The World Around Us #15: Prehistoric Animals

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Al Williamson, Classics Illustrated, dinosaur, dinosaur books, dinosaur comics, Gilberton, illustrated story of prehistoric animals, Prehistoric Animals, prehistoric mammals, Sam Glanzman, World Around Us, World Around Us 15

Gilberton published The World Around Us #15: Prehistoric Animals in 1959 as part of its Classics Illustrated line. World Around Us is a must-have for any collector of dinosaur comics. Despite the way current advances in understanding dinosaur anatomy have made much of this book obsolete from a scientific perspective, it has a quaint historic charm and many stunningly rendered pages. It features uncredited artwork by Sam Glanzman and Al Williamson, according to Steve Bissette’s essay on PalaeoBlog. While dinosaurs take up much of the book, it also features prehistoric mammals, the origin of the planet Earth, and biographies of important biologists and paleontologists.

Collectors can often find a low-grade copy of World Around Us #15 at MyComicShop in the $5-15 range. Copies in various grades appear on eBay, with Fine and Fine+ grades listed in the $30-50 range.

In our second year on this blog, we presented the individual stories in this book as a series of posts. But now, here it is all in one shot for you prehistoric animal enthusiasts. Enjoy!

One of Us Is a Martian!

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Al Williamson, Beware the Robots, golden age, Martian, One of Us is a Martian, robot, Steve Ditko, Tales of Suspense

One of us is a Martian. It might be …you! Come to think of it, we’re all Martians, here! So let’s rock this Steve Ditko tale from the golden age of science-fiction comics and see what happens. We’re including an Al Williamson piece called Beware of the … Robots! Yes, the next time someone complains about machines taking their job, you can confidently say, “Let ’em! We’ve got better things to do!”

Thanks to The Warrior’s Comic Book Den for hipping us to this sci-fi classic. They’ve got some great Al Williamson pieces there and much more.

Collector’s Guide: From Tales of Suspense #4; Marvel, 1959.

Alarming Tales 6: King of the Ants by Al Williamson!

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Al Williamson, Alarming Tales, giant ants, Harvey Comics

We’ve been looking at Jack Kirby’s stories for Alarming Tales. Let’s have a look at an Al Williamson story from the sixth and final issue. This showcases one of our favorite themes here on Mars: Giant Ants! Okay, the ants are actually normal size. But they seem really big when you get shrunk down to their size!

Collector’s Guide: From Alarming Tales #6; Harvey, 1958. Issues #1-3 are now collected in a Kindle version!

Race for the Moon: The Face on Mars!

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Al Williamson, Face on Mars, golden age, Harvey Comics, Jack Kirby, Mars, Race for the Moon

What do you get when you cross Jack Kirby and Al Williamson? The coolest science fiction comics of the golden age! Thanks to our friends at the Digital Comic Museum, we’d like to share with you some stories from 1958’s Race for the Moon. Buckle up your space suit and get ready to rock!

Collector’s Guide: It can be tough to find the original Race to the Moon comic books (Harvey, 1958). But in 2014, a Kindle version of Race for the Moon became available. It has all three issues, formatted just for Kindle.

Issue #1 features artwork by Bob Powell. #2-3 feature Jack Kirby and Al Williamson.

Race for the Moon: Saucer Man!

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Al Williamson, golden age, Harvey Comics, Jack Kirby, Race for the Moon

What do you get when you cross Jack Kirby and Al Williamson? The coolest science fiction comics of the golden age! Thanks to our friends at the Digital Comic Museum, we’d like to share with you some stories from 1958’s Race for the Moon. Buckle up your space suit and get ready to rock!

Collector’s Guide: It can be tough to find the original Race to the Moon comic books (Harvey, 1958). But in 2014, a Kindle version of Race for the Moon became available. It has all three issues, formatted just for Kindle.

Issue #1 features artwork by Bob Powell. #2-3 feature Jack Kirby and Al Williamson.

Race for the Moon: The Long Long Years!

