Weird Mysteries comic books issue 1

By Paul Castiglia and Bill Golliher. Based on the all-new animated series from DIC! 30 years after The Archie Show made television history as the highest-rated Saturday morning animated series of its time, Archie and his friends are back in animated form! Archie's Weird Mysteries combines the classic high school hi-jinx and dating dilemmas Archie fans have grown to love, with creepy mysteries that are equal parts X-Files and Scooby Doo! Of course, we had to spin off a new comic series to go along with the cartoon! "Just Another Para-Normal Day In Riverdale": Ace Riverdale High newspaper reporter Archie Andrews is in a rut ? he needs the perfect hook to keep people reading his column week after week. He's about to get it! A cosmic disturbance is about to rock Riverdale, and in its wake, the sleepy little town will be overrun with all manner of strange phenomena - from aliens to vampires to mad scientists and more! But if Archie is the only one to notice, will anyone believe him?! FC, 32pgs. Cover price $1.79.

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Written by Ron Robbins. Art by Ryan Jampole. Cover by Adam Gorham. Riverdale is known to be a hotbed of strange happenings and paranormal activity… always has been and always will be. Take a look as a few extra-special case files are opened that highlight the weird occurrences that happen in the small, quiet town, in a one-shot anthology that's equal parts The X-Files and Black Mirror. 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Ron Robbins. Art by Ryan Jampole. Cover by Aaron Lea. Riverdale is known to be a hotbed of strange happenings and paranormal activity… always has been and always will be. Take a look as a few extra-special case files are opened that highlight the weird occurrences that happen in the small, quiet town, in a one-shot anthology that's equal parts The X-Files and Black Mirror. 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $615.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #2134551009 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart PR 0.5 $299.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. 5 and a half pages missing. Only complete "The Plant Eaters" story and incomplete "A Stone's Throw from Eternity" stories are present and stapled out of order. Partial page taped to previous page with married piece (affects readability). Complete spine split on all interior wraps with heavy spine damage to cover. Original staples removed. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Basil Wolverton and others. Stories and art by Hy Fleishman, Loffredo, Nick Frank, and Walter Palais. Pre-Code tales of horror from Stanley Morse Publications. Astronauts discover a planet populated by man-eating plants and unwisely decide to take one with them. A former employee takes holiday-themed revenge on the businessmen who framed him. An occult researcher gets a glimmer of immortality during a visit to Trinidad, but his past selves have tried that before. Cover includes Basil Wolverton art swiped from the splash page to "Flight to the Future" in Weird Tales of the Future (1952) #2. High Voltage; The Planet Eaters; Death Takes a Holiday; A Stones Throw from Eternity; Spirits from Outer Space. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Weird Mysteries (1952 Gillmore) #1-5. Cover by Bernard Baily. Just when you thought it was safe to open your Previews once again cos' you figured you knew what was coming... here comes that doyen of depravity PS Artbooks once again with lots more tales guaranteed to turn your brain into total mush! Hey, maybe Fred Wertham was right... I don't think Stanley Morse was trying to imitate the masters of the shock and horror comics - E.C.! Oh No! He was trying to outdo them in gore, violence and shock value - certainly by looking at the line-ups in these five comics mags. Read them and weep, culture-lovers... and rest assured there's more where these came from. Brrr... did someone open that door? I was sure I close- Aaaarrrggghhh! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Weird Mysteries (1952 Gillmore) #1-6. Written by Richard Chizmar. PS Artbooks once again with a new sideline (namely Pre-Code Classics) and lots more tales guaranteed to turn your brain into total mush. Hey, maybe Fred Wertham was right, certainly by looking at the line-ups in these six comics! Hardcover(Slipcased), 7-in. x 10-in., 240 pages, full color. Cover price $69.99.

1st printing. Written by Paul Castiglia. Art by Fernando Ruiz. Collecting some of the best tales from the series based on the hit cartoon, Archie and the gang continue their classic adventures - with a weird, offbeat twist! Archie is working for Riverdale High School's newspaper, investigating weird phenomena and bizarre happenings. It seems the school's science department blew a fuse in its hyper sub-molecular quarkinator, and all sorts of things are now crawling and slithering through the town! It's up to Archie to look into the cases... and usually he happens to be there when they are resolved as well. All of the gang from the pop television series shows up, including occasional appearances from their own Sabrina the Teenage Witch, popular comic book character of the 1970s and popular television character of the late 1990s. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

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.

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $45.99.

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.

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $55.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Weird Mysteries (1952 Gillmore) #1-6. Written by Richard Chizmar. PS Artbooks once again with a new sideline (namely Pre-Code Classics) and lots more tales guaranteed to turn your brain into total mush. Hey, maybe Fred Wertham was right, certainly by looking at the line-ups in these six comics! Hardcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 240 pages, full color Cover price $47.99.

Written by Carl Wessler. Art by George Tuska, Carl Burgos, Paul Reinman and Joe Orlando. Weird Mysteries features a color cover with black and white interior pages in this hunky dory magazine style comic from the fun folks at PS Artbooks, and it just might give the unprepared a twinge of slight pain! Why, you ask? Well, it's as simple as this. The host of this mag in none other than a character named 'Morgue'n', who also appeared in Eerie Tales (Hastings Associates, November 1959), where he calls himself 'your Morgue Keeper.' 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $11.99.