Auctions: comic books June 1952, graded by CGC
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Item #60870696
Tags: Pre-Code HorrorChamber of Chills (1952-1954 Harvey 2nd Series) 9 CGC 5.0
Bondage cover
Paper: Light tan to off white
Label #4405340002
Starts Jul 6 Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Tom Hickey, Rudy Palais, Al Avison, Manny Stallman, John Giunta and Vic Donahue. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. Antarctic explorers discover a long-frozen caveman. A man arranges a fiendish revenge on the thieves who murdered his wife, setting the eight-armed Ranu against them. Figures from nursery rhymes are brought to life as murderous minions. Bondage cover by Al Avison. The Eight Hands of Ranu; Strange Legends: Maushope - The Dying Smoker; The Captain's Return; The Annals of Horror: The Black Death; The Rotting Death; Birth of a Monster; The Ice Horror; Demons of the Night. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #60668185
Published Jun 1952 by Ziff Davis.Nightmare (1952 Ziff Davis) 1 CGC 1.0
Paper: Slightly britle
Spine of cover completely split & cover re-attached with tape. Pages 1 and 16 detached.
Label #2064763011
Ends May 6 9:13 PM CST Bid History 8 bids Current Bid $27 Your Secret Max Bid If you'd like to bid, please log in or register. Painted cover by Allen Anderson. Stories and art by George Tuska, Everett Raymond Kinstler and Syd Shores. Pre-Code horror and suspense from Ziff-Davis, featuring their typically beautiful painted covers. A bitter one-handed sailor burns down a ship, only to be haunted by its ghost, in a story with art by future Marvel legend George Tuska. In another Tuska story, a man is haunted by his dead brother after an accident during a snowstorm. A beautiful Sri Lankan dancer does not show up on film, in a story with art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Typically eye-catching painted cover by Allen Anderson. The Blood Ship; The Corpse That Wouldnt Stay Dead; Jardinis Jaw; The Fatal Note!; The Tunnel of Horror; Vision of the Gods! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.