Auctions: comic books in 'Pre-Code Horror'

Adventures into the Unknown (1948 ACG) 1 VG- 3.5

Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Cover art by Edvard Moritz. The Werewolf Strikes, script by Frank Belknap Long, art by Edvard Moritz; They captured a timber wolf, but it was instead a Werewolf! The Living Ghost, script by Frank Belknap Long, art by Fred Guardineer; Malveo, Satan's first lieutenant, lives and is looking for a Queen. The Painted Grave text story. It Walked By Night, art by Max Elkan. The Castle of Otranto--Tell Me A Ghost Story, script by Frank Belknap Long, art by Al Ulmer; adapted from novel by Horace Walpole. The Vengeful Specter of Lord Tyrone--True Ghosts of History, art by Edvard Moritz. Haunted House, art by King Ward. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Adventures into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 10 FR 1.0

Full-length spine split. Cover oxidation. Tape on interior cover.

Cover art by Bill Everett. The Ghoul!, art by Vic Carrabotta; A murderer attempting to hide in a cemetery is picked up by a couple of troopers on suspicion of being a ghoul; He eludes them and takes refuge in a swamp shack where he is attacked by the ghoul the police were on the lookout for. Objewanga text story. The Killers!, art by Bernie Krigstein; Man tries to control the population numbers of a strange creature from the lake, and by poisoning them off, they realize that they have destroyed the species that was controlling the numbers of an even worse creature. Too Old to Live. Down in the Cellar, pencils by Paul Cooper; A taxidermist who loves birds kills and stuffs the hunters who bring them in and puts them in the basement. The Pit of Horror!, art by Bill Everett; Satan's imps get lazy so he brings an efficiency expert down from Earth to whip them back into shape. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.