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  • Issue #53
    Adventures Into the Unknown (1948 ACG) 53
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION: Minor color touch. 2.5" Cumulative spine split. Staple rust. Rust migration.
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    "The Haunted Hunchback," "The Wolpire," "The Head Man," and "Death From the Depths." 3-D effect stories and cover. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Harry Lazarus. Stories by Harry Lazarus. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 3-D effect stories and cover. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #55
    Adventures Into the Unknown (1948 ACG) 55
    • Cover oxidation.
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    Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Harry Lazarus. Stories by Harry Lazarus, Lin Streeter, Pete Riss, Bill Walsh, and George Klein. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 3-D effect stories and cover. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #56
    Adventures Into the Unknown (1948 ACG) 56
    • 4" cumulative spine split, 2 3/4" of which is sealed with tape
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    Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Harry Lazarus. Stories by Harry Lazarus, Lin Streeter, Pete Riss, and Ogden Whitney. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 3-D effect stories and cover. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #58
    Adventures Into the Unknown (1948 ACG) 58
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4119652004
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #2111297006

    3-D effect cover and stories: "Dead Man's Gold," "The Man Who Died Laughing," "The Clasp Knife," "The Last Bars," "The Plague Ship," and "The Crime Machine." Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Harry Lazarus. Stories by Harry Lazarus, Pete Riss, and Robert Sale. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 3-D effect stories and cover. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 3
    • INCOMPLETE. Missing two pages (affects art and story). 3" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation.
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    Cover art by Joe Maneely. A Shriek in the Night!, art by Werner Roth; A man becomes the victim of underground creatures who abduct humans in order to study them so as to prepare for an invasion. The War of the Worlds text story. The Thing That Waited!, script and art by Joe Maneely; Stalin and Soviet troops stand revealed as shape-shifting alien invaders. Nothing Can Stop Me, art by Bill Walton; A weak man takes an experimental strength serum derived from a gorilla to impress a girl, but it transforms him into a gorilla completely. The Quiet Men; Martians encounter a 'ghost ship' from Earth which is a bomber responsible for dropping the bomb that initiated an atomic holocaust on Earth. The Empty City, art by Bob Fujitani; A reporter stumbles upon aliens who are taking the place of humans. He tries to give the story to his editor, but his editor is one of...them. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 6
    • .5" Spine split from bottom.
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    • Mold. Staple rust, rust migration. Photocopy of front cover included.
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    My Brother...The Ghoul, script by Hank Chapman; A graverobber with an identical twin meets his doom. The Image text story. Step Right into the...House of Horror, art by Jim Mooney; A haunted house investigator and a reporter visit an old mansion. The Wooden Man; A ventriloquist and his dummy are not what they seem. The Ghost Still Walks, art by Joe Sinnott; A fraternity initiation leads to a death. He Dwells in a Dungeon; A woman plans to kill her disfigured future brother-in-law, but makes a fatal mistake. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 8

    Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Ben Brown, David Gantz, Carl Wessler, Dick Ayers, Vic Carrabotta, Tony DiPreta, and Hy Rosen. These tales of horror, sci-fi, and suspense will take you on Adventures into Alien Worlds! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #15
    Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 15
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4341806025
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    Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories by George Tuska, Side Greene, Sy Barry, and Jay Scott Pike. These tales of horror, sci-fi, and suspense will take you on Adventures into Alien Worlds! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #16
    Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 16
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1100232020
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    • 2.75" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple.
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    Kiss of Death, art by Tony DiPreta; A woman plans to get rid of her writer husband by taking him to a house supposedly haunted by vampires and shocking his bad heart. Mind over Matter, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; A man receives Yogi training to make objects disappear, and when his friend introduces him to Cartesian skeptical doubt, they both disappear. Daughter of Death text story. Flying Saucer, inks by Jack Abel. Surprise!, art by Jack Keller; An old man in love with a Gypsy girl murders his rival; The girl continues to moon over the dead man so a Gypsy woman offers to make the old man resemble the man he killed. The Old Man's Secret!, art by Jay Scott Pike. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #19
    Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 19

    Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by John Forte, Carl Wessler, Sol Brodsky, Jack Abel, Paul Newman, Werner Roth, Chuck Winter, and Sy Barry. These tales of horror, sci-fi, and suspense will take you on Adventures into Alien Worlds! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #24
    Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 24
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #1462370011
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    Cover art by Bill Everett. The One Who Was Dead, art by Paul Reinman; A man uses life restore serum to revive Cleopatra, but it also works on the Asp that she used to commit suicide, and it bites him. The Trap text story. He Kidnapped a Rocket; A criminal hijacks a rocket, but unknown to him, its destination is a space prison colony. The Hunter; A hunter winds up on a planet where animals are the masters and place humans in zoos. Halfway Home!, art by Chuck Winter; A scientist aboard a rocket without enough fuel to reach Earth wants to use a device to reduce the weight of the crew by half; when he tests it on a monkey, it shrinks the monkey to half-size. Look Out for the Martians, art by John Forte; A man realizes that he is actually a Martian that has been incubated into a human infant and only becomes aware of his identity once maturity has been reached. Human agents called 'scanners' attempt to neutralize him, but fail. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #25
    Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 25
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4332210006
    • Cover-to-cover worm holes. Cover oxidation.
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    • Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Cover detached. Cover and interior oxidation.
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    "The Men From Mars," "Nightmare!" (art by Joe Sinnott), "A Million Light-Years Away" (art by Bill Everett), "Two Times Two!" (art by Paul Reinman), "The Mad Mamba!" (art by Joe Maneely), and a two-page text story, "A Man's Past." Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Bill Everett, Joe Sinnott, Sam Kweskin, Joe Maneely, and Paul Reinman. These tales of horror, sci-fi, and suspense will take you on Adventures into Alien Worlds! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #27
    Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 27

    The Man Who Wasn't, art by Mort Lawrence; When a scientist invents life in a test tube he is erased from existence by God. Haunted House text story. The Dwarf of Horrormoor; A duke plays a trick on his dwarf jester by replacing all of the furniture in his room with smaller versions so as to make the dwarf appear normal size when he wakes. The Thieves, art by Matt Fox; When Earth is warned that the aliens heading for them are thieves they have no idea that their intent is to steal the sun. The Invaders!, pencils by Ross Andru. Half-Human!, art by Robert Q. Sale; The manufacturer of androids unknowingly marries one and only finds out when he deploys gas to dissolve a group of rebellious androids that plot to depose humanity. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #29
    Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 29
    • Interior complete, but damaged along edges. Back cover and half of front cover missing.
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    Cover art by Joe Maneely. The Two-Timer; A man kills his wife and poses her body to make it appear that she committed suicide by gas inhalation but the police arrest him for murder because the gas company had cut off service for non-payment of the bill. Green Death text story. Eternal Life!, art by Bill Savage; A Martian suckers Earth people into exchanging planets because Mars is doomed to be struck by an incoming asteroid. The Locked Door, art by Al Eadeh; A grave robber is accosted by the ghosts of his victims. Bone Dry, art by Myron Fass; When a would-be native tyrant holds the location of a spring as a means of power for seizing chief status of his drought-stricken village, the villagers neglect to tell him of an incoming tidal wave and thus he perishes. Indestructible!, art by Hy Rosen; A man travels into the past to escape bugs but present-day humans are unable to open the capsule; The future bugs have even gotten into the time machine, however, and they succeed in opening it and pouring into the present day. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Amazing Adventures (1950 Ziff Davis) 1

