*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: Just once in a while, a comic comes along that I (Rob speaking) want to recommend as a true personal favourite. Such an item in Avon’s Strange Worlds #3 from 1951. Somehow, Avon got together a winning team from cover-to-cover for this one issue that defines 1950’s US sci-fi comics. Within a nice Kintsler cover, four outstanding stories shine unmatched, in my opinion, by the contents of any other issue in the genre. The black and white inside front cover by Wally Wood is a joy to behold, and there’s Wood again with Orlando on ‘Kenton Of The Star Patrol’, followed by Sid Greene’s Burroughs-esque ‘Flame Goddess’, the collaboraton to end them all as Wood (again), Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel & Joe Orlando share the artistic helm on the breathtaking ‘Invasion From The Abyss’, topped off with Larsen’s Slave Girl Princess in ‘Princess Of the Past’. This is a nice solid VG copy with minor spine wear and an unmarked cover and decent page quality at £350. One to have in your collection and savour (as I do!). We present below the cover and splash pages of the four stories (the inside front cover is also reproduced in our listing):