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Pre-Code Classics Softee: Weird Mysteries TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) comic books

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Weird Mysteries TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST


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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Weird Mysteries (1952 Gillmore) #1-5. Cover by Bernard Baily. Just when you thought it was safe to open your Previews once again cos' you figured you knew what was coming... here comes that doyen of depravity PS Artbooks once again with lots more tales guaranteed to turn your brain into total mush! Hey, maybe Fred Wertham was right... I don't think Stanley Morse was trying to imitate the masters of the shock and horror comics - E.C.! Oh No! He was trying to outdo them in gore, violence and shock value - certainly by looking at the line-ups in these five comics mags. Read them and weep, culture-lovers... and rest assured there's more where these came from. Brrr... did someone open that door? I was sure I close- Aaaarrrggghhh! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Weird Mysteries TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 2-1ST


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    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "August-September 1953 to May 1954!" Collects Weird Mysteries (1952 Gillmore) #6-10. Cover by Bernard Baily. Featuring Stories by Basil Wolverton, Hy Fleishman, Frank Frollo, Ross Andru, Charles Stern, Mike Esposito, Jon Smalle, Tony Mortellaro, and Bernard Baily. Just when you thought it was safe to open your PREVIEWS once again, here comes that doyen of depravity PS Artbooks yet again with lots more tales guaranteed to turn your brain into total mush. Hey, maybe Fred Wertham was right... I don't think Stanley Morse was trying to imitate the masters of the shock and horror comics-EC! Oh No! He was trying to outdo them in gore, violence and shock value, certainly by looking at the line-ups in these five comics mags. Read them and weep, culture-lovers... and rest assured there's more where these came from! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #3-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Weird Mysteries TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 3-1ST


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    Volume 3 - 1st printing. "July-September 1954/May-October 1951!" Collects Weird Mysteries (1952 Gillmore) #11-12 and Weird Adventures (1951) #1-3. Cover by Bernard Baily. ust when you thought it was safe to open your PREVIEWS once again cos you figured you knew what was coming... here comes that doyen of depravity PS Artbooks once again with lots more tales guaranteed to turn your brain into total mush. Hey, maybe Fred Wertham was right... I don't think Stanley Morse was trying to imitate the masters of the shock and horror comics-E.C! Oh No! He was trying to outdo them in gore, violence and shock value - certainly by looking at the line-ups in these five comics mags. Read them and weep, culture-lovers... and rest assured there's more where these came from. Brrr... did someone open that door? I was sure I close-Aaaarrrggghhh! Featuring Stories by Bernard Baily, Eugene Hughes, John Romita, Sr., Ed Robbins, Tony Mortellaro, Matt Baker, Red Holmdale, John Giunta, and Bob Jenney. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.