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Cover: Joe Maneely

Adventures into Weird Worlds #26

Feb 1954 · Marvel · 0.10 USD
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"Good-Bye Earth" is a standout tale from Adventures into Weird Worlds #26, a 1954 10-cent comic that delivers a chilling, intimate sci-fi thriller. Written and illustrated by Paul Reinman, the story follows a man suddenly confronted by an alien posing as human, who reveals his own hidden identity and injects him with a substance that will awaken his true alien nature—leaving him to document the truth before it's too late. The cover, a striking piece by Joe Maneely, captures the story’s eerie tension with a haunting, otherworldly presence.

Contains 5 stories
Good-Bye Earth
6 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "Good-Bye Earth," a man receives a shocking revelation from a human-looking stranger who claims he’s not human at all—just a spy embedded on Earth for years. After being injected with a substance that will awaken his true alien nature, he frantically writes a final message, urging his family and all of humanity to “watch the skies.”

The Robot that Hated
4 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "The Robot that Hated," a lonely scientist creates a machine wired to his emotions—only to find it deadly when his heart is broken. When the robot responds to his rejection with violence, it turns on him in a chilling twist of affection.

The Edge of Madness
4 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "The Edge of Madness," a man torn between two selves—one human, one werecreature—finds his inner conflict sharpened when both halves fall for the same woman, turning their shared body into a battleground. As night falls and the transformation begins, the two sides of his nature clash in a desperate, knife-wielding duel over the one they both desire.

Menace from Mars!
4 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "Menace from Mars!" from *Adventures into Weird Worlds* #26 (1954), a draft dodger flees Earth for Mars, hoping to escape conscription—only to find the Red Planet is just as eager to draft him. With no time to explain, he and his friends are swept into a Martian military machine, caught between two planets at war.

The Dead
5 pp · Horror-Suspense

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $95
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $795*
CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $623*
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 4 in census $416*
CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $349*
CGC 6.0 · 4 in census $302*
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CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $254*
CGC 5.0 · 3 in census $241*
CGC 4.5 · 2 in census $206*
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $179*
CGC 3.5 · 3 in census $159*
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $141*
CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $114*
CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $97*
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $75*
CGC 1.0 · 1 in census $62*
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Full credits

artist, inker Paul Reinman
cover pencils, inks Joe Maneely

Reprints

↩ Reprints Crime Can't Win #6 (1951)

Reprinted in Mystic #18 (1962), Spellbound #20 (1962), Amazing Stories of Suspense #7 (1963), Amazing Stories of Suspense #234 (1988), Gwandanaland Comics #2858 (2020), Amazing Stories of Suspense #80, Secrets of the Unknown #17

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