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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAW | $36.78 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1959-02-01 |
| 9.2 | $725.00 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
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Graded population
CGC records 35 graded copies for World of Fantasy #16 (1959). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
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.
| ReprintOf2 = Journey Into Unknown Worlds Vol 1 50 | ReprintOfStory2 = 5
| StoryTitle3 = Arise, Oh Geni... | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = Steve Ditko | Inker3_1 = Steve Ditko | Colorist3_1 = Stan Goldberg | Letterer3_1 = Artie Simek | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Claude Hicks)
**Antagonists:** * Unnamed Genie
**Races and Species:** * Humans) (flashback) * Djinns) (flashback) * Camels * Gnats * Demons **Realities:** * Earth-616 (flashback) **Locations:** * Earth (flashback) ** Asia (flashback) *** Ruins of Sutay ** North America *** United States of America **Items:** * Magic Lamp
| Synopsis3 = thumb|left 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.
| StoryTitle4 = Worlds Within Worlds! | Writer4_1 = Stan Lee | Writer4_2 = Larry Lieber | Penciler4_1 = Carl Burgos | Inker4_1 = Carl Burgos | Colorist4_1 = Stan Goldberg | Letterer4_1 = Artie Simek | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Paul Stratton) **Supporting Characters:** * Terry Mason) * Dr. Edward Stone)
**Other Characters:** * Dr. Stone's Assistant **Races and Species:** * Unidentified alien species * Humans) * Ants **Realities:** * Earth-Unknown **Locations:** * Unidentified Planet * Earthspace ** Milky Way *** Solar System **** Saturn) **** Sun **** Earth **Items:** * Paul Stratton's Microscopic Lens
| Synopsis4 = 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.
| StoryTitle5 = Beware the Future! | Writer5_1 = Stan Lee | Writer5_2 = Larry Lieber | Penciler5_1 = Al Williamson | Inker5_1 = Al Williamson | Colorist5_1 = Stan Goldberg | Letterer5_1 = Artie Simek | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Professor Luther Zorn) **Supporting Characters:** * Emma Zorn)
**Other Characters:** * Tabby (Cat) * Alice **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Cats **Realities:** * Earth-Unknown **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America **Items:** * Professor Zorn's Time Machine
| Synopsis5 = A physicist invents a time machine, but when it shows an idyllic future it causes people to lose their motivation to improve the world.
| StoryTitle6 = Prison 2000 A.D. | Writer6_1 = Stan Lee | Writer6_2 = Larry Lieber | Penciler6_1 = Jack Kirby | Inker6_1 = Christopher Rule | Colorist6_1 = Stan Goldberg | Letterer6_1 = Artie Simek | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * John Fox)
**Other Characters:** * Numerous unnamed colonists of Vestas 203 **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Unidentified alien species * Dart Birds **Realities:** * Earth-59265 **Locations:** * Solar System ** Earth *** New Guinea *** Luna ** Mars) ** Vestas 203
| Synopsis6 = thumb|right In the year 2000 criminals are reconditioned through virtual reality.
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| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * "Nightmare Planet" is reprinted in Strange Tales Annual Vol 1 2. * "Arise, Oh Geni" is reprinted in Vault of Evil Vol 1 15. * "Worlds Within Worlds!" is reprinted in Strange Tales Annual Vol 1 2. * "Prison 2000 A.D." is reprinted in Strange Tales Annual Vol 1 2.
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Creative credits
Writers: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, N/A, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Interior art: Joe Sinnott, Steve Ditko, Carl Burgos, Al Williamson, Jack Kirby
Color: Stan Goldberg, Stan Goldberg, Stan Goldberg, Stan Goldberg, Stan Goldberg
Source records & attribution
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COMICBASE: comicbase:1227183
GCD: 14884
PANEL PROFITS: 27946