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STRANGE TALES No. 19 Author: Place: Publisher: Date: Description: Atlas (Indicia: "Chipiden Publishing Corp."). June, 1953. VG (4.0). Light spine stress and edgewear, tiny nicks to spine ends, ¼" tear to top edge of front cover, a few small edge chips to back cover, tiny crease to bottom right corner of front cover. Penciled distributor's mark to "T" in "STRANGE" ("L-3-31"). Nice cover colors. Off-white to cream pages. Russ Heath cover. Scripts by Stan Lee, Carl Wessler, uncredited others. Art by Larry Woromay, Fred Kita, Joe Certa, Bob Fujitani, George Tuska. In "The Farmer Takes a Life," a poultry farmer chops off chickens heads for laughs. Doc V. says the story is "possibly inspired by Fritz Freleng's 1949 Warner Brothers short 'Each Day I Crow,'" and praises Bob Fujitani's artwork as "stark and visually expressive." A limited edition of 100 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues are available. Over 200 pages, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcovers $40, dust-jacketed hardcover with limitation plate $200. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com or visit: https://www.pbagalleries.com/content/comics/. R. Crumb says, "I found [PBA's catalogue] so interesting that I am saving it for the texts that accompany the comics which were put up for auction. This is some of the best commentary I’ve yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books. I especially enjoyed the reviews of the post-war horror comics. Great. Priceless." Consignments welcome for PBA's Spring 2021 Comic Book sale. Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age and Silver Age comics, original art and ephemera sought. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com. Lot Amendments Condition: Item number: 324055