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PS Artbooks Softee: Classic Horror Comics TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) comic books

  • Issue #2-1ST
    PS Artbooks Softee: Classic Horror Comics TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 2-1ST


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    Haunted Thrills #7 Cover

    Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Haunted Thrills (1952) #3 and 7, Terrifying Tales (1953) #12, Weird Chills (1954) #1 and 3.

    We've unearthed some more little horrors for our second volume of Classic Horror Comics!

    Starting with Haunted Thrills #3 (October 1952) and Haunted Thrills #7 (March 1953) where scientist George Norton saves the brain of an executed wife killer, making contact with it to develop it's evil ways? Then Terrifying Tales #12 (April 1953) complete with a classic L.B.Cole cover, where not even Jo-Jo realized what horrors lurked beneath the surface of a crystal clear lake! Finishing our grim journey with Weird Chills #1 (July 1954) where the doctor oversees a blood transfusion between a woman and a zombie! And in Weird Chills #3 (November 1954) we discover the "Terror on TV"-vampiric monsters take over the studio, attacking the cast and crew, while the audience just think it's all part of the show? Momma always said TV was bad for you, so you better stick to reading the comics!

    Featuring the work of Carl Burgos, L.B.Cole, Iger Shop, Jay Disbrow, Bernard Baily, Eugene E. Hughes, Sal Trapani, and Basil Wolverton.

    Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

    Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #9-1ST
    PS Artbooks Softee: Classic Horror Comics TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 9-1ST


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    Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Haunted Thrills (1952-1954) #12-13, Fantastic Fears (1953) #8-9, and Man in Black (1957 Harvey) #2. Featuring Stories by Iger Shop, Robert Webb, Ken Battefield, and Bob Powell. We've unearthed some more little horrors! Beginning with Haunted Thrills #12 (November 1953) where practical joker Biff inherits a haunted house in "Death Laughs Last." And from #13 (January 1954) "Death Do Us Part," the baboon kills his wife! Quickly followed by woe be to those receiving the deadly invitation... all it said was "Be my Ghost!" in Fantastic Fears #8 (July 1954) and from #9 (September 1954) "If a Body Kill a Body," two Scottish highlanders from warring families come back as ghosts to get their revenge! And finally, even more horror and suspense from the Man in Black, a faceless occult avenger tells strange stories, sometimes intervening in person, other times merely letting ironic fate unfold. Reprints Man in Black #2 (1957) and other cited issues. Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

  • Issue #11-1ST
    PS Artbooks Softee: Classic Horror Comics TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 11-1ST


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    Volume 11 - 1st printing. "August 1953-November 1954/January 1955!" Collects Startling Terror Tales (1953-1954 2nd Series) #6, 8-9, and 11 and Fantastic Comics (1954 Ajax) #11. Cover by L. B. Cole. We've unearthed some more little horrors for Volume 11 of Classic Horror Comics! Beginning with Startling Terror Tales, complete with classic L.B. Cole covers and tales such as "Footprint of Death," "The Case of the Strange Murder," "The Curse of the Phantom Brigade," "The Forbidden Tomb," and "The Horrible Entity"! Plus, Amazing Adventures in Fantastic Comics with "Bewitched Battalion," a re-telling of legendary angelic archers assisting World War I British soldiers at the Battle of Mons as told by Arthur Machen-a totally made up story-but that didn't stop the rumors of the events being real! Reproduced completely from cover to cover as they should be, just like the original comics! Collects Startling Tales #6 (August 1953), #8 (February 1954), #9 (May 1954), and #11 (November 1954), plus Fantastic Comics #11 (January 1955). Featuring Stories by L.B. Cole, Max Elkan, Rudy Palais, and Iger Shop. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.