Forbidden Worlds #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Iron Brain!", Donald Stoneybrook faces a crisis no ancestral portrait ever expected—his family castle is about to be sold to pay taxes. With the ghosts of his forebears offering cryptic advice from the walls, Donald stumbles upon a bizarre solution: a month of free rent and ghostly chores for any buyer willing to take on the castle. Cover by Ogden Whitney, this eerie, whimsical tale from Thorpe & Porter’s Forbidden Worlds #2 blends gothic atmosphere with a touch of supernatural mischief, all in a 1/- comic from the early 1980s.
In "Abominable Snow Man!", Joe and Dave return to the frozen wilderness where Doc Adams vanished, determined to uncover the truth behind the legendary creature. When a bear attack leaves Dave unconscious and Joe narrowly survives a deadly chase through a blizzard, he’s rescued by Doc Adams—only to find the man is not who he seemed.
In "The Phantom Ship," Hank and Jeff find themselves caught in a storm, glimpsing a ghostly vessel that haunts the fog—only to land in Parang, where a mysterious man named Johnson offers them a perilous job with no extra pay. When Johnson reveals his badge and insists they search for the ship, the truth unravels: the Phantom Ship is no legend, but a smuggler’s trap, and their only way out is deeper into the deception.
In "Double Trouble," Sam Mason escapes his hanging and returns to the town that betrayed him, only to find everyone—townspeople, the barman, even Sheriff Andrews—acting as if he doesn’t exist. As the radio announces his execution, Mason realizes the town’s silence isn’t indifference but a carefully orchestrated trap. The story unfolds with eerie precision, turning the streets of a forgotten lumber town into a maze of denial and deception.
In "Journey Into Nowhere!" from Forbidden Worlds #2, two scientists attempt to leap forward in time—only to find themselves stranded in a forgotten past. What they take as proof of time travel's impossibility may instead be a glimpse of Earth's shattered future, long after civilization fell.
In "The World That Was Lost!", a reclusive sea captain answers the call of an enigmatic old man in a wheelchair, who claims to know the location of the fabled lost continent of Atlantis. Their journey leads them to a mysterious spot where the truth of the old man’s identity finally surfaces—revealing a secret that changes everything.
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