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Title: ADVENTURES INTO TERROR No. 26 and 28 * Lot of Two Comic Books
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Publisher:Atlas [Indicia: Current Detective Stories, Inc.]
Date Published: December 1953-February 1954
Description:

#26: VG+ (4.5). Mild spine stress, nicks and mild crimping to right edge of front cover, mild staple pull, sun shadow to open edge of back cover, small distributor's mark in blue ballpoint ink to sidebar of front cover. Off-white pages, cream edges. Cover: Sol Brodsky. Art: Bill Benulis, Sid Greene?, Russ Heath, Chuck Winter, Mac Pakula. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. Most recent sale is a 5.5 that sold for $700 in 2/23.

#28: VG- (3.5). Cover bound askew with page edges showing at right edge, some edge rubs and corner wear, small corner chip and small rust transfer mark (?) to back cover. Cream to off-white pages. Cover: Carl Burgos. Art: Joe Sinnott, Gene Colan, Al Eadeh, Myron Fass, John Forte. GPAnalysis: A 3.5 sold for $82 in 6/21.

Shrunken heads; hanging panel; horse thief menaced by giant Nubian; werewolf shanked with wooden stake; apocalyptic ad advising hell-bound kids to earn fun prizes selling religious tracts before God lowers the boom. Another ad pushes "Polio Precautions" ("DON'T mix with new groups, DON'T get overtired, DON'T get chilled, BUT DO keep clean"). Comic books and newspapers, with their porous pages, were thought by many to harbor polio germs, resulting in thousands of comics being burned in the interests of public health.

"Daddy and Mama took everything Sonny owned, all of his clothes, his bed, his chest of drawers, and he had a fabulous comic book collection... They made a pile and burned everything he owned." – American Experience: The Polio Crusade. Aired by PBS on June 15, 2021.

A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.

Consignments welcome for PBA's Fall 2023 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of funnybook fiends. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." – R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.

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