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Title: WITCHES TALES No. 3
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Publisher:Harvey [Indicia: Witches Tales, Inc.]
Date Published: May, 1951
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Fair/Good (1.5). Cover loose from book, tear to spine at center staple, spine stress, 3 tears to covers from 1/2" to 3/4", nicks and edgewear, several small chips including chips to spine ends. Cream pages. Cover: Al Avison. Art: Bob Powell, John Sink, Tom Hickey, Manny Stallman. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 2.5 sold for $280 in October 2020.

Al Avison's cover depicts a wart-nosed witch leering at a crazy scene in her crystal ball: a terrified blonde is lashed to the prow of a sinister ship like a figurehead of fear, as evil-looking fish prepare to munch her flesh. On the inside back cover, the same crone peers into the same crystal ball, only this time her gaze reveals ballots encouraging readers to vote for their fave yarns, with an offer of ten bucks for each fan letter that gets printed. It's a game attempt to build the kind of reader rapport that EC developed with thousands of faithful Fan-Addicts, although the attempt clearly crapped out. Witches Tales only managed to fill two half-page letter columns in issues 5 and 6 before abandoning the effort.

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