    Painted cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Stories and art by Wally Wood, Murphy Anderson, Ogden Whitney, Alex Schomburg, Jerry Siegel and Harry Sahle. Sci-fi and fantasy from Ziff-Davis, edited by the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel. Fortune-hunters return to the lost city of the Winged People to steal the diamond eye of their idol, in a story with art by comics legend Wally Wood. Vince breaks up with his Martian girlfriend Kit-E and goes to find the legendary Asteroid Witch, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. Professors Graves and Arnold's serum accidentally transports them into the 4th dimension, and they must enter the timestream to escape, in a story with art by Golden Age legend Alex Schomburg. Plus the one-pager "Amazing Prophecies" by Ogden Whitney. ("Which nation will own the moon?") Painted cover by famed science fiction illustrator Robert Gibson Jones (Fantastic Adventures, Amazing Stories). The Asteroid Witch; A-Day; Winged Death on Venus; Trespasser in Time; The Stone Men; Amazing Facts from Nature; Cosmic Comics; Amazing Prophecies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Amazing Adventures (1950 Ziff Davis) 2
    • Paper: Slightly britle
    • Label #4276890003
    • 2.75" Cumulative spine split. Staple rust with migration. Water damage with paper deterioration.
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    Painted cover by Allen Anderson. Stories and art by Murphy Anderson, Alex Schomburg, Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs and Harry Sahle. Sci-fi and fantasy from Ziff-Davis, edited by the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel. Astronauts search a fire-planet for the rare element Uranium-X. Kevitt, future inventor from the year 1999, creates a "time belt" and risks exploring "the 6th dimension" just before his wedding day, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. Paul and Lola plan their escape from an alien zoo, in a story with art by Golden Age art legend Alex Schomburg. Plus a story inspired by Theodore Sturgeon's famous "Killdozer." Painted cover by Allen Anderson is delightful. Cosmic Comics; Monsters of Living Flame!; Exhibit One; The Warning!; Wedding Gift; The Steel Monster. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Amazing Adventures (1950 Ziff Davis) 3
    • Water saturation.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4485887006
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    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Color touch and tear seal. Tape on interior of cover.
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    Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Leonard Starr, Frank Giacoia, John Giunta and Paul Parker. Sci-fi and fantasy from Ziff-Davis, edited by the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel. Brad is jealous of Chet for stealing Nina, so he shrinks all three of them with his shrinking invention... but he didn't reckon on the housecat. WWII vet John gets the chance to trade places with his exact duplicate from the year 3951. Col Rulak leads a revolt against the totalitarian world government of "Europa" in the year 2200. A gigantic, floating Cosmic Brain menaces the city. Painted cover by Norman Saunders predates The Incredible Shrinking Man. The Evil Men Do; The Princess of the Future; Blood Stands for Freedom; The Cosmic Brain!; Escape on a Planetoid; The Steel Monster. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #14
    Amazing Ghost Stories (1954 St. John) 14

    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Ed Goldfarb, and Robert Baer. Numbering continues from Nightmare (1953 St. John) #13. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Edgar Allan Poe's tale of torture and madness, The Pit and the Pendulum, is adapted by comics legend Everett Raymond Kinstler. A mermaid rescued from the ocean has a taste for human flesh. In two separate stories, dolls and a statue come to horrific life. Plus an article about poltergeists. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Death Dolls; The Devil from the Deep; Ghosts with a Sense of Humor; An Eye for an Eye; Dream Girl; The Pit and the Pendulum. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #15
    Amazing Ghost Stories (1954 St. John) 15
    • Interior is complete. Full length spine split (taped). Staples replaced.
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    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Frank Giacoia, Robert Bernstein, Ray Willner, and Vic Martin. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Jim encounters zombie soldiers in Haiti, in a story with art by comics legend Bob Powell. A hunter kills a rare white eagle and activates an ancient curse, in a story with art by future Marvel artist Frank Giacoia. A ghost in an old New Orleans mansion seeks a couple's help in bringing his killer to justice. Plus an article on Egyptian freemasonry. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Payment in Full!; The Stalking Doom; Cagliostro: Swindler or Superman?; Out of the Unknown; Wings of Death!; Vic Martin; Spirit Spasms; All the King's Men. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #16
    Amazing Ghost Stories (1954 St. John) 16
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4491105011
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    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, George Tuska, Dan Barry, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Marvin Stein, George Roussos, Sy Barry and John Giunta. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Guilty of murder, an ex-executioner is ordered to behead himself, in a story by future DC artist and editor Carmine Infantino, with art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Dr. Savant follows the rites of human sacrifice on Genero until he encounters the monster called Octeel, in a story with art by future Marvel artist George Tuska. Robert MacCloran returns to his ancestral lands to claim his birthright, but not if his evil uncle has his way, in a story with early art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Plus a PSA on "Polio Precautions" that showcases the comic's era. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Widow's Lover; The Tentacles of Death; Dr. Osborne's Secret Weapon; The Bloody Sword; The Portrait of Death; The Finger of Fate; Graveyard in the Antarctic. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #33
    Amazing Mysteries (1949) 33
    • Paper: Off white
    • Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more
    • Label #1565898004
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  • Issue #3
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 3
    • INCOMPLETE. Page and a half missing (affects "Mister Death!" and "Runaway Planet" stories). Interior page detached and MARRIED.
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    1st issue in series (no #1 or #2). Cover art by Bill Everett. Mister Death!, script and art by Bill Everett; Marvel Boy battles a Islamic confidence artist. The Runaway Planet, script and art by Bill Everett; Marvel Boy prevents an invasion of Uranus by Satana. Time-Bomb Terror!, script and art by Bill Everett; Marvel Boy investigates a gangster's connections to international communism. Ad for Fun Industries' Lone Ranger's "Silver Bullet" pen set with cowboy belt. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 5
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1497629003
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    Cover pencils by Bill Everett, inks by Bill Everett. "Caves of Doom," art by Bill Everett; An alien scientist makes the Grand Canyon his base of operations. "The Serpent Strikes!", art by Bill Everett; A woman from an Indian snake worshiping cult follows a stolen snake to the United States and takes revenge on the zoo that has it. "The Walking Ghost" text story. "Death from the Sky," script by Hank Chapman; A Korean War pilot is attacked by cloudmen and transformed into one himself. "Menace From the Moon!", script by Hank Chapman, art by Cal Massey; The first human rocketship to the moon returns filled with extraterrestrial invaders. "The Deadly Decision!", art by Bill Everett; Uranian criminals try to extract atomic secrets from Dr. Grayson. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 7
    • 5.25" Cumulative spine split. Cover glued to first wrap along spine.
    • 3" Spine split from bottom. Cover and centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.
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    Cover by Joe Maneely. "Nightmare," art by Joe Maneely; A woman has a double dream about killing her husband after her anniversary party when an old flame of his shows up and demands he murder his wife. "Backfire" text story. "Paid in Full," art by Harry Lazarus; The ghost of a man who died in a snowstorm returns to the miser who refused to extend his credit. "Out Of My Mind," art by John Romita; A writer's evil creation comes to life and paralyzes his hand with a touch so the writer cannot finish the character's death scene. "Out of the Darkness," art by Joe Maneely; In the year 3999, after 2000 years of living underground due to atomic fallout, mankind has evolved to give birth to rodent men and so must return to the surface in order to survive. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 8
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4434152006

