Startling Terror Tales (1952-53 1st Series) comic books graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $3,500.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4111912002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($105.00) will be charged at checkout.

Variant cover with blue background on title by L. B. Cole. The Ghost Spider of Death!! Pre-Code horror and crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. This was the reissue, with a blue background around the title logo, after a misprint resulting in a black background in the first print run. In an issue-length tale reprinted from Fox's Feature Presentation Black Tarantula (1950) #5, vampiric Count Rorret makes beautiful maiden Elthena his undead slave, by tricking her into believing she can live eternally with the commoner she loves. But the scheme is Rorret's undoing when her lover Leopold refuses to play along. Fairly mild for a pre-Code horror comic, except for the vampires turning into gigantic black tarantulas when they attack their prey. Classic horror cover by L. B. Cole. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $2,227.50 Paper: Off white Label #4434493007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($66.83) will be charged at checkout.

L.B. Cole cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "The Tyrant of Terror" art by George Peltz; "Madhouse of Crime!!" retitled and reprinted from "Constantine, The Killer" in Famous Crimes (1948) #8; "The Payoff-Prison!!" retitled and reprinted from "Sadie Krum, Girl Bandit" in Famous Crimes (1948) #1, which was reprinted from Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) #52; "Fool-Proof Scheme"; and "White Hand Horror!!" retitled and reprinted from "Wild Bill Lovett!" in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #10. "Trial and Execution." text story retitled and reprinted from "Mr. Blackburn Should Have Known Better." in Crimes by Women (1948) #14, which was reprinted from Famous Crimes (1948) #8, and reprinted in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #55. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,999.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4299194008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($59.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and others. Pre-Code horror and crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A scientist accidentally contacts a hideous alien from beyond the stars, and she's got a crush on him. Jungle hero Jo-Jo, Congo King and his mate discover The Garden of Lost Maidens. Killer Leonard Scarnici strikes terror in the lawful and lawless alike with his viciousness, but a redheaded beauty proves to be his downfall. Another classic horror cover by L. B. Cole. Love from a Gorgon; Burning Sands of Death; Jo-Jo: The Medicine Men Murders; Jo-Jo: Terror of the Lost Maidens; The "Lone Wolf" of Fear. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.