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Amazing Mysteries (1949) comic books

  • Issue #32
    Amazing Mysteries (1949) 32
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • From the Collection of John Buscema.
    • Label #4703912001
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    First issue (continues from Sub-Mariner). First Marvel horror comic. Even in 1949, comics were coming under fire for lurid covers and content. This Marvel issue contains a letter to the reader and the reader's parents which addresses the controversy, a controversy that would grow until the advent of Frederick Wortham and the Comics Code. It makes interesting reading along with the stories in this issue. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #33
    Amazing Mysteries (1949) 33
    • Paper: Off white
    • Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more
    • Label #1565898004
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Edited by Stan Lee. Stories by unknown. Art by Gene Colan and unknown. In this issue: "The Thing in the Vault!"; "Terror in the Tomb!"; 2-page text story "A Moment of Horror"; and "The Monster That Prowled!" with pencils by Gene Colan. Plus: 1-page article "A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!" by Stan Lee. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #34
    Amazing Mysteries (1949) 34
    • Paper: Off white
    • From The Collection of John Buscema.
    • Label #4703908023
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Photo Cover. Edited by Stan Lee. Stories by unknown. Art by Mike Becker and unknown. True crime stories. In this issue: "Poppy Chavez The Strange Woman!" with art by Mike Becker; 1-page article "Wanted By the F.B.I."; "The Kissing Buccaneer"; 2-page text story "The Rivals"; and "My Fatal Mistake"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.