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Basil Wolverton’s Planet of Terror!                                        One-shot Comic
Cover by: Alan Moore

Basil Wolverton’s distinctive style, a bizarre combination of the grotesque and whimsical made him one of the most polarizing artists in comic history but gained a strong cult following among comics fans at the same time. The man is notorious for his unforgettable depictions of wacky, grotesque and ugly people. His artwork has often been described as “spaghetti and meatballs”, while he referred to himself as a “producer of preposterous pictures of peculiar people who prowl this perplexing planet”. Yet he didn’t just draw “ugly”. His seemingly disgusting and repulsive illustrations still illuminate a certain fun and charm. Naturally his style suited comedy and horror the best. His career spanned myriad companies and genres.

He created humorous comics like ‘Powerhouse Pepper’ (1942-1952), visualized the previously invisible character Lena Hyena for Al Capp’s ‘Li’l Abner’ and designed the hideous woman on the cover of Mad Magazine’s 11th issue, arguably the most iconic cover in its history. Wolverton drew various chilling one-shot horror stories for comic books like Mystic, Journey into Unknown Worlds, Adventures Into Terror, Weird Tales of the Future and Weird Mysteries. He also proved he had more up his sleeve than shock and shlock alone. The artist illustrated various chapters of The Old Testament. While not all people may like his aesthetic view, few can deny that Wolverton had a highly original, unique and instantly recognizable style which still influences artists today. He remains the godfather of all “gross-out” cartoonists and was a significant influence on Robert Crumb and other underground comic artists in the 1960s.

This title presents some of Wolverton’s stories that epitomized the pulp science fiction milieu, replete with bug-eyed monsters and solidly rendered spaceships. Also featured is an informative essay about Wolverton’s career by Bill Spicer, and a cover drawn in Wolverton’s characteristic style by comic’s legendary writer, Alan Moore.

Basil Wolverton’s Planet of Terror! contains:“Planet of Terror!”
Writer: Basil Wolverton
Artist: Basil Wolverton

A space explorer recounts his time on the Planet of Terror hunting for horned bears. The space explorer and his companion come across space aliens, primitive Saturians – the inhabitants of the planet, who warn them of Mokog… God of the Planet of Terror! After several encounters with horrible space monsters from the skies and the land, the two explorers eventually come face to face with the grotesque god Mokog. But something is not right, and all is not what it seems… Reprinted from Journey into the unknown world #7 (1950)
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“The End of the World”
Writer: Basil Wolverton
Artist: Basil Wolverton

In 2423 a pacifist scientist attempts to halt the plans of the united Earth government from attacking the newly discovered peaceful Martians. He tells the ruler that his magnetic force weapon’s blast is too powerful for Earth and must be tested on the moon. When no blast occurs, the ruler thinks he’s been tricked. The scientist reveals the blast occurred on the moon’s dark side, shifting it out of orbit and crashing into Earth. After playing havoc with the tides the moon shatters, killing everyone except the scientist, who believes he was justified by sparing other beings from Earth’s tyranny. Reprinted from Marvel Tales #102 (1949)
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“Wolverton’s Weird World”
Writer: Bill Spicer

Text article of Basil Wolverton’s career with a photo of Basil Wolverton and various illustrations by Basil Wolverton. Very informative for the Basil Wolverton enthusiast.
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“The Devil Birds”
Writer: Basil Wolverton
Artist: Basil Wolverton

The most mystic tale you’ve ever read. It all started after that first H-Bomb test in Nevada. Many a man has been drawn to that area where the H-Bomb blew a hole clean thru the Earth’s crust… and none of them ever comes back. But what could possibly draw them to a big hole in the ground? It is rumored that some kind of “Devil Birds” in smoke are responsible for the many disappearances. Famous roving photographer, Randy Benson goes in to get proof… and disappears forever. Now, Brian Stover with Keith Adams, close friends of Randy Benson, go to the mysterious nuclear hole in search of their friend. What they discover will literally change their lives forever… Reprinted from Mystic #7 (1951)
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“The Monster on Mars”
Writer: Basil Wolverton
Artist: Basil Wolverton

Earthman Bob Burke, the sole survivor of a spaceship crash on the planet Mars battles with Mercurian killers. While stranded on Mars, astronaut Bob befriends a Gwud, an intelligent dog-like alien. The one day, while returning from hunting – astronaut Bob and his Gwud encounters a giant living hand-creature with eyes. The hand-creature promises astronaut Bob a way back to Earth… if Bob fulfills its needs. Later

astronaut Bob is confronted by hostile Mercurians who inquire about a Venusian spaceship. Things turn ugly and a Mercurian does the unthinkable. Soon afterwards, Earthman Bob finds a beautiful Venusian woman in his abode. But there is something more mysterious about her than her unexpected presence and Venusian beauty, as Earthman Bob soon finds out… Reprinted from Weird Tales of the Future #3 (1952)
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“A Portrait of my Father and a few of his Creations”
Artist: Monte Wolverton

A tribute page featuring… Taking it from the top: An illustration of Basil Wolverton’s face, a gaggle of giant eyeballs from “The Eye of Doom” in Marvel’s Mystic #6 (January 1952), a boiler-like spaceship, used many times in strips and stories from the 1930s through the early 50s, Science fiction adventure hero Spacehawk, who appeared in 30 issues of Target Comics during 1940-1942, Intrepid reporter Scoop Scuttle, mainly in miscellaneous 1942-1945 Lev Gleason titles, Powerhouse Pepper, probably Wolverton’s most popular character, from various 1942-1947 Marvel books, including his own title that ran five issues. “Swamp Monster” monster from Weird Mysteries #5, who oddly enough appeared only in the splash panel and nowhere else in the story. The tribute page was drawn by Monte Wolverton (Basil’s son), published in 1978 by Rodney Schroeter as a 14X 19.5 inch signed and numbered limited edition print of 100 copies.

One-shot Comic is bagged & triple boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to insure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Publication Date: October 1987
Format: BW, 32 pages, Comic, 10.20″ x 6.65″
UPC: None Stated

Collectible Entertainment note: One-shot Comic is in Fine condition.  Nice!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Basil Wolverton collector and/or enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Very Highly Recommended.

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