VG- (3.5). Spine stress with loss of color flakes, a few small nicks to top and bottom edges of covers, top right corner of front cover creased, some creasing to back cover, 1" TAPE reinforcement to inside cover at spine, top STAPLE REPLACED, grease-penciled distributor's mark ("A") to front cover below 10¢ price. Cream to off-white pages. A flat, clean, attractive copy that would grade 4.5 if not for tape repair and replaced staple. Cover: Alex Toth Art: Mike Sekowsky, Gene Fawcette, Mike Roy, Alex Toth Rocco Mastroserio, John Celardo. GPAnalysis: A 3.5 sold for $552 in July 2021. Man shanks his sweetheart in the sternum; psycho kills hundreds of cats for kicks; electrocution panel; pick-ax to cranium; Satan punishes killer like an ersatz lawman (in the godless world of pre-Code horror, devils do double-duty as tempters of men and arbiters of justice); Alex Toth two-pager featuring a penny-pinching mine owner who gets (mine) shafted. "Toth's final two-pager at Standard evokes its dreary Wales mining-town setting with sharply defined characterizations and heavy silhouetting." — Greg Sadowski, Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth Fantagraphics: 2011, p. 426. Consignments welcome for PBA's Fall 2022 Comic Book sale. Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age and Silver Age comics, original art, vintage comic-related photos and ephemera sought. Send inquiries to [email protected] . A limited edition of 100 softcover and 6 hardcover catalogues are available. 140 pages, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcovers $40, dust-jacketed hardcover with limitation plate $200. To order, contact [email protected] .
VG- (3.5). Spine stress with loss of color flakes, a few small nicks to top and bottom edges of covers, top right corner of front cover creased, some creasing to back cover, 1" TAPE reinforcement to inside cover at spine, top STAPLE REPLACED, grease-penciled distributor's mark ("A") to front cover below 10¢ price. Cream to off-white pages. A flat, clean, attractive copy that would grade 4.5 if not for tape repair and replaced staple. Cover: Alex Toth Art: Mike Sekowsky, Gene Fawcette, Mike Roy, Alex Toth Rocco Mastroserio, John Celardo. GPAnalysis: A 3.5 sold for $552 in July 2021. Man shanks his sweetheart in the sternum; psycho kills hundreds of cats for kicks; electrocution panel; pick-ax to cranium; Satan punishes killer like an ersatz lawman (in the godless world of pre-Code horror, devils do double-duty as tempters of men and arbiters of justice); Alex Toth two-pager featuring a penny-pinching mine owner who gets (mine) shafted. "Toth's final two-pager at Standard evokes its dreary Wales mining-town setting with sharply defined characterizations and heavy silhouetting." — Greg Sadowski, Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth Fantagraphics: 2011, p. 426. Consignments welcome for PBA's Fall 2022 Comic Book sale. Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age and Silver Age comics, original art, vintage comic-related photos and ephemera sought. Send inquiries to [email protected] . A limited edition of 100 softcover and 6 hardcover catalogues are available. 140 pages, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcovers $40, dust-jacketed hardcover with limitation plate $200. To order, contact [email protected] .
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