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Forbidden Worlds, #4

Published: January-February 1952

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Issue Contents:
Exploring the Supernatural!
Credits
Story Notes

Gravestone on cover has "Hughes" as the last name, which is the editor's last name.

A Queen for the Voodoo Chief
Credits
Story Notes

Previous indexer stated this as written by Richard Hughes, however the story does not read like Hughes, and Hughes has stated that he edited, but didn't start writing for "Forbidden Worlds" until circa 1957.

The Fiend in Fur
Storyline

Frank tries to explain to Miss Hall why she shouldn't walk in the woods alone, but she finds out for herself what the fiend in fur is.

Credits
The Spectral Sleepwalker

Story Featuring True Ghosts of History

Storyline

Jeanne La Blazon is murdered in 1177, but still she waits for Prince Richard to return.

Credits
Whirlpool of Death
Storyline

Rex and Nancy are drowned and see ancient Viking warriors.

The Doom of the Moonlings
Storyline

Bob and Joyce are confronted on a beach by Selena, Queen of the Moonlings, and are taken away to the moon.

Credits
House of Horror
Storyline

Alice and Ken try to get a job with Forbidden Worlds, but are turned down for inexperience. On their way home, they decide to investigate the old Dustan House and find that the ghosts of the old man and woman who lived there have been capturing burglars and living off their life energies for 20 years.

Credits
Story Notes

Intro to story (and text page in this issue) claims that two main characters, Alice and Ken, are readers who submitted their story to the comic.

Devil-Doomed Sandman

Letter Column Featuring From Your Editor- To You!

Storyline

Announcement of the "L. F./ O. F. W." (Loyal Fans of Forbidden World") Club. Also mentions that "House of Horror" in this issue was written by two members of the Club. Letters from Helene Weiss, Josephine Eldes, and Ken Jorgowsky.

Credits
The Undying
For Recommended Reading...
Storyline

Ad for ten ACG comics; primarily text.

Story Notes

Other half of page is ad for Smith Brothers Cough Drops, for getting a U.S. Military style ring and bracelet.