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Al Williamson, Harvey Comics, Jack Kirby, Race for the Moon, The Three Rocketeers

What do you get when you cross Jack Kirby and Al Williamson? The coolest science fiction comics of the golden age! Thanks to our friends at the Digital Comic Museum, we’d like to share with you some stories from 1958’s Race for the Moon. Buckle up your space suit and get ready to rock!

Collector’s Guide: It can be tough to find the original Race to the Moon comic books (Harvey, 1958). But in 2014, a Kindle version of Race for the Moon became available. It has all three issues, formatted just for Kindle.

Issue #1 features artwork by Bob Powell. #2-3 feature Jack Kirby and Al Williamson.

Race for the Moon: Island in the Sky!

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Al Williamson, Eye of Jupiter, Harvey Comics, Jack Kirby, Jupiter, Race for the Moon

What do you get when you cross Jack Kirby and Al Williamson? The coolest science fiction comics of the golden age! Thanks to our friends at the Digital Comic Museum, we’d like to share with you some stories from 1958’s Race for the Moon. Buckle up your space suit and get ready to rock!

Collector’s Guide: It can be tough to find the original Race to the Moon comic books (Harvey, 1958). But in 2014, a Kindle version of Race for the Moon became available. It has all three issues, formatted just for Kindle.

Issue #1 features artwork by Bob Powell. #2-3 feature Jack Kirby and Al Williamson.

Race for the Moon: Turmoil in the Heavens!

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Al Williamson, Death of the Dinosaur, dinosaur, Harvey Comics, Jack Kirby, Race for the Moon

What do you get when you cross Jack Kirby and Al Williamson? The coolest science-fiction comics of the golden age! Thanks to our friends at the Digital Comic Museum, we’d like to share with you some stories from 1958’s Race for the Moon. Buckle up your space suit and get ready to rock!

Collector’s Guide: It can be tough to find the original Race to the Moon comic books (Harvey, 1958). But in 2014, a Kindle version of Race for the Moon became available. It has all three issues formatted for Kindle. Issue #1 features artwork by Bob Powell. #2-3 feature Jack Kirby and Al Williamson.

Race for the Moon: The Thing on Sputnik 4!

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Al Williamson, golden age, Harvey Comics, Jack Kirby, Race for the Moon

What do you get when you cross Jack Kirby and Al Williamson? The coolest science fiction comics of the golden age! Thanks to our friends at the Digital Comic Museum, we’d like to share with you some stories from 1958’s Race for the Moon. Buckle up your space suit and get ready to rock!

Collector’s Guide: It can be tough to find the original Race to the Moon comic books (Harvey, 1958). But in 2014, a Kindle version of Race for the Moon became available. It has all three issues, formatted just for Kindle.

Issue #1 features artwork by Bob Powell. #2-3 feature Jack Kirby and Al Williamson.

Race for the Moon: Lunar Trap!

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Al Williamson, Harvey Comics, Jack Kirby, Race for the Moon

What do you get when you cross Jack Kirby and Al Williamson? The coolest science fiction comics of the golden age! Thanks to our friends at the Digital Comic Museum, we’d like to share with you some stories from 1958’s Race for the Moon. Buckle up your space suit and get ready to rock!

Collector’s Guide: It can be tough to find the original Race to the Moon comic books (Harvey, 1958). But in 2014, a Kindle version of Race for the Moon became available. It has all three issues, formatted just for Kindle.

Issue #1 features artwork by Bob Powell. #2-3 feature Jack Kirby and Al Williamson.

EC Comics: The Aliens!

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Al Williamson, alien, EC Comics, EC Comics reprints, Spa Fon, Squa Tront, Weird Fantasy

Here’s an EC Comics gem from Weird Fantasy #17 called “The Aliens.” In the final climactic splash panel, the aliens exclaim “Squa Tront” and “Spa Fon!” Now, what the heck does that mean?! They were the names of fanzines put out by Frank Frazetta in the 1950s. Rock this amazing Al Williamson artwork!

