

Original title: "Annals of the Occult."

No Good to the World!
Story 5 8 pages science fiction

"He wasn't a great fighter, a great thinker or a great leader ---"

Storyline

Willie Stover and his pet frog Oswald accidentally foil an invasion from a microscopic world while being held after school for detention.

Characters
  • Willie Stover
  • Maratta
Credits