Forbidden Worlds, #5
Published: March-April 1952
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Issue Contents:
The Tomb of Terror
The Merman Menace
Credits
- Pencils: Lin Streeter
- Inks: Lin Streeter
Rocket for Two
Characters
- Henry Bostwick
Priestess of the Sphinx
Dance of the Savages
Characters
- Satan
Credits
- Pencils: Dick Beck (uncertain)
- Inks: George Klein (uncertain)
Story Notes
Letters from Tom Neveaux and Robert Russell.
The Day the World Died
Storyline
When nuclear scientist Dr.Willard sees a monster from the abyss called a beyonder approach him, he dies from fright. As he dies he accidentally activates a cyclotron that causes all life on Earth to vanish into the abyss. This also causes the abyss based beyonders to come to Earth. Ned and Jean (the only two humans unaffected) need to race against time to reverse the effects before its too late.
Characters
- Ned
- Jean
- Dr. Willard
- Beyonders
- Cassidy
Credits
- Pencils: George Wilhelms
- Inks: George Wilhelms
Circe, the Sorceress
Characters
- Guy Brooks
- Circe
Land of the Living Dead
Storyline
During a feverish haze, Philip Wentworth enters the spirit world. As a ghost in that world, he saves the spirit Maureen and others from pirates. Maureen falls in love with him and follows him back to the land of the living. As a ghost in the living world, she saves Philip from his murderous brother and fiancee. Afterwards Philip kills himself so he can enter the spirit world as a spirit himself to be with Maureen.
Characters
- Philip Wentworth
- Maureen
- Ralph Wentworth
- Eileen
Credits
- Pencils: Al Williamson
- Inks: Roy Krenkel