Format Ongoing series Number of issues Vol. 1: 10
Vol. 2: 6 | Genre Science fiction Publisher DC Comics | |
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Publication date Vol. 1: September 1972 - October/November 1974
Vol. 2: March 2011 - August 2011 Writer(s) List
Vol. 1: Dennis O'Neil, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman
Vol. 2: Aaron Lopresti, Kevin Maguire, Kevin VanHook Artist(s) List
Vol. 1: Murphy Anderson, Howard Chaykin, Dan Green, Michael Kaluta, Alan Weiss
Vol. 2: Aaron Lopresti, Kevin Maguire, Jerry Ordway Similar Weird Mystery Tales, My Greatest Adventure, John Carter - Warlord o, Weird Western Tales, Secrets of Sinister House | ||
Weird Worlds was an American science fiction anthology comic book series published by DC Comics: it ran from 1972 to 1974 for a total of 10 issues. The title's name was partially inspired by the sales success of Weird War Tales and Weird Western Tales.
Weird Worlds published series based on fantastic adventures writer Edgar Rice Burroughs' creations, of which DC had obtained the licensing rights. This included the "John Carter of Mars" feature, by scripter Marv Wolfman and artist Murphy Anderson, which moved over from Tarzan #209, and the "Pellucidar" feature from Korak, Son of Tarzan #46 drawn by Alan Weiss, Michael Kaluta, and Dan Green.
These features ran until issue #7 (October 1973) until it became economically infeasible for DC to continue publishing so many adaptations of Burroughs' work. "John Carter" would re-appear in Tarzan Family #62-64 and "Pellucidar" in Tarzan Family #66.
With issue #8, a new feature began: Dennis O'Neil and Howard Chaykin's Ironwolf, which ran through issue #10. The release of the last issue of Weird Worlds was delayed for several months due to a nationwide paper shortage.
The title was relaunched in March 2011 and ran for six issues. It featured Lobo and two new characters: Aaron Lopresti's Garbage Man and Kevin Maguire's Tanga. The characters appeared in the title My Greatest Adventure as part of The New 52 relaunch.
