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Title: MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURES No. 6
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Publisher:Story [Indicia: Story Comics, Inc.]
Date Published: February, 1952
Description:

G/VG (3.0). Minor spine roll, spine stress,1/4" tear and small color flakes to top edge of front cover, edge nicks, a few short tears and tiny chips to back cover, small chip to bottom right corner of front cover, toning to back cover and right edge of front cover, faint center crease to front cover, bottom staple a bit pulled, penciled distributor's mark ("I") to "M" in "MYSTERIOUS," faint secondary shop stamp to "STER" in logo, name in fountain pen ink ("Signe Prattis") to top margin of first page and text page (A Google search shows that Prattis signed his/her name on other pre-Code horror mags). Cream to off-white pages.Indicia: "Printed in Canada" (the entire print runs of Mysterious Adventures #'s 3-9 were printed in Canada). Cover: Bill Fraccio. Art: Jon D'Agostino?, A.C. Hollingsworth, Lou Cameron, Tony Tallarico. GPAnalysis: A 3.0 sold for $504 in September 2020.

Serious schlock-fest full of crudely-rendered stories of obsession, murder, madness. In one yarn, a guy who collects rare eyeglasses digs up a dead guy in order to steal his specs; in another, a weird old gaffer sits around in his underpants fondling shrunken heads and muttering about superstition.

Consignments welcome for PBA's Fall 2022 Comic Book sale. Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age and Silver Age comics, original art, vintage comic-related photos and ephemera sought. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.