Witches Tales (1951 Harvey) comic books 1953-1955
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Published Feb 1953 by Witches Tales.$135.00
View scans- Restored (see item notes)
- RESTORATION. Color touch. Cover glued to first wrap along spine.
Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Moe Marcus, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman and Rudy Palais. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A young couple on the beach encounters a hungry dinosaur. Bridge-building partners attack each other out of jealousy. A mannequin designer creates new dummies by paralyzing people with snake venom. Bridge of Death; Dimension IV; Creatures of the Bomb; Mannequin of Murder. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Apr 1953 by Witches Tales.
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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Howard Nostrand, Abe Simon, and Warren Kremer. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. Evil astrologers bring the signs of the Zodiac to life and make them kill. A dying clockmaker curses his killer with the celebration of Walpurgis night forever. A desperate man turns to murder and robbery to feed his family. Walpurgis!; Murder; Witchcraft; Bird of Prey; Star of Doom; Shadow!; Hallowe'en; Zodiac. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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$340 WITCHES TALES #18 CGC 6.5 LEE ELIAS PRE-CODE HORROR Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Published Jun 1953 by Witches Tales.$430.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Small amount of dried glue on spine.
- Label #4224156017
- Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Cover detached. Cover oxidation. Water damage.
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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Lee Elias, and Jack Sparling. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. An aged scientist sells his soul to the devil in exchange for a year and a day of youth. A glutton and his mother disparage his wife's cooking abilities - until she makes him a meal he'll never forget. A murderous rubber prospector makes a deal with the local natives to help him kill his way to a fortune, but they haven't forgotten how he abused them. The Pact; The Tiger; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Jungle; Honeymoon; Repayment; Strange Superstitions; A Matter of Taste. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1953 by Witches Tales.
- 2.5" Cumulative spine split partially taped.
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- Pen on front cover and margins of first page, cover coming loose at staples.
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$180.00
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Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman, and Jack Sparling. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. The manager of a jazz club thinks his new trumpet player is inhumanly good. John and Heather meet, fall in love and marry, but each has a secret they haven't told the other. A mad scientist plans to attack the city with a herd of monster cows. Jazz!; Project X; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Kiss and Kill; Shock!; Great Illusion; Legends of the Sky; I'll String Along. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Oct 1953 by Witches Tales.$65.00
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- INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, interrupts art or story.
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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman, and Jack Sparling. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A businessman is haunted by the partner he had killed 15 years before. A man seeks revenge after his wife identifies her rapist. A couple gets a dark prediction in a Chinese restaurant. The Invasion; Blind Alley; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Revenge; The Chase; Dead End. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Dec 1953 by Witches Tales.$495.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #3900934003
$255.00
View scan- 6" Cumulative spine split.
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Cover by Warren Kremer and Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Pete Riss, and Jack Sparling. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A town is beset by suspicion when one resident may be a vampire. In a parody of Dick Tracy, detective Hector Protector discovers the man he's pursuing is actually a robot. A gun is followed on its path around the city, as it is used in one murder after another. Classic subway-of-the-dead cover by Warren Kremer and Lee Elias. Day of Panic; The Baby; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Chain Reaction; The Hunter; Debut!; Double Crossed. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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$700 Witches Tales #22 Harvey Publications 1953 CGC 4.0 Lee Elias Cover Pre Code Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Published Feb 1954 by Witches Tales.
- Heavy cover oxidation, 5" cumulative spine split, cover detached.
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$58.00
View scan- Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Large missing edge pieces. Brittle.
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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Jack Abel, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Joe Certa, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A con man in Hell prepares one last swindle. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Ivanhoe. A mad wig-maker uses hair from corpses, but robs one grave too many. Henry Small, Huckster; Mister Master; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Ivans-Woe; The Wig-Maker; Doomsday; So What Next? 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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$625 Witches Tales #23 CGC 5.5 1954 Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Published Apr 1954 by Witches Tales.$210.00
View scans- Slight amateur restoration
- Paper: White
- Amateur Restoration Includes: Small amount of color touch on cover.
- Label #23-4937718-009
- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #16-2897383-008
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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Joe Certa, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. An undertaker's son is sheltered from the outside world, knowing only death, until he finally snaps, in a story with strong Eisner influences by Howard Nostrand. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Mutiny on the Bounty. Private eye Rudy Crane is hired to find a beautiful woman's missing husband, in a spoof of hardboiled detective stories. Undertaker; Pictures; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Mutiny on the Boundary; Eye Eye, Sir; Surgery; Monumental Feat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jun 1954 by Witches Tales.$1,600.00
View scans- Full length spine split. Heavy water spotting/damage.
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- Story and art complete. Full length spine split, corner (margin) piece missing from interior.
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Cover by Howard Nostrand. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Nat Barnett, Howard Nostrand, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A killer on the run murders two men to get a ticket on an ocean liner out of England - but it's the Titanic. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. A businessman seeks to corner the market on stakes and silver bullets during a vampire scare. The Ticket; What's in a Name?; Ali Barber and the Forty Thieves; Whats Happening at 8:30 P.M.?; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Love Problem; Monopoly. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1954 by Witches Tales.
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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Nat Barnett, Howard Nostrand, and Joe Certa. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A man makes a wager that he cannot be killed. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Wuthering Heights. A vampire is dejected to learn his son doesn't want to follow in his footsteps at Vampire University. Long Shot; Withering Heights; Go Vampire; Up There. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Oct 1954 by Witches Tales.$120.00
View scans- 2.75" Cumulative spine split. Water spotting.
$130.00
View scans- 2" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Centerfold detached. Staple rust. Rust migration.
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- RESTORATION. Tear seals. Water damage.
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- 4" spine split from top. 4" cover tear. Interior residue. Cover oxidation.
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$80.00
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Stories and art by Bob Powell, Lee Elias, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. Honeymooners spend the night in a haunted mansion, where the wife is transformed into a murderous witch. Strange gnome-like beings revive a mummy for murderous purposes. A scientist brings a frozen dinosaur back to life, but doesn't foresee its rampage across the city. Murder Mansion; Green Horror; Servants of the Tomb; The Thing That Grew. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Dec 1954 by Witches Tales.$50.00
View scan- Centerfold detached. Cover loose at staples. Staple rust. Heavy water damage.
- RESTORATION. Color touch, piece fill (tape), partially TRIMMED.
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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Joe Certa, and Rudy Palais. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A mad scientist creates an army of flesh-eating flies and spiders. A witch brings old toys to evil life, but first the doll needs a new pair of eyes. The Sanders' new nanny is suspiciously witchlike. Toys of Terror; The Witch Who Wore White; Suicide!; Strange Superstitions; The Mask of Death!; The Man Who Had No Body; Demon Flies. Final issue under this title; as the Comics Code goes into effect, the series continues as Witches' Western Tales (1955) #29. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.