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Strange Terrors (1952 St. John) comic books 1952

  • Issue #1
    Strange Terrors (1952 St. John) 1
    • Small piece of tape on a few interior pages, cover coming loose at one staple.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Don Perlin. Stories and art by Don Perlin, Abe Simon, Al Plastino, Ralph Mayo, Paul Gattuso and Rafael Astarita. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Zombies rise to walk in the moonlight, in a story with art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. A crime reporter and his two-fisted sidekick fight their way to the Mystery of the Evil Eye. Doc" Macauley and his associates investigate after a millionaire mysteriously drowns at the waterfront. Nancy is visited by her murdered father's ghost, who shows her where his money was hidden. Bondage cover and interior art by Perlin. Disturb Not the Dead!; Vampires Dance at Dusk; Terror Strikes at Randall's Rock; Zombies March by Moonlight; Haunt of the Howling Beast; The Ghost of Castle Karloff. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Strange Terrors (1952 St. John) 2

    Cover by George Meyerriecks. Stories and art by Don Perlin, Abe Simon, Paul Gattuso and Bob Forgione. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Ronald and Miram inherit an old English mansion that comes complete with a haunted mirror, in a story with art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. Clyde McGovern investigates a shipboard murder that is somehow connected to a Buddha statue. Dr. Craven has discovered the secrets of life and death - but mostly death. Revenge from the Grave; Birth of a Corpse; Keeper of the Skulls; Dr. Webb's Weird Discovery; The Shadow of Death; The Curse of the Mirror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Strange Terrors (1952 St. John) 3

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    Painted cover by George Meyerriecks. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Albert Tyler and Bob Forgione. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Henry finds a mysterious painting that lets him escape his horrible wife and job, in a story with early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. A mountain climber discovers the deadly beings that live at the top of Kila Mountain in the Himalayas. A vengeful spirit haunts his killer in the desolate old cliffside house of Crag Heights. Comedy Column; Picture of Hell; The Horror of Kila Mountain; Ghost of Crag Heights; The Fantastic Story of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon; Have You Heard This One? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Strange Terrors (1952 St. John) 4

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    Cover by William Ekgren. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, George Tuska and Charles Sultan. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Robbers commit murder while fleeing police, then are pursued by the murdered man's spirit, in a story with early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Amateur paleontologists exploring an old mine are attacked by petrified arms that appear from the walls. A vengeful Incan spirit arises in modern times, in a story with early art by Marvel artist George Tuska. Offbeat and beautiful cover, atypical of its time, by William Ekgren. The Curse of Khar; The Spectres in Shaft 13; Terror from the Tombs; Gag Bag; Murder by Myth. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Strange Terrors (1952 St. John) 5
    • Staples added (not manufacturing). Tape on interior cover and under staples.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by Bud Plant

    Painted cover by George Meyerriecks. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Albert Tyler and Bill Molno. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. WWII veteran Peter visits Crete and learns the minotaur is real, and so are his sacrificial victims, in a story with early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Archaeologists seeking a lost Viking treasure have strange encounters with the Viking past. In a New Orleans antique shop, a collector buys cursed coins that a legend claims were gambled in exchange for human souls. Death's Pool; Victory Chant of Gundar Arne; Mirror Image; Gag Bag; Fun Time; Curse of the Chateau Rouge. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.