$0.00 0 items

Auction in progress, bid now! Weekly Auction ends Monday September 23!

Unknown World (1952) 1

  • Issue #1
    Unknown World (1952) 1
    Unknown World (1952) #1
    Published Jun 1952 by Fawcett.
    View scans
    Auction opens October 5
    • 1" spine split from bottom. Centerfold detached at one staple, coming loose at second. Cover loose.

    Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Bill Woolfolk, John Martin and Bob McCarthy. Classic pre-Code horror from Fawcett. Sea captain Bullard thinks he's escaped justice for the sea disaster he caused years before, but then realizes his latest command is a ghost ship. Mountain climbers don't believe in the ancient serpent queen called Shanri, until they encounter her in person. Gangsters train a zombie dog for the vaudeville stage, invoking the wrath of the zombie humans. Classic, pulpy painted cover by Norman Saunders. The Sea of the Dead; The Quiet One; Shanri the Serpent Queen: The Trail of the Serpent Queen!; Footprints on the Ceiling. Final issue under this title; series continues as Strange Stories from Another World (1952) #2. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.