VG (4.0) . Staples lightly pulled, a few tiny nicks and soft creases to right edge of front cover, shallow chip to bottom edge of back cover (¾x⅛"), small faint dampsoil spot to top edge of back cover, grease-penciled distributor's mark to "O" in "HORRIFIC." Off-white pages. Strictly graded; might slab at 4.5. Cover: Don Heck. Art: Marty Elkin, Steve Kirkel, Rudy Palais. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 3.5 sold for $91 in June 2018; a 4.5 sold for $565 in April 2019. Deviled yeggs: Freddie Demon, standing in for Satan himself, eggs two yeggs on in a duel to the death. The cover bears a certain resemblance to Lee Elias's classic devil cover to Witches Tales #19, published almost a year before (June, 1953). The devil appears in pre-Code comics with almost the same regularity with which he graced (?) Jack T. Chick's wacky religious tracts years later. For all their slaughter, sexual wantonness, and general depravity, pre-Code comics present, in some ways, a secular analog of Jack Chick's fire and brimstone theology, in which moral infractions are almost inevitably met with supernatural retribution. The difference is that in Chick's hermeneutics, God doles out the punishment, whereas in the godless world of pre-Code horror, it falls to Satan and his ilk to judge the living and the dead. A deluxe limited edition of 12 hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a small number of softcovers. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $40, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Eight of the 12 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact [email protected] . Consignments welcome for PBA's Spring 2022 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 comics auctioneers. "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 [email protected] .
VG (4.0) . Staples lightly pulled, a few tiny nicks and soft creases to right edge of front cover, shallow chip to bottom edge of back cover (¾x⅛"), small faint dampsoil spot to top edge of back cover, grease-penciled distributor's mark to "O" in "HORRIFIC." Off-white pages. Strictly graded; might slab at 4.5. Cover: Don Heck. Art: Marty Elkin, Steve Kirkel, Rudy Palais. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 3.5 sold for $91 in June 2018; a 4.5 sold for $565 in April 2019. Deviled yeggs: Freddie Demon, standing in for Satan himself, eggs two yeggs on in a duel to the death. The cover bears a certain resemblance to Lee Elias's classic devil cover to Witches Tales #19, published almost a year before (June, 1953). The devil appears in pre-Code comics with almost the same regularity with which he graced (?) Jack T. Chick's wacky religious tracts years later. For all their slaughter, sexual wantonness, and general depravity, pre-Code comics present, in some ways, a secular analog of Jack Chick's fire and brimstone theology, in which moral infractions are almost inevitably met with supernatural retribution. The difference is that in Chick's hermeneutics, God doles out the punishment, whereas in the godless world of pre-Code horror, it falls to Satan and his ilk to judge the living and the dead. A deluxe limited edition of 12 hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a small number of softcovers. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $40, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Eight of the 12 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact [email protected] . Consignments welcome for PBA's Spring 2022 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 comics auctioneers. "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 [email protected] .
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