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Ghostly Weird Stories (1953) comic books 1953

  • Issue #120
    Ghostly Weird Stories (1953) 120
    • 3" spine split from the top. Cover detached. Staple rust.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow, Bob Webb and Lee Loeb. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, formerly called Blue Bolt Weird Tales of Terror. Numbering continues from Blue Bolt (1949) #119. A comics artist responds accordingly when his editor says the audience wants horror, not science fiction. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and Tanee investigate a cursed native idol that causes agony and death to any who touch it. A strange vase purchased at an antique shop kills any plant placed in it, and getting rid of it isn't that easy. Night-Monster; The Mummy's Hand; The Ring and the Skeleton; The Vengeful Phantom; Jo-Jo: Ghostly Idol; The Djinni of Bazra; The Garden of Horror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #121
    Ghostly Weird Stories (1953) 121
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Centerfold re-attached with tape. Tape on interior cover.
    • Label #3711285021
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4383814018
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #1488647015
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, part of the horror-comics craze of the 1950s. The heir to a haunted castle seeks the one weapon that can destroy its malevolent spirit. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee encounter the slithery menace of Janeece, the Queen of the Cobras, and her venomous cohorts. A murderer's bride kills him in self-defense, but then faces justice from her own tribe. Terrible Encounter; Gems of Death; The Case of the Shrunken Heads; The Last Man Alive; Jo-Jo: The Cobra Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $242 GHOSTLY WEIRD STORIES #121 CGC FR 1.0 STAR 1953 L.B.COLE COVER HOLLINGSWORTH ART

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