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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published November-December 1951
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard B. Highes

Cover Details

Characters Ace Carter
Genre adventure
Pencils Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks Ogden Whitney (signed)

1 page Forbidden Worlds promo (ad from the publisher) "Forbidden...Yet Yours!"

Synopsis Ad for Forbidden Worlds #3.
Genre occult
Pencils Ken Bald
Inks Ken Bald
Notes Inside front cover.

8 page Lance Larson story "Yep--a trip up the Nile seems to be the best way to forget about spies"

Characters Lance Larson; Princess Emira
Synopsis While on vacation, Lance becomes involved with a fugitive princess.
Genre Spy
Pencils Sam Citron
Inks Sam Citron

1 page Wheaties advertisement "Sensation Offer! Not 2-Not 4-But 8 Walt Disney Comics Books"

Synopsis Ad for Wheaties giveaways. Sets A, B, C and D are offered for fifteen cents each and a Wheaties boxtop.
Letters typeset

1 page text story "The Lighter That Failed!"

Characters Dan Jansen; Roxor
Synopsis A U.S. Intelligence Agent barely survives an encounter with an enemy agent.
Genre spy
Letters typeset

9 page Captain Crossbones story "The Red Rover is refitted and ready to sail!"

Characters Captain Crossbones; Nancy Guilford; Robert Woodson
Synopsis A lover's quarrel between Crossbones and Nancy puts Nancy's life at risk when she chooses to sail with one of Crossbones' rivals.
Genre adventure
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

1 page text story "The Fatal Slip"

Characters Prince Philip of Burgundy; Prince Karl
Synopsis Two princes fight a duel.
Genre adventure
Letters typeset

2 page Spy-Heroines of History story "Lydia Darrah, Quakeress Spy"

Characters Lydia Darrah; General George Washington
Synopsis A Quaker spy helps Washington defeat the British at Whitemarsh.
Genre spy

1 page Lionel Train advertisement "Every Way You Look at Them Lionel Trains are the World's Finest"

Synopsis Ad for the new Lionel Train catalog.
Letters ?; typeset

9 page Ace Carter ADventurer story "I found myself in an isolated section of Siberia!"

Characters Ace Carter; Kathy Gardner
Synopsis Ace solves a forty-year-old mystery when he investigates a surge of radio-activity in Siberia.
Genre spy
Pencils Leonard Starr
Inks Leonard Starr

1 page Art Instruction, Inc. advertisement "Draw Me!"

Synopsis Ad for a mail-order art course.
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover.

1 page Motor Book Dept advertisement "How to Fix Any Part of Any Car"

Synopsis Ad for an automobile repair manual.
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. During the early to mid-fifties, this ad appears on back covers, inside covers and interior pages of numerous comics published by many different companies.