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Wallace Wood Centennial Celebration Strange Worlds expanded edition announced

By John Freeman on 29 August 2026 • ( 0 )

The Wallace Wood Estate has announced they are working with Vanguard on a revised, expanded edition of Wally Wood Strange Worlds, and are including some bonus rarities.

Vanguard are publishers of numerous Wallace Wood collections in their WOODWORK series, including WOODWORK: Wallace Wood 1927-1981 and the Wally Wood from Witzend Complete Collection.

The release comes as the Estate ramps up its plans for The Wallace Wood Centennial Celebration, marking the upcoming 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary American comic book writer, artist, and independent publisher Wallace “Wally” Wood (17th June 1927 – 2nd November 1981).

There may also be a new cover but the Estate love the one coloured by Jim Steranko so much, they will be sure to include it too, if they replace it.

The current edition of Strange Worlds of Science Fiction is already the most extensive collection to-date, of sci-fi comics by Hall of Fame creator Wallace Wood. It includes an unprecedented wealth of rare, collectable 1950s sci-fi comics from original titles, Strange Worlds, Space Detective, Capt. Science, Space Ace, and more.

Thrill to early adventures of bubble-headed space jockeys and sultry vixens battling bug-eyed monsters in sensationalistic stories like: “The Flying Saucers”, “An Earthman on Venus”, “Spawn of Terror”, “Winged Death on Venus”, “The Monster God of Rogor”, “The Martian Slayers”, “The Insidious Doctor Khartoum”, “Time Door of Throm”, “Death in Deep Space”, “Bandits of the Starways”, “The Opium Smugglers of Venus”, “Trail to the Asteroid Hideout”, “The Weapon Out of Time”, “Kenton of the Star Patrol”, “Sirens of Space”, “Operation Unknown”, and others.

The Estate plans to add some bonus rarities including the mind-bending genre mash-up “Captain Science & the Insidious Doctor Khartoum“, a classic 1951 science fiction comic book story featuring artwork by Wally Wood and Joe Orlando.

Tales from the Crypt and Weird Science publisher Bill Gaines called Daredevil, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, and Mars Attacks co-creator, Wally Wood “the greatest Science Fiction artist of all time.”

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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.