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{{Short description|Science fiction anthology comic series}}
{{Other uses|Weird Worlds (disambiguation)}}{{Distinguish|Weirdworld}}
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|title               = Weird Worlds
|image               = Weird Worlds 1.jpg
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|caption             = ''Weird Worlds'' #1 (September 1972), art by [[Joe Kubert]].
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|publisher           = [[DC Comics]]
|date                = '''Vol. 1''': September 1972 – October–November 1974 <br>'''Vol. 2''': March 2011 – August 2011
|issues              = '''Vol. 1''': 10 <br>'''Vol. 2''': 6
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|writers             =  {{List collapsed|'''Vol. 1''': [[Dennis O'Neil]], [[Len Wein]], [[Marv Wolfman]]<br>'''Vol. 2''': [[Aaron Lopresti]], [[Kevin Maguire (artist)|Kevin Maguire]], [[Kevin VanHook]]}}
|artists             =  {{List collapsed|'''Vol. 1''': [[Murphy Anderson]], [[Howard Chaykin]], [[Dan Green (artist)|Dan Green]], [[Michael Kaluta]], [[Alan Weiss (comics)|Alan Weiss]]<br>'''Vol. 2''': Aaron Lopresti, Kevin Maguire, [[Jerry Ordway]]}}
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|editors             = {{List collapsed|'''Vol. 1''': Dennis O'Neil (#1–10)<br>'''Vol. 2''': [[Joey Cavalieri]] (#1–6)}}
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'''''Weird Worlds''''' is an [[American comic book]] [[science fiction comics|science fiction]] [[comics anthology|anthology]] series published by [[DC Comics]] that originally ran from 1972 to 1974 for a total of 10 issues.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 2040|title= Weird Worlds}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1= Overstreet|first1= Robert M.|title= [[Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide]]|edition= 49th|publisher= [[Gemstone Publishing]]|date= 2019|location= Timonium, Maryland|pages= 1148|isbn= 978-1603602334}}</ref> The title's name was partially inspired by the sales success of ''[[Weird War Tales]]'' and ''[[Weird Western Tales]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last = Daniels|first = Les|authorlink = Les Daniels|title = [[DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes]]|publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company|Bulfinch Press]]|date = 1995|location= New York, New York|page = 153|isbn = 0821220764|quote= 'Carmine Infantino and I found out that the word ''weird'' sold well', [editor Joe] Orlando recalls. 'So DC created ''Weird War'' and ''Weird Western''.}}</ref> A second series was published in 2011.
==Original series==
''Weird Worlds'' published features based on writer [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]' creations which DC had obtained the [[brand licensing|licensing rights]]. This included the "[[John Carter of Mars]]" feature, by scripter [[Marv Wolfman]] and artist [[Murphy Anderson]], which moved from ''[[Tarzan in comics|Tarzan]]'' #209, and the "[[Pellucidar]]" feature from ''[[Korak (character)|Korak, Son of Tarzan]]'' #46 drawn by [[Alan Weiss (comics)|Alan Weiss]], [[Michael Kaluta]], and [[Dan Green (artist)|Dan Green]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sacks |first1=Jason |last2=Dallas |first2=Keith |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s |date=2014 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490564 |page=84}}</ref>
These features ran until issue #7 (October 1973) until it became economically infeasible for DC to continue publishing so many adaptations of Burroughs' work.<ref>{{cite journal|last= Schweier|first= Philip|title= Iron Wolf|journal= [[Back Issue!]]|issue= 78|page= 42|publisher= [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date= February 2015|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> "John Carter" would re-appear in ''Tarzan Family'' #62–64 and "Pellucidar" in ''Tarzan Family'' #66.
A new feature began in issue #8, [[Dennis O'Neil]] and [[Howard Chaykin]]'s [[Ironwolf (comics)|Ironwolf]],<ref>{{cite book|last=McAvennie|first= Michael|editor-last = Dolan|editor-first = Hannah|chapter= 1970s|title= DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page= 157|quote = After the debut tale by acclaimed artist Howard Chaykin and co-scripter Denny O'Neil, Ironwolf became the lead protagonist in the ''Weird Worlds'' [title].}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Citation|last = Wells|first = John|title = 'Lost' DC: 1971–1975|journal = [[Comics Buyer's Guide]]|issue = 1249|page = 125|date = October 24, 1997|location= Iola, Wisconsin|quote= In the wake of a nationwide paper shortage, DC canceled several of its lower-selling titles in late 1973...[''[[Supergirl (comic book)|Supergirl]]'' #10] and three other completed comic books slated for release in November 1973 (''[[Secret Origins]]'' #7, ''[[Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane]]'' #137, and ''Weird Worlds'' #10) were put on hold until the summer of 1974.}}</ref> The ''Weird Worlds'' stories were reprinted in an ''Ironwolf'' one-shot in March 1987.<ref>{{Gcdb issue|id= 42580|title= ''Ironwolf'' #1}}</ref>
==Second series==
The title was relaunched in March 2011 and ran for six issues.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 54470|title= Weird Worlds ''vol. 2''}}</ref> It featured [[Lobo (comics)|Lobo]] and two new characters: [[Aaron Lopresti]]'s Garbage Man and [[Kevin Maguire (artist)|Kevin Maguire]]'s Tanga.
In September 2011, [[The New 52]] rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, the characters appeared in the title ''[[My Greatest Adventure]]''.
==References==
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==External links==
* {{comicbookdb|type=title|id=11477|title=''Weird Worlds''}}
* {{comicbookdb|type=title|id=31737|title=''Weird Worlds'' vol. 2}}
* [http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/series.php?seriesid=2319 ''Weird Worlds''] and [http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/series.php?seriesid=6530 ''Weird Worlds'' vol. 2] at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
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[[Category:2011 comics debuts]]
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[[Category:Adaptations of works by Edgar Rice Burroughs]]
[[Category:Comics anthologies]]
[[Category:Comics by Dennis O'Neil]]
[[Category:Comics by Howard Chaykin]]
[[Category:Comics by Len Wein]]
[[Category:Comics by Marv Wolfman]]
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[[Category:Defunct American comics]]
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