Tales of Horror (1952 Toby/Minoan) comic books
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Issue #4
Published Jan 1953 by Toby Press.$139.00
View scans- Staple rust with migration.
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Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder, Ben Brown, David Gantz and Myron Fass. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. For sinister reasons, a man slips his niece and her husband a magic potion that shrinks them down to four inches tall. A monster created for a hoax turns out to be real. A scientist's super intellect-booster works too well on the test rats. The Curse of King Kala; Death from the Sea; The Man Who Imagined a Monster; Who Shall Inherit the Earth?; Li'l Pepp. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #5
Published Mar 1953 by Toby Press.$495.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #4264093015
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #0311463023
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Cover by Moe Marcus. Stories and art by Ben Brown, David Gantz, Moe Marcus, and Bernard Baily. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. Hideously ugly Hans Bruckner is rejected from town after town, not because of his appearance, but because of his Mr. Hyde-like violent temper. The world's champion chess player is challenged by the mysterious Invincible One, who plays with a chessboard whose pieces look like miniature human beings. Vampires stalk the help at a country farm, but the farmer himself seems strangely unconcerned. The Man Who Lost His Shadow!; Hand of Fate!; Sisters of the Witch; Game of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #7
Published Oct 1953 by Toby Press.- Paper: Off white
- Label #7004007-AA-010
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- 1.75" Cumulative spine split.
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Cover by Howard Rosenberger. Stories and art by Howard Rosenberger, Mel Keefer and Jack Sparling. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A creature from the depths is summoned by the sound of a foghorn, in an early comics version of the classic Ray Bradbury story "The Foghorn." An arrogant lawyer believes he is so smart that he can trick the Devil himself. Harriet marries a decrepit old man for his money, only to learn that he's immortal and has placed a horrible curse on any man who loves Harriet. The Man Who Tricked the Devil; Die for the Beggar; The Beast from the Deep; Dinky. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #9
Published Feb 1954 by Toby Press.$170.00
View scans- .5" Spine split from bottom.
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Other items consigned by Bud Plant
- Interior is complete, but damaged. Back cover missing.
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Cover by Jack Sparling. Stories and art by George Olesen, Ben Brown, David Gantz and Jack Sparling. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A hit man relaxes in a steam room after his latest job, but as the heat increases, he realizes he's not in his favorite sauna - or even New York - anymore. Dr. Jonathan Weir crash-lands in Africa, where a local tribe entrusts him with the mystical artifact known as The Purple Claw, giving him the power to battle evil. In his debut adventures, he faces Dr. Gool's army of the undead, and gangster's moll Brima Stone, who has the powers of witchcraft. The Son of Satan; It Came from the Bottom of the World!; Too Much Steam; The Power of the Purple Claw; Purple Claw: The Devil Is a Dame. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #11
Published Jun 1954 by Toby Press.$95.00
View scans- Restored (see item notes)
- RESTORATION: Tear seals. Staple rust. Rust migration. Water damage.
$195.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Label #23-3812DEF-011
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Cover pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz. The Giant from the Tomb--A Purple Claw Mystery, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz. Death Flower--A Purple Claw Mystery, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; a man-eating plant terrorizes the Florida Everglades. Sparks of Life cartoon by Chas. Kuhn. The Final Horror--A Purple Claw Mystery, art by Ben Brown. Just What the Doctor Ordered text story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #12
Published Aug 1954 by Toby Press.$213.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #4153934014
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Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Ellis Eringer, Sal Trapani, Medio Iorio and Myron Fass. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. Professor Lenox's charm school for girls turns out to be abducting women and replacing them with slaves of Satan. Tuscan peasant Alberto betrays the witch who aided him, but he forgot that witches often have covens. The corpse at a funeral thinks back on how each of his pallbearers led him to his untimely death. Welcome to My School; Fate of Alberto; Highway Rubout; The Pallbearers; Poison-Quill at Midnight. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