    Cover art by Russ Heath. The Hanging Terror, script by Hank Chapman, art by Russ Heath. The Man Eater!, art by Norman Steinberg; Alien shape-shifters invade and devour humans. Behind the Wall, art possibly by Al Hartley. The Finger, art by Fred Kida. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 9
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4138728005

    Cover by Russ Heath. "The Little Black Box," script by Hank Chapman, art by Bob Fujitani; A postal employee working in the dead letter office gets a duplicator that has been lost in time from the year 2000; He makes a duplicate of himself to leave with his nagging wife. "Who Dares To Enter???", script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Maneely. "Where Is Death?", art by Don Rico; Satan warns one of his sailor minions to get off a ship sailing the Sargasso sea because he has rewarded his minion with immunity from death at sea in exchange for his service. "Vengeance Of The Time Stream" text story. "The Luck Of Louis Nugent"; A child is born as a jinx and is there at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attack. "The Scientists," art by Harry Lazarus. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 10

    The Man Who Owned a Ghost!, art by Bill Everett; A dead man summons a ghost to haunt his wife's house so her guests will leave and he can kill her, but she confesses to him that he is already dead because she killed him the previous evening and he realizes that the ghost he has summoned is his own. Time-Stream Rescue; A scientist and his friend build a time machine and witness several historical events, almost accidentally killing George Washington in the process. I Solved the Problem, art by Mac Pakula. The Walking Dead!, art by Al Eadeh. Melvin and the Martian, art by Joe Sinnott. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 11
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #24-3A166A6-001
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    Cover art by Sol Brodsky. The Last of Mr. Mordeaux, art by Joe Sinnott; A man seeks proof of his aristocratic heritage in the old country and finds that the peasants have driven the last of his alleged sorcerous family into underground warrens beneath their castle where they have devolved. Freak, art by Bill Walton. Reign of Terror, art by Sy Grudko; A man that has a handsome face on one side of his skull and an ugly face on the opposite side shows the ugly face to his robbery victims and his handsome face to the nearby apprehending police in order to be released. The Hound Dog, script by Carl Wessler, art by Myron Fass. The Day Harrington Died, art by Bob Fujitani. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 13
    • Full length spine split. Cover detached. Oxidation. Water damage. Staple rust, rust migration.
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    Cover by Bill Everett. "The Three Feathers," script by Hank Chapman, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; A man kills his grandmother for his inheritance by dressing as a demon to induce a fatal heart attack. "The Demon of Disaster" text story. "Ghoul's Gold," art by Bernie Krigstein; A morgue attendant meets his end when he tries to steal the gold fillings from a corpse and the building catches fire. "The Death Watch," art by Cal Massey; A reporter assigned to write a story on the passing of a wealthy man is intrigued when he spies a beautiful woman sneaking into his room; He accosts her and demands a kiss or he will print her picture on the front page. "The House on the Hill," art by Vic Carrabotta; A young man encounters a pair of ghosts who rob people of their brains. "Helen's Husband," art by Ogden Whitney. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #14
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 14
    • .5" Cumulative spine split.

