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    Startling Terror Tales (1953-54 2nd Series) 8 GD/VG 3.0

    2.25" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple.

    Ended May 7 2020
    Winning Bid $129

    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Rudy Palais and others. Pre-Code horror and crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A Foreign Legionnaire in the desert is pursued by a sandstorm and made part of a phantom brigade because of his love for a native woman. Johnny Socks Lazia rises to be the supreme gang boss in Kansas City of the late 1920s. Daring crook Fred Bell sets out to live up to his motto "the sky's the limit" by becoming the first person to hijack an airplane. The Curse of the Phantom Brigade; Facts About Crime; Monarch of Murder; Wanton Terror; Career of Terror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: GD/VG 3.0 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)