CGC certified: NM+ (9.6). Off-white to white pages. Cover: Richard Corben. Stories and art: Richard Corben, Tim Boxell, John Pound, Pete Poplaski. GPAnalysis: A 9.6 sold for $239 in October 2015. Most recent sale: A 9.8 sold for $2595 in February 2021.

Death Rattle was an anthology comic spotlighting the Underground's debt to EC. The first series (of which this is the first ish) died after three issues, but returned from the grave for two more runs, first in 1985 and again in 1992.

"Death Rattle lived up to the EC horror comic tradition with its gruesome tales, but it also leveraged the new liberties won by the underground comic revolution, freely infusing nude images throughout each issue. But the comic creators were clearly focused more on horror than eroticism, so the nudity was only occasionally gratuitous and more often used as a plot device or to provide a stylistic component to narration." — M. Steven Fox, Comicsjoint.com, 2013.

A limited edition of 150 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues is available. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $30, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Ten of the 15 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.

Consignments welcome for PBA's December 2021 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.