PS Artbooks Softee: Strange Mysteries comic books issue 1
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Published Oct 2020 by PS Artbooks.
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Volume 1 - 1st printing.
I.W. Publishing became notorious for publishing unauthorized reprints of other company's comics, often with new covers. The numbering of most of the company's titles is misleading, often not starting at issue #1 and skipping issue numbers. Incredibly though, the company produced 118 separate titles, no mean achievement, which is where we start with Strange Mysteries: issues #9-2, an eccentric mix of weird and strange tales from Jay Disbrow, George H. Appel, Ross Andru, Ben Brown, Bernard Baily, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Syd Shores, Gene Fawcette, and Carl Burgos. So all in all, quite a potpourri plus you get the additional bonus issue Strange Worlds featuring out of this world spine-tingling science fiction fare! Strange Mysteries Softee features the artwork from #11 by Ross Andru as an alternative cover variant.
Softcover, 184 pages, full color.
Cover price $24.99. -
Issue #1-1ST
Published Nov 2026 by PS Artbooks.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "May 1953 to January 1954!" Collects Mysteries (1953-1955) #1-5. This one's a wacky entry and no denying, with Canadian publisher Superior Comics coming into the four-color horror ring all gloved up and swinging fit to punch the lights out of anybody who stands in their way. They kicked off with Journey Into Fear, Strange Mysteries (as opposed to pretty straightforward and perhaps even slightly boring mysteries), and the one-word extravaganza that was Mysteries, the latter calling itself variously Mysteries (its legal title) and, on the cover, Mysteries Weird and Strange.
The earlier tales were bizarre and quirky and it's pretty clear that inspiration was in short supply that day. Good stuff though, Clancy, with pens, pencils and plots coming from, among others, Jay Disbrow and the Igor Shop: clear a space on the shelf pronto. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