    Cover by Sol Brodsky(?). "Under Glass," art by Bernie Krigstein; Insects overrun the Earth after the atomic war of 1993 and keep humans in captivity where they slowly go mad. "And Then We Wait" text story. "The Man Who Jumped!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Cal Massey. "The Man Who Changed Bodies!", art by E. J. Smalle. "The Man Who Changed Bodies!", art by E. J. Smalle. "The Clean-Up!", art by Tony DiPreta. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #15
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 15
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #24-3A166A6-002
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    Cover by Bill Everett. "The Hole in the Wall," script by Hank Chapman, art by Manny Stallman; A man decides that locking his cheating wife into a hole he has dug out of the basement is the only way he can keep her from fooling around on him when he's away on business; He survives a plane crash in South America, and while he knows that he has left her enough food to survive, he rushes back to his wife as he has been gone a long time. "The Skeleton," art by Sy Grudko. "Human Insects" text story. "Grounds for Death!", art by Jim Mooney. "The Face in the Glass," pencils by Jack Abel, inks by Bill Benulis. "The Man Who Died Twice," art by Tony DiPreta. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #19
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 19
    • Staple rust. Rust migration. Water damage.

    Cover by Russ Heath. "Back From the Grave," script by Stan Lee, art by Fred Kida; This story postulates that a scientist who returned from the dead when his son was killed by communists slew Stalin. "A Thousand Years," art by Ed Robbins; A scientist tests his suspended animation machine on his cat. He wants to go into suspended animation for a thousand years to avoid all the signs that he feels indicate civilization will collapse. "The Creation" text story. "Top Billing," script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Maneely; Smith, of the comedy team Sprinkle and Smith, resents that he gets second billing so he plans to murder his partner and get a new one. "Roll Call," art by Bernie Krigstein. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #20
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 20
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4234109007

    Cover by Sol Brodsky. "Mystery at Midnight," script by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan; A criminal survives a train accident where he is cut in two and his legs commit crimes while his torso provides an alibi. "The Final Scoop" text story. "The Cheap Skate," script by Carl Wessler, art by Ed Winiarski. "When You Die!", script by Stan Lee, art by Carl Burgos; A pro-Western propaganda story about various miserable alien cultures idea of Heaven. "Just a Little Farther," art by Vic Carrabotta. "Living Doll!", script by Stan Lee, art by Jerry Robinson; Dolls in a small European toy shop are committing murders, but the police can't locate the guilty one, so they guard a group of them day and night waiting for the culprit to move. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #21
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 21

    Cover by Sol Brodsky. "The Different Vampire," pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; A vampire destroys one of his own coven when he uncovers his secret that he prefers vampire blood to human blood. "Horror Hill" text story. "The Worm That Turned," art by Ed Winiarski. "The Manhunter!", art by Vic Carrabotta. "The Man Who Went To Far!", script by Carl Wessler, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel. "Gorilla!", script by Carl Wessler. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #22
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 22
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #1995227001
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    Cover by Russ Heath. "The Iron Head," art by Sid Greene; English soldiers in the Middle Ages are surprised to enter an enemy castle and find that a revolt has slain their opponents for them. "The Brain," art by Sam Kweskin; A polymath who is made aware that he does not have long to live pays off his large debts by selling his brain to several different universities. "The Fly and the Spider" text story. "The Man Who Dug Deep," art by Sol Brodsky. "The Strange Power," pencils by Louis Zansky. "Man Against Werewolf," art by Howie Post; A pack of vampires are living amongst the villagers under the pretense of protecting them from a non-existent werewolf menace. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #28
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 28

