Tales of Horror (1952 Toby/Minoan) comic books 1951-1953

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Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Myron Fass, Bill Molno, Ed Smalle and Pete Morisi. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A horribly disfigured man gets a chance to change his life, thanks to an incredibly lifelike mask. An engineer exploring subterranean depths stumbles on the kingdom of the demons and their beautiful queen, Laila. In future year 9852, scientists Tum and Jan are exiled for predicting that their perfect society has a doomed future. Plus a look at the challenges of space travel that reflects the technology of 1952. The Ugliest Man in the World!; Demons Below Us!; Willie; The 24th Guest; Exile to Death!; Problems of Space Travel. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Myron Fass, Lawrence Dresser, and A.C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A jealous architect schemes to feed his secretary and her new fiancee to his personal pet monster. A mad scientist can implant the personalities of dead people into the living, but maybe he shouldn't have started with Jack the Ripper. A henpecked horticulturist schemes to create his own little shop of horrors. The Thing in the Pool; The Hand of Jao Tze; The Rippers Return; Love from a Plant. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Myron Fass, Mel Keefer, and Ben Brown. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A deadly snake gets hold of a mad scientist's giantification formula, and soon menaces the city. A strange clock transports a man into the distant past, where Satanists appeal to him to sacrifice his wife. An evil pharaoh doll comes to life and commands the toys of the world to rise up in revolt against humanity. The Big Snake; The Devils Closet; The Toy Army; Trespasser from Beyond. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder, Ben Brown, David Gantz and Myron Fass. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. For sinister reasons, a man slips his niece and her husband a magic potion that shrinks them down to four inches tall. A monster created for a hoax turns out to be real. A scientist's super intellect-booster works too well on the test rats. The Curse of King Kala; Death from the Sea; The Man Who Imagined a Monster; Who Shall Inherit the Earth?; Li'l Pepp. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Moe Marcus. Stories and art by Ben Brown, David Gantz, Moe Marcus, and Bernard Baily. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. Hideously ugly Hans Bruckner is rejected from town after town, not because of his appearance, but because of his Mr. Hyde-like violent temper. The world's champion chess player is challenged by the mysterious Invincible One, who plays with a chessboard whose pieces look like miniature human beings. Vampires stalk the help at a country farm, but the farmer himself seems strangely unconcerned. The Man Who Lost His Shadow!; Hand of Fate!; Sisters of the Witch; Game of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mel Keefer and Jack Sparling. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. This issue may have been used as an example in the anti-comics classic, Seduction of the Innocent (p. 161). Nebbish Edgar buys a genie who will fulfill his wishes from a man at a strange old shop...but there's always a catch. A zombie wants to know why her husband is late for their undead rendezvous. A jar of beet juice turns out to be human bean juice. The Treacherous Genie; Test of Terror; The Fiend of Flames; Weirdest Suicide Pact; Special on Beet Soup; Brief Stop at Lambeau. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Howard Rosenberger. Stories and art by Howard Rosenberger, Mel Keefer and Jack Sparling. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A creature from the depths is summoned by the sound of a foghorn, in an early comics version of the classic Ray Bradbury story "The Foghorn." An arrogant lawyer believes he is so smart that he can trick the Devil himself. Harriet marries a decrepit old man for his money, only to learn that he's immortal and has placed a horrible curse on any man who loves Harriet. The Man Who Tricked the Devil; Die for the Beggar; The Beast from the Deep; Dinky. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Howard Rosenberger. Stories and art by Mel Keefer and Jack Sparling. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A bookkeeper with delusions of heroism decides to track down the mad killer stalking the city. Mad Avery devises a fiendish trap for the guests at his pool party, and the only person who suspects is his butler, Jarvis. A deadly snake gets hold of a mad scientist's giantification formula, and soon menaces the city, inspiring a great cover by Howard Rosenberger. The Slasher!; Pool of the Skeletons; The Witness!; Doorway to Darkness; The Death Ship; The Big Snake! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.