Journey into Unknown Worlds #23 (Atlas, 1953) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. A pretty lass, trapped in rubble awaits an ines...

Auction amount: $373.75

Sold: Nov 20, 2003

Journey into Unknown Worlds #23 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1953

About Journey into Unknown Worlds #23

Carl Burgos cover. Paul Reinman, Gene Colan, and Russ Heath art.

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COVER DETAILS

Pencils: Carl Burgos

Inks: Sol Brodsky

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: typeset

Notes: Art credit from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group (timely-atlas@yahoogroups.com) April 2010. Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: The Vampire's Fangs

Synopsis: A stowaway on a freighter is bitten by a vampire bat and transforms into a bat. After draining one of the crew of his blood, he hides in a casket that is being shipped over the ocean. Because of the weird goings on aboard, however, the superstitious crewmen dump the casket overboard.

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks: Paul Reinman (signed)

Title: The First Time Machine

Characters: Harold Bevinson; Prof. Rall; Gen. George Washington (cameo)

Synopsis: A scientist and his friend build a time machine and witness several historical events, almost accidentally killing George Washington in the process.

Pages: 2.000

Letters: typeset

Title: The World's End

Synopsis: An astronomical disaster means the destruction of human civilization. Our story's protagonist is despondent over this state of affairs until he encounters a group of time travelers who are present to record the last days of humanity. One of them has a name similar to his own and tells him a small number of people will survive and pass down their names. This heartens the man as he now knows that he is destined to be one of the few who survive.

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: Gene Colan (signed)

Inks: Gene Colan (signed)

Title: Weather Balloons

Synopsis: A scientist debates another about the nature of UFOs, as to whether they are invading aliens or weather balloons. The debate is brought to an abrupt halt as aliens burst in and take the group captive. The scientist is enraged and wants to throttle the other who kept insisting for years that UFOs were weather balloons. The other scientist removes a human face mask revealing an alien underneath and says "they were OUR weather balloons."

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: Art Peddy

Inks: Jack Abel

Notes: Art credit from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group (timely-atlas@yahoogroups.com) April 2010. Previous indexer credited Jack Abel pencils.

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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	1	0	0	2	1	3	3	5	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	27
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	1	0	0	2	1	3	3	5	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	27

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