Amazing Adventures (1950 Ziff Davis) comic books 1955 or before
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Issue #0
Published 1950 by Ziff Davis.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Painted cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Stories and art by Alex Schomburg and Ogden Whitney. Sci-fi and fantasy from Ziff-Davis, edited by the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel. This is an eight-page "prototype" of Amazing Adventures (1950 Ziff Davis) #1, sent to subscribers of Ziff-Davis's sci-fi pulps and sold through mail order, to test the market. A special item for the classic sci-fi collector. Professors Graves and Arnold's serum accidentally transports them into the 4th dimension, and they must enter the timestream to escape, in a story with art by Golden Age legend Alex Schomburg. Plus the one-pager "Amazing Prophecies" by Ogden Whitney. ("Which nation will own the moon?") Painted cover by famed science fiction illustrator Robert Gibson Jones (Fantastic Adventures, Amazing Stories). Trespasser in Time; Amazing Prophecies. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 8 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1
Published Nov 1950 by Ziff Davis.- Paper: Off white
- Label #4416408009
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$110.00
View scans- 4" Cumulative spine split.
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- 3" cumulative spine split. Chew.
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Painted cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Stories and art by Wally Wood, Murphy Anderson, Ogden Whitney, Alex Schomburg, Jerry Siegel and Harry Sahle. Sci-fi and fantasy from Ziff-Davis, edited by the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel. Fortune-hunters return to the lost city of the Winged People to steal the diamond eye of their idol, in a story with art by comics legend Wally Wood. Vince breaks up with his Martian girlfriend Kit-E and goes to find the legendary Asteroid Witch, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. Professors Graves and Arnold's serum accidentally transports them into the 4th dimension, and they must enter the timestream to escape, in a story with art by Golden Age legend Alex Schomburg. Plus the one-pager "Amazing Prophecies" by Ogden Whitney. ("Which nation will own the moon?") Painted cover by famed science fiction illustrator Robert Gibson Jones (Fantastic Adventures, Amazing Stories). The Asteroid Witch; A-Day; Winged Death on Venus; Trespasser in Time; The Stone Men; Amazing Facts from Nature; Cosmic Comics; Amazing Prophecies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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$399 Ziff-Davis Pre-Code 1950 AMAZING ADVENTURES No. 1 CGC 4.5 - Schomburg & Wood Art Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Issue #2
Published May 1951 by Ziff Davis.$195.00
View scans- Paper: Slightly britle
- Label #4276890003
- 2.75" Cumulative spine split. Staple rust with migration. Water damage with paper deterioration.
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Painted cover by Allen Anderson. Stories and art by Murphy Anderson, Alex Schomburg, Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs and Harry Sahle. Sci-fi and fantasy from Ziff-Davis, edited by the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel. Astronauts search a fire-planet for the rare element Uranium-X. Kevitt, future inventor from the year 1999, creates a "time belt" and risks exploring "the 6th dimension" just before his wedding day, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. Paul and Lola plan their escape from an alien zoo, in a story with art by Golden Age art legend Alex Schomburg. Plus a story inspired by Theodore Sturgeon's famous "Killdozer." Painted cover by Allen Anderson is delightful. Cosmic Comics; Monsters of Living Flame!; Exhibit One; The Warning!; Wedding Gift; The Steel Monster. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #3
Published Jun 1951 by Ziff Davis.$799.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #4391256001
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- Restored (see item notes)
- RESTORATION. Color touch and tear seal. Tape on interior of cover.
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Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Leonard Starr, Frank Giacoia, John Giunta and Paul Parker. Sci-fi and fantasy from Ziff-Davis, edited by the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel. Brad is jealous of Chet for stealing Nina, so he shrinks all three of them with his shrinking invention... but he didn't reckon on the housecat. WWII vet John gets the chance to trade places with his exact duplicate from the year 3951. Col Rulak leads a revolt against the totalitarian world government of "Europa" in the year 2200. A gigantic, floating Cosmic Brain menaces the city. Painted cover by Norman Saunders predates The Incredible Shrinking Man. The Evil Men Do; The Princess of the Future; Blood Stands for Freedom; The Cosmic Brain!; Escape on a Planetoid; The Steel Monster. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
Published Aug 1951 by Ziff Davis.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Leonard Starr, Jerry Siegel, Dan Barry, Sy Barry, Frank Giacoia, Henry Sharp and Paul Parker. Sci-fi and fantasy from Ziff-Davis, edited by the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel. While aliens plot the destruction of the Earth, their Love Robots fall in love, in a story written by Siegel. Colonists on Ganymede discover uranium and start a uranium rush, in a story with art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. The Rogers follow an interplanetary treasure map to an asteroid treasure, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. Plus the origin of the Moon, and predictions of life in the 21st century, including flying cars, a female workforce, and holo-vision. Painted cover by Allen Anderson is like a Valentine's Day card from lowbrow artist Robert Williams. What Is the Answer?; Adonis 2 PX-89; This Actually Happened!; Mutineers of Ganymede!; Written in the Rocks; Amazing Prophecies; Death's Double; Asteroid Treasure; Moon Theory. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #5
Published Nov 1951 by Ziff Davis.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Painted cover by Allen Anderson. Stories and art by Murphy Anderson, Don Perlin, and Al Carreno. Sci-fi and fantasy from Ziff-Davis, edited by the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel. Marta and Frank venture into the African jungles to find her father, and unleash the residents of a gigantic anthill. Captain Martin Hawkins has Star Trek-like adventures and drama in space, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. Plus a one-pager with early art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. Fun painted cover by Allen Anderson has all the requisite elements of a Golden Age sci-fi cover. Martin Hawkins: Mission to Malooka; The Secret of the Crater-Men; Rockets Are Old Stuff!; Cosmic Creeps; What the Atom Can Do for Peace!; The Red Hills of Uganda; Yuff-Yuff. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #6
Published Sep 1952 by Ziff Davis.- Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other.
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Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein, Lawrence Dresser, Henry Sharp, Paul Parker, and Vic Martin. Sci-fi and fantasy from Ziff-Davis, edited by the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel. On Death Row for killing her emotionally abusive husband, Bernice gets a chance to trade places with Zoro, a woman from Mars, but there's a twist. In 2450, Earth and Mars get into a conflict involving planet-destroying "Z-bombs." Martin Hawkins and the men of the Perimeter (planetary) Patrol battle the Space Pirates of Xarpot, in a story with art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Plus a one-pager about the possibilities of a future space station. Cover may be the work of Krigstein. Martin Hawkins: Space Pirates of Xarpot; Deal to Die; Here Come the Martians!; Station in Space; The City of Light; Fun in the Future; The Man Who Killed a World! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
