Auctions: comic books in 'Pre-Code Horror'

Adventures into Terror (1951 Atlas/Marvel) 10 GD 2.0

Tape on interior cover.

When the Vampire Calls!, art by Joe Maneely; A village suspects a beautiful young woman of being a vampire but her lover tries to warn her to leave before the mob arrives and discovers that it is her brother who is the drinker of human blood. The Dark Passage, art by Ogden Whitney; A convicted killer believes that he has gone to the infirmary and escaped in the ambulance when the ghosts take him to his fate as he has really died in the electric chair. The Sacred Tiger text story. What Walter Saw, pencils by Ed Goldfarb. The Snake!, art by George Roussos. The Old Hag, art by Bernard Krigstein. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Adventures Into the Unknown (1948 ACG) 14 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation. Cover loose at staples.

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Cover art by Ogden Whitney. Land of the Zombies, art by Edvard Moritz. The Haunted Morgue, art by Emil Gershwin. Double Doom, art by Charlie Sultan. The Face In the Moonstone, pencils by Charlie Sultan; Scientist Van and his fiancee Lorna travel to an old abbey in France on a scientific expedition, where they encounter Lilith, the ancient Queen of Darkness. The Werewolf Strikes, script by Charles Spain Verral, art by Bill Ely. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 25 CGC 3.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #3747215011

"The Men From Mars," "Nightmare!" (art by Joe Sinnott), "A Million Light-Years Away" (art by Bill Everett), "Two Times Two!" (art by Paul Reinman), "The Mad Mamba!" (art by Joe Maneely), and a two-page text story, "A Man's Past." Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Bill Everett, Joe Sinnott, Sam Kweskin, Joe Maneely, and Paul Reinman. These tales of horror, sci-fi, and suspense will take you on Adventures into Alien Worlds! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 30 GD+ 2.5

1" Spine split from top. Cover oxidation.

"I Saw a Vampire" (art by Manny Stallman), "The Worm Turns" (art by Bill Walton), "Inside Is Ty" (art by Seymour Moskowitz), "the Impatient Ghost" (art by Dan Loprino), "When Worlds Meet" (art by Joe Sinnott), and a two-page text story, "Two-Headed Snake." Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Manny Stallman, Bill Walton, Seymour Moskowitz, Dan Loprino, and Joe Sinnott. These tales of horror, sci-fi, and suspense will take you on Adventures into Alien Worlds! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 16 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4013698008

Cover by Bill Everett. "I Prowl at Night!", art by Syd Shores; An American stationed at the American embassy in Hungary hits a werewolf who had just changed back into human form with his car and crashes; The ambulance takes the both of them to the hospital and gives him a transfusion with the dying man's blood since it is the same type; He begins to feel the effects of the werewolf blood, so he flees his wife so as not to transfer the curse to her. "The Flying Saucers" text story. "Terror In Jimmy's House," pencils by Edwin Goldfarb, inks by Bob Baer. "The Miser," art by Bernie Krigstein. "Don't Make a Ghoul of Yourself!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Black Magic (1950-1961 Prize/Crestwood) Vol. 1 #2 CGC 4.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #3755460008

Cover art by Jack Kirby. The Scorn of the Faceless People!, art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby; dream analysis story. The Cheerful Old Lady in Black!, art by Mort Meskin. The Cloak!, art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby; Paul Darvas orders a new cloak, only to receive a cursed cloak from Asmodeus himself. Out of Your Mind text story. I've Seen You Before, art by Bruno Premiani. Yesterday You Died!, art by Bill Draut; When Grace Hanley is looking to buy a house she sees a ghostly image of a murder that has yet to happen in that house. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Black Magic (1950-1961 Prize/Crestwood) Vol. 4 #3 VG 4.0

Cover by Jack Kirby. Art by Steve Ditko, Harry Lazarus, Bob McCarty, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby present their own contribution to the horror comics trend of the 1950s, featuring tales of ghosts and the paranormal. Issue # 27 on cover; listed as Vol. 4, issue #3 in indicia. A man encounters transforming Cat People, similar to but less subtle than the earlier film of that title. A visiting American hears ghostly bagpipes and sees spectral dancers in an old Scottish castle. A strange skull sends three people into the distant past, in one of the first published stories by comics legend Steve Ditko (and completed by fellow legend Jack Kirby). The Cat People; A Hole in His Head; The Nightmare; The Merry Ghosts of Campbell Castle; Ghost Pictures; Murder?; Don't Call on the Dead! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey) 15 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4507090009

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Al Avison, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Abe Simon and Moe Marcus. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. Scientists create a ravenous bacteria and realize they can control its actions. Archaeologists encounter deadly ants and living mummies in a pyramid. A doctor learns how to read the minds of others, but the first person he tries it on turns out to be a murderous lunatic. Nightmare of Doom; Vengeful Corpse; The Place!; The Living Mummies; True Tales Of The Tomb; Mind Over Matter; Web of Doom! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.