Author:
Title: JOURNEY INTO FEAR No. 11
Place Published:
Publisher:Superior [Indicia: Superior Publishers Limited]
Date Published: January, 1953
Description: Fine- (5.5). Spine ends nicked, fine crease to top right corner of front cover, a few small color rubs along spine, mild staple pull, retailer's rubberstamp to center of cover ("HERAS DRUG STORE / BENAVIDES, TEXAS / DEC 12 A.M."). Tan pages.

Credits: Cover and stories by uncredited Iger Shop talent. Editrix: Ruth Roche.

GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. Highest-graded sale is a 6.5 that sold for $576 in 11/21. A 5.0 sold for $288 in 7/23.Gay Slay Underway: Sadistic pinhead rules madhouse with an iron hand; woman whipped for spilling beer; man choked 'til blood spurts from his sputtering piehole; miser returns from the grave to retrieve his stolen loot, then counts cash in his casket like a macabre McDuck ("One thousand – hee-hee – two thousand – hah-hah – four, five, six thousand..."); demented artist picks up hookers, takes 'em back to his pad, paints their portraits and then snuffs 'em. For his penultimate murder, the artist varies his M.O. and picks up a studly seaman instead of a streetwalker, with the scene's thinly-veiled homoeroticism underscored by multiple usages of the word "gay" (Artist: "I was lost in admiration of your fine features, son... Your appearance is so striking... Say, would you consider posing for me? ...Splendid! Drink some more [wine]... I want to capture you in the spirit of gay abandon!" Seaman: "Somehow I don't feel a bit gay... AIIIEEEEE!").______________________________________________________________

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