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Tales of Horror (1952 Toby/Minoan) comic books 1954

  • Issue #9
    Tales of Horror (1952 Toby/Minoan) 9
    • Interior is complete, but damaged. Back cover missing.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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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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    $900 Tales of Horror 9 CGC 6.5 TOP GRADED 1954 Headlights & Monster! Son of Satan GGA

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  • Issue #11
    Tales of Horror (1952 Toby/Minoan) 11
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION: Tear seals. Staple rust. Rust migration. Water damage.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #23-3812DEF-011
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    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.

  • Issue #12
    Tales of Horror (1952 Toby/Minoan) 12

    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.

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    $295 Tales of Horror #12 - VG+ WP - Pre-Code Horror - Toby 1954

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