Forbidden Worlds #125 Values

Publisher: American Comics Group, 1965

About Forbidden Worlds #125

Origin and first appearance of Magicman. Kurt Schaffenberger art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Magicman!

Characters: Magicman

Pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger [as Pete Costanza] (signed)

Inks: Kurt Schaffenberger [as Pete Costanza] (signed)

Notes: According to Schaffenberger in a 1998 letter, many covers at ACG were penciled and inked by him, but signed by Pete Costanza because DC editor Mort Weisinger (for whom Schaffenberger worked on the Superman Family titles at that time) did not want him drawing superhero covers for other companies.

STORY DETAILS

(4 Stories)

Title: Magicman!

Characters: Magicman [Tom Cargill]; Cagliostro (flashback); Senator Loring

Synopsis: Magicman is the immortal son of the wizard Cagliostro. In the present day he joins the Army to fight in Viet Nam as PFC Tom Cargill and decides to use his magical abilities secretly as Magicman.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Richard Hughes [as Zev Zimmer]

Pencils: Pete Costanza

Inks: Pete Costanza

Title: Missing: Frederick Forbes!

Characters: Richard E. Hughes (host); Frederick Forbes; Eddie Forbes

Synopsis: Banker Frederick Forbes vanished in 1867 with a great amount of the townspeoples' money. Nearly a hundred years later, his great-grandson agrees to undergo hypnosis to solve the mystery, and learns that it was accidental death, not villainy, that caused Forbes to disappear, and the money is finally recovered.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Richard E. Hughes

Pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks: Kurt Schaffenberger

Notes: Original title: "Annals of the Occult."

Title: No Good to the World!

Characters: Willie Stover; Maratta

Synopsis: Willie Stover and his pet frog Oswald accidentally foil an invasion from a microscopic world while being held after school for detention.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Richard Hughes [as Zev Zimmer]

Pencils: George Wilhelms

Inks: George Wilhelms

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	12
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	12

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