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Title: WEIRD MYSTERIES No. 7
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Publisher:Stanley Morse [Indicia: Gillmor Magazines, Inc.]
Date Published: October, 1953
Description: CGC certified: VG- (3.5). Off-white pages. Grader notes: Light pieces out to cover; multiple crease cover breaks color; staining to cover; tears to cover.

CGC Census: 77 graded copies (69 Universal, 2 Qualified, 6 Restored).

GPAnalysis: A 3.5 sold for $960 in 6/22; a 4.5 sold for $900 in 7/23.

Credits: Cover: Bernard Baily. Scripts: Bruce Hamilton? Art: Tony Mortellaro, Vince Fodera, Eugene Hughes?, Iger Shop guys, Sal Trapani, Sal Finocchiaro. Overstreet: "Used in SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT."Plenty to Offer: Bizarre "amputee fondling skulls" cover by Bernard Baily. This mag was showcased in Dr. Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent as evidence of the lewd content that publishers packed into kiddie comics. Wertham showed a panel depicting a bikini-clad bosom, captioned "With plenty to offer," to which he added an indignant, "Indeed!"

Meanwhile, in the "Bait and Switch Dept.," Sal Trapani's almost wordless "Sssshhh" features two creepy-looking characters who silently invade a sleeping woman's bedroom at night. The scenario is staged to make the reader think that a rape is about to take place, but the final panel breaks the terrible tension with a silly gag – it turns out one of the guys is the lady's husband, who just wants to show off his newborn baby to his chum ("Now do you see why you had to be so quiet? You'd wake the baby!").______________________________________________________________

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