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Haunted Thrills (1952) comic books 1953

  • Issue #5
    Haunted Thrills (1952) 5
    Published 1953 by Ajax.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #0353089008
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4354866004
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Full length spine split (taped). Staple rust/migration.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Stories and art by Joe Doolin and others. Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A Faulkneresque tale of murder on a faded Southern plantation includes a zombie and art possibly by Human Torch creator Carl Burgos. A woman hires a witch and then unwisely ignores her bill. A butcher in a famine-stricken city turns to an obvious source for fresh meat. Hands of Terror; Swamp Haunt; House of Chills; Fatal Scalpel. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Haunted Thrills (1952) 8

    Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A wife-killer unleashes a demon while hiding the body. A couple discovers a lunatic living on a shipwreck off the Cornish shore. A comics retelling of the old legend that the head of King Charles I haunted his usurper, Oliver Cromwell. Three in a Grave; Coward's Curse; Jiavaro Magic; Horror Harbor; The Vanishing Skull. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Haunted Thrills (1952) 9
    Published 1953 by Ajax.
    • Water spotting.

    Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A man kills his wife, but she won't stay in the coffin. An art critic's latest objet d'art contains a demon. A female sculptor's jungle refuge succeeds with the help of a mysterious stranger. Madness of Terror; Devil on His Shoulder; The Genius. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Haunted Thrills (1952) 12
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4248014009

    Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A murdered ganglord returns for revenge. A political mission to Central America is sabotaged by voodoo chieftains. A practical joker encounters a humorless ghost in a Spanish castle. Terror Below; Badge of Glory; Goodbye Earth!; Death Laughs Last; Voodoo Vengeance. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.