Pre-Code Classics Softee: Mister Mystery TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) comic books
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Published Jan 2023 by PS Artbooks.$28.00
$28.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September 1951-May 1952!" Collects Mister Mystery (1951-1954) #1-5.
Cover by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.
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!. With even more murderous head-scratchin' and downright alien puzzlement from the likes of Mike Esposito, Ross Andru, Tony Tallarico, Jack Abel, Moe Marcus, Martin Rose, Paul Gattuso, Don Perlin and Walter Palais, combined to make this 1951/52 five-comic set, today's winner.
Softcover, 184 pages, full color.
Cover price $33.99. -
Published Aug 2023 by PS Artbooks.$22.95
$22.95
Volume 2 - 1st printing. "July 1952-April 1953!" Collects Mister Mystery (1951-1954) #6-10. Cover by Bernard Baily. I don't think Stanley Morse was trying to imitate the masters of the shock and horror comics-EC. No, he was trying to outdo them in gore, violence and shock value! See for yourself; volume 2 serves up even more offerings from the likes of Tony Mortellaro, Ed Robbins, Jon Smalle, Basil Wolverton, John Bulthuis, Ed Smalle, Frank Frollo, Hy Fleishman, Werner Roth, Charles Stern, Eugene E. Hughes, Bernard Baily, Ross Andru, and Moe Marcus. Available for the very first time in our handy SOFTEE format! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
