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  • Item #64005148
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    Adventures into Darkness (1952) 6 VG- 3.5

    Centerfold detached at one staple.

    Starts Jan 3

    In order of appearance: "The Groping Ghost" art by Jack Katz, reprinted in Haunted Horror (2012 IDW) #4 and Haunted Horror: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics HC (2013-2017 IDW) #2-1ST; "Mystery of Mu"; "Corpse Convention" art by George Tuska, reprinted in Haunted Horror (2012 IDW) #2 and Haunted Horror: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics HC (2013-2017 IDW) #1-1ST; "The Thing From the Sea" art by Ralph Mayo, reprinted in Seduction of the Innocent (1985 Eclipse) #1; "The Strange Cats of Killough Heath"; and "The Phantom Horseman" reprinted in Seduction of the Innocent (1985 Eclipse) #3. "The Return of the ThunderBird: The Great Shaman of the Red Men Curses the White Man's Skies!" illustrated text story by Irwin Shapiro. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #62891814
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    Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 26 #10 GD 2.0

    2.5" Cumulative spine split.

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    Starts Jan 3

    Volume 26, Issue 10 - October, 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Science fiction stories by Joe Gibson, Dex. R. Moore, Gerald Vance, William P. McGivern, Ivar Jorgensen, Author Unborn, and John Jakes. Illustrations by Bill Ashman, Dick Francis, Ed Emsler, Tom Beecham, and Ed Valigursky. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 166 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    Dizzy Dames (1952) 1 CGC 8.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #2104152011

    Starts Jan 3

    Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Owen Fitzgerald, Lynn Karp and Jack Bradbury. ACG Comics presents classic slapstick and screwball comedy stories featuring attractive women pratfalling their way into and out of trouble. Denise and Dottie come up with a scheme to jump-start their stage career by sabotaging the Gazelle Sisters; Moronica sees a path to stardom from a woman-on-the-street TV interview; Dee Licious finds a way around the citys lack of bicycle lanes. Broadway Babes; Knothead Nellie; Man-Huntin Minnie of Delta Pu; Moronica; Love Dizzy!; Dee Licious. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #63456985
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    Published Oct 1952 by Fawcett.

    Underworld Crime (1952) 3 CGC 5.0

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4377745011

    Starts Jan 3

    Stories and art by Maurice Gutwirth and Rod Reed. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. Chemist Henry wants to see if he can commit the perfect crime using acid, in a story that calls its main character "Henry Holmes," a possible reference to the infamous serial killer. When gangsters get involved in the gambling over college sports, it's not long before the athletes themselves are targeted by the Mob. Shot by mobster Tiger Jack, gunsel Marty survives, and sets out to get revenge on Jack by assembling a gang of "kill-happy morons who'll laugh at bullets." Microscopic Murder; The Fixer; Mink Murder Case; Hijacker. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.