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Title: TERRORS OF THE JUNGLE No. 20
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Publisher:Star [Indicia: Star Publications Inc.]
Date Published: December, 1952
Description: CGC certified: VG/Fine (5.0). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: Crease right bottom of front cover; spine stress lines breaks color; staple detached top of centerfold; large, heavy crease left top of back cover; small chip out left bottom of back cover; small tear right bottom of front cover. Note: Some light scuffs to slab.

GPAnalysis: A 5.0 sold for $705 in 12/23.

Credits: L. B. Cole cover. Art: Iger Shop, Jay Disbrow.Tentacles of Terror: Crazy killer octopus cover by L.B. Cole. Wildlife covers were some of Cole's favorites to draw due to his lifelong interest in animals. "Young Cole was drawn artistically and empathetically towards animals and animal portraiture.... His parents separated when he was 14 and Cole found that animals represented a kind of extended family. 'I guess I found love that was missing from my family in animals – animals are very giving. I would like to have drawn pictures of my mother and father; instead I drew pictures of dogs and cats and horses, and I found that I was doing pretty well." – E.B. Boatner, "L.B. Cole: The Man Behind the Mask." Comic Book Price Guide No. 11. Overstreet: 1981, p. A-56.______________________________________________________________

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