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Unknown World #1

Jun 1952 · Fawcett · 0.10 USD
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"The Sea of the Dead" kicks off with a bizarre twist on the vaudeville act: gangsters O'Flaherty and Flitcher put on a show with a resurrected dog, but their performance quickly turns deadly when skeletal zombies emerge from the shadows, driven to reclaim the animal for the afterlife. Penciled and inked by William Weltman, the story blends eerie horror with pulp flair, while Norman Saunders' cover captures the unsettling spectacle with a haunting, stylized image of the dog and its spectral pursuers.

Contains 3 stories
The Sea of the Dead
10 pp · Horror-Suspense
Captain Bullard

In "The Sea of the Dead," Captain Bullard boards a ghost ship haunted by the very souls he once abandoned to the deep. As the vessel sails through a silent, endless sea, he confronts the faces of those he failed—each a reminder of a past he can’t escape.

The Serpent Queen
10 pp · Horror-Suspense
Shanri the Serpent QueenJohn BartonEric SenderCharles Collings

In "The Serpent Queen," mountain climbers stumble upon the forgotten realm of Shanri, a realm ruled by a legendary serpent queen whose allure is as deadly as it is mesmerizing. Drawn in by her beauty and the mystery of her domain, they find themselves entangled in a fate far beyond their reckoning.

Footprints on the Ceiling
10 pp · Horror-Suspense

In the eerie shadows of a 1952 stage show, the crooked O'Flaherty and Flitcher try to tame a resurrected dog for a trick act—only to find the dead aren’t done with their pet. As the floorboards creak with unseen footsteps and the air fills with the whisper of bones, the duo must dodge a relentless tide of skeletal zombies who won’t let the dog escape the afterlife.

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $46
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $558*
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $389*
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $305*
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $245*
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 · 3 in census $171*
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CGC 6.0 · 3 in census $148*
CGC 5.5 · 5 in census $124*
CGC 5.0 · 2 in census $118*
CGC 4.5 · 6 in census $101*
CGC 4.0 · 6 in census $88*
CGC 3.5 · 7 in census $78*
CGC 3.0 · 5 in census $69*
CGC 2.5 · 3 in census $56*
CGC 2.0 · 3 in census $48*
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Full credits

artist, inker William Weltman
cover pencils, inks Norman Saunders

Reprints

Reprinted in This Magazine Is Haunted #21 (1954), Spectre #4 (1968), Eclipso #25 (1972), Four Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s #[nn] (2010), Lurid Little Nightmare Makers #5 (2015), The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #15 (2016), Pre-Code Classics: Unknown World & Strange Stories from Another World #[nn] (2017), Gwandanaland Comics #1376

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