Fawcett Publications · Motion Picture Comics #110 · May 1952 · 10¢
Grade: FN+ 6.5
Cover art and interior credits unconfirmed; no verified creator attributions on record for this issue.
A full-issue comics adaptation of the 1951 Paramount Pictures production “When Worlds Collide,” produced by George Pal and directed by Rudolph Maté, with screenplay by Sidney Boehm. The source film — shot in Technicolor and based on the 1933 novel by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer — centers on the discovery that a rogue star and its orbiting planet, Zyra, are on an irreversible collision course with Earth. A small group of scientists and civilians races to construct a rocket ship capable of carrying survivors to Zyra before impact. The adaptation follows that same structure: countdown, selection, launch, and the question of what, if anything, survives.
Fawcett's Motion Picture Comics series ran from 1950 to 1953, adapting current theatrical releases into single-issue comic format — one film per issue, sold at newsstand price. The series covered Westerns, adventure serials, and science fiction, tracking whatever Paramount and other studios had in release. Issue #110 lands in the middle of that run, timed to the film's 1951 theatrical release. The “When Worlds Collide” film won the Academy Award for Best Special Effects at the 1952 ceremony — the same year this comic appeared on newsstands.
Motion Picture Comics is an underrepresented series in most Golden Age collections — short print runs, single-print newsstand distribution, and subject matter tied to films that cycled off screens fast. The “When Worlds Collide” issue pulls double duty as both a Fawcett Golden Age sci-fi artifact and a tie-in to one of the definitive George Pal productions of the era.
Condition FN+ 6.5 — .
We use what the scientists are calling artificial intelligence to research and write our descriptions — it gives us more time to add books to our website and provide you with a wider array of inventory. We think Klaatu would approve. Details are verified but the robot does slip up. We're not infallible. Every book is graded by a human collector who has actually held it. If anything ever looks off, reach on out at robopictocomics@gmail.com.
Fawcett Publications · Motion Picture Comics #110 · May 1952 · 10¢
Grade: FN+ 6.5
Cover art and interior credits unconfirmed; no verified creator attributions on record for this issue.
A full-issue comics adaptation of the 1951 Paramount Pictures production “When Worlds Collide,” produced by George Pal and directed by Rudolph Maté, with screenplay by Sidney Boehm. The source film — shot in Technicolor and based on the 1933 novel by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer — centers on the discovery that a rogue star and its orbiting planet, Zyra, are on an irreversible collision course with Earth. A small group of scientists and civilians races to construct a rocket ship capable of carrying survivors to Zyra before impact. The adaptation follows that same structure: countdown, selection, launch, and the question of what, if anything, survives.
Fawcett's Motion Picture Comics series ran from 1950 to 1953, adapting current theatrical releases into single-issue comic format — one film per issue, sold at newsstand price. The series covered Westerns, adventure serials, and science fiction, tracking whatever Paramount and other studios had in release. Issue #110 lands in the middle of that run, timed to the film's 1951 theatrical release. The “When Worlds Collide” film won the Academy Award for Best Special Effects at the 1952 ceremony — the same year this comic appeared on newsstands.
Motion Picture Comics is an underrepresented series in most Golden Age collections — short print runs, single-print newsstand distribution, and subject matter tied to films that cycled off screens fast. The “When Worlds Collide” issue pulls double duty as both a Fawcett Golden Age sci-fi artifact and a tie-in to one of the definitive George Pal productions of the era.
Condition FN+ 6.5 — .
We use what the scientists are calling artificial intelligence to research and write our descriptions — it gives us more time to add books to our website and provide you with a wider array of inventory. We think Klaatu would approve. Details are verified but the robot does slip up. We're not infallible. Every book is graded by a human collector who has actually held it. If anything ever looks off, reach on out at robopictocomics@gmail.com.
