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Journey Into Unknown Worlds 50

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Published September 1950 – August 1957
Issue Numbers 36 – 59
Total Issues 59
Continued From Teen Comics
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How much is Journey Into Unknown Worlds #50 worth? Current market pricing for Journey Into Unknown Worlds #50 shows a latest raw sale of FN+ (FN/VF bucketed) sold for $156 on February 2nd, 2020.
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Journey Into Unknown Worlds #50 (1956) | Atlas Tales Cover Image
Issue Information
Cover Date
October 1956
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia Publisher
Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc.
 
Cover Titles
Cyclops!
 
Cover Credits
Bill Everett pencils and inks signed
 
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Issue Overview

Journey Into Unknown Worlds #50 was published by Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc. in October 1956. It is part of the Journey Into Unknown Worlds series, which ran from September 1950 to August 1957.

Cover credits include Bill Everett.

Atlas Tales indexes 7 stories for this issue, including "The Fog!." Indexed story credits include Paul Reinman and Herb Familton, among others. The current cover scan may need replacement.

Stories

The Fog!

Credits
Paul Reinman pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job # K-365
Pages 4
Type art
Notes: Features Bethlem Royal Hospital ("Bedlam") in London, the world's oldest psychiatric hospital, and its Keeper.

I Entered the Forbidden Land!

Credits
Herb Familton pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job # K-285
Pages 4
Type art
Notes: Features the "legendary" Tibetan land of Shangi-La, which first appeared in James Hilton's 1933 novel, Lost Horizon. Perhaps what was meant was Shambhala, a legendary land in Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

When the City Trembled

Credits
Reed Crandall pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Job # K-264
Pages 4
Type art

Stranger than Fiction!

Credits
John Forte pencils signed
Job # K-305
Pages 4
Type art

Bird Talk

Credits
Marie Severin pencils attributed
Contributors:
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job # K-424
Pages 2
Type text

Quarantine

Credits
Werner Roth pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Job # K-309
Pages 3
Type art

The Cyclops

Credits
Jack Davis pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job # K-226
Pages 4
Type art
Notes: A WWII destroyer is torpedoed in the Mediterranean; one boatload of survivors, including Capt. Niles Ulysses Barret, come ashore on an island where they recapitulate the adventure of Odysseus and his crew with Polyphemus the Cyclops, as related in Book 9 of Homer's Odyssey.

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Last Updated 2026-06-26 08:35:04
Last Raw Sale FN+ (FN/VF bucketed) sold for $156 on February 2nd, 2020
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