Collector’s Guide: From Weird Fantasy #17; 1953 EC Comics (reprinted in 1996 by Gemstone.)

Race for the Moon: Report from Space!

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Al Williamson, Harvey Comics, Jack Kirby, Race for the Moon

What do you get when you cross Jack Kirby and Al Williamson? The coolest science fiction comics of the golden age! Thanks to our friends at the Digital Comic Museum, we’d like to share with you some stories from 1958’s Race for the Moon. Buckle up your space suit and get ready to rock!

Collector’s Guide: It can be tough to find the original Race to the Moon comic books (Harvey, 1958). But in 2014, a Kindle version of Race for the Moon became available. It has all three issues, formatted just for Kindle.

Issue #1 features artwork by Bob Powell. #2-3 feature Jack Kirby and Al Williamson.

Race for the Moon: Asylum!

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Al Williamson, Bob Powell, first issue, golden age, Jack Kirby, Race for the Moon

What do you get when you cross Jack Kirby and Al Williamson? The coolest science fiction comics of the golden age! Thanks to our friends at the Digital Comic Museum, we’d like to share with you some stories from 1958’s Race for the Moon. Buckle up your space suit and get ready to rock!

Collector’s Guide: It can be tough to find the original Race to the Moon comic books (Harvey, 1958). But in 2014, a Kindle version of Race for the Moon became available. It has all three issues, formatted just for Kindle.

Issue #1 features artwork by Bob Powell. #2-3 feature Jack Kirby and Al Williamson.

Race for the Moon: Garden of Eden!

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Al Williamson, Harvey Comics, Jack Kirby, Race for the Moon

What do you get when you cross Jack Kirby and Al Williamson? The coolest science fiction comics of the golden age! Thanks to our friends at the Digital Comic Museum, we’d like to share with you some stories from 1958’s Race for the Moon. Buckle up your space suit and get ready to rock!

Collector’s Guide: It can be tough to find the original Race to the Moon comic books (Harvey, 1958). But in 2014, a Kindle version of Race for the Moon became available. It has all three issues, formatted just for Kindle.

Issue #1 features artwork by Bob Powell. #2-3 feature Jack Kirby and Al Williamson.

Race for the Moon: Space Garbage!

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Al Williamson, Harvey Comics, Jack Kirby, Race for the Moon

What do you get when you cross Jack Kirby and Al Williamson? The coolest science fiction comics of the golden age! Thanks to our friends at the Digital Comic Museum, we’d like to share with you some stories from 1958’s Race for the Moon. Buckle up your space suit and get ready to rock!

Collector’s Guide: It can be tough to find the original Race to the Moon comic books (Harvey, 1958). But in 2014, a Kindle version of Race for the Moon became available. It has all three issues, formatted just for Kindle.

Issue #1 features artwork by Bob Powell. #2-3 feature Jack Kirby and Al Williamson.

All I’ve Got to Worry About Is Shooting My Dinosaur!

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Al Williamson, dinosaur, dinosaur comics, EC Comics, golden age, hunting dinosaurs, Ray Bradbury, science fiction, Sound of Thunder, time travel, tyrannosaurus rex

Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury may be the most re-published science-fiction story of all time. Despite that grand title, you might not have seen this whole story before, so check it out! The guys at EC Comics loved Sound of Thunder so much they adapted it for comics. But they didn’t credit Bradbury at all. Legend has it that Ray saw the story and sent them a nice note about what a great adaptation it was — a diplomatic way to get credit, for sure! Notice Ray’s name appears on this printing.

Collector’s Guide: Originally published in Weird Science-Fantasy #25 by EC Comics. Reprinted in Weird Science Fantasy #3 by Russ Cochran/Gemstone. Reprinted in Ray Bradbury Comics #1, also with a Richard Corben adaptation of the same story; Topps, 1993.

We hope you will enjoy more from our EC Comics Gallery!