World of Fantasy Vol 1 16

World of Fantasy Vol 1 #16 Published February, 1959 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artist Carl Burgos Bob Forgione John Severin "Nightmare Planet" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Joe Sinnott Inker Joe Sinnott Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "Bird Talk" Penciler Marie Severin Inker Marie Severin Letterer Typeset "Arise, Oh Geni..." Penciler Steve Ditko Inker Steve Ditko Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "Worlds Within Worlds!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Carl Burgos Inker Carl Burgos Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "Beware the Future!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Al Williamson Inker Al Williamson Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "Prison 2000 A.D." Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Jack Kirby Inker Christopher Rule Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek Previous Issue Next Issue World of Fantasy #15 World of Fantasy #17

Appearing in "Nightmare Planet"

Featured Characters:

• Col. Ken Travers

Races and Species:

• Humans
  
  

Synopsis for "Nightmare Planet"

Earth is terrified by the approach of a giant planet, but a military expedition finds that time moves more slowly on this planet, so they will not notice Earth.

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Appearing in "Bird Talk"

Featured Characters:

• Tony Tipple

Supporting Characters:

• Skeets Mulligan
• Toodles Murphy

Races and Species:

• Humans
  
  

Synopsis for "Bird Talk"

A meeting with a strange man gives a boy an unusual way of getting a pet bird, talking to birds.

Appearing in "Arise, Oh Geni..."

Featured Characters:

• Claude Hicks

Races and Species:

• Humans
  
  

Synopsis for "Arise, Oh Geni..."

A man with hay fever releases a hostile genie with plans of conquest from a lamp, but the genie contracts hay fever from his liberator. The genie tries to go to different areas, but after so long in the lamp, he has no resistances to germs and pollen. He decides he was better off in the lamp.

Appearing in "Worlds Within Worlds!"

Featured Characters:

• Paul Stratton

Supporting Characters:

• Terry Mason

Other Characters:

• Dr. Stone

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Unrevealed reality
  
  

Synopsis for "Worlds Within Worlds!"

A scientist is convinced that there are microscopic worlds inside microbes. He cannot find one, but if he'd kept looking then he would have found Earth.

Appearing in "Beware the Future!"

Featured Characters:

• Luther Zorn

Supporting Characters:

• Emma Zorn

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Unrevealed reality
  
  

Synopsis for "Beware the Future!"

A physicist invents a time machine, but when it shows an idyllic future it causes people to lose their motivation to improve the world.

Appearing in "Prison 2000 A.D."

Featured Characters:

• John Fox

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Unrevealed future reality

Items:

Synopsis for "Prison 2000 A.D."

In the year 2000 criminals are reconditioned through virtual reality.

Notes

• "Nightmare Planet" reprinted in Strange Tales Annual #2
• "Arise, Oh Geni" reprinted in Vault of Evil #15
• "Worlds Within Worlds!" reprinted in Strange Tales Annual #2
• "Prison 2000 A.D." reprinted in Strange Tales Annual #2

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