    Cover art by Sol Brodsky. Age Before Beauty, art by Sid Lawrence; A 45 year old man lands on a planet and marries a woman who is 21. No Evidence!, art by Louis Ravielli; A communist spy who steals state secrets by swallowing them and then getting his stomach pumped swallows a concentrated atomic energy capsule which burns a gaping hole through his belly. The End of the World!, art by Al Eadeh; An alien pacifist attempts to disguise himself as an earthling and warn the president of impending alien attack, but fails. Death Where is thy Sting, art by Don Perlin. The Hidden Planet!, art by Robert Q. Sale. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #33
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 33

    Cover art by Carl Burgos. Once a Werewolf, art by Sid Greene; A werewolf falls in love with a human girl and resolves to leave the pack; They skin him. Point of View, art by Al Carreno; A janitor in a lab gets access to shrinking formula and shrinks the employees there; He treats them as pets or he terrorizes them. Till Death Do Us Part, art by Sheldon Moldoff. The Evil Eye, art by Pablo Ferro; A woman with the evil eye chances upon a mirror and curses herself. I Ain't Got No Body, art by Chuck Winter. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #34
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 34

    Cover art by Joe Maneely. Knockout, art by Paul Reinman; A crooked boxing promoter meets his end when the ghost of a fighter he set up ties him up in rope and stuffs him into the gym's punching bag. The Tomb!, art by Myron Fass; A woman excavating a tomb attempts to eliminate her rival by using dynamite but the explosion blinds her. The Slave-Driver, art by Al Carreno; A sea captain that is set adrift after his crew mutinies comes ashore on an island where a plantation owner makes a slave out of him. Transformation!, art by Ed Moline; A gangster doesn't get the results he wants when he threatens a plastic surgeon to repair his acid-scarred face and the doctor remakes his face to resemble a woman's. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #35
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 35
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4027789002
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4438054014
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    Cover art by Harry Anderson. Jessica!, art by Sid Greene; A young man invents a girlfriend for himself, but comes to regret it when he tells people he's meeting her that evening at the bridge, and a body is found floating in the river which matches his description of his girlfriend. The Dinner Guest, art by Don Perlin; A Soviet peasant feeds the local commissar to his zombie son. Collins Is In His Coffin!, art by Ed Winiarski; When a man is hanged on trumped charges in order for his neighbors to steal his land, he curses the area. Brother Vampire!, art by Al Eadeh; A man thinks that his Siamese twin is a vampire, but it turns out that the vampire just used his amnesia in order to hide in plain sight after using some plastic to connect the two of them. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Baffling Mysteries (1952) 6
    • 2.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at both staples.
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    Macabre Ritual in Witches' Glen, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; Witchcraft is at work in New England; A young couple witness "the exchange": a witch transforms her soul into the body of a freshly killed girl; The couple escape, but are stalked by the witch in her new body. Fatal Rendezvous, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; Warner Davis dies on the operating table, goes to heaven, but is sent back, because his time has not yet come; Davis awakes with the gift of clairvoyance and starts warning people about their deaths. Horror on Canvas; Art painter Blake Roberts dies in a car crash, but awakens in the morgue as a deformed living dead man. Black Magic in a Slinky Gown; Leonore Black is a beautiful woman, but also able to transform herself into a giant black widow spider. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Baffling Mysteries (1952) 7
    • 2" spine split from top of comic. Cover oxidation. Interior staining and residue.
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    A Game with Lucifer, art by Lou Cameron; Grandmaster Barry Archer plays chess with the Devil. Scourge of the Kentucky Hills, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; A dying doctor becomes a werewolf after his assistant gives him the transplanted heart of a wolf. Back from an Unhallowed Grave, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; Count Ricco unwittingly unearths the body of a vampire (his niece). The Mummy's Curse text story. Terror Beneath the Tides, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; Newspaper publisher refuses to print his reporter's story about a murderous monster from the sea. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Baffling Mysteries (1952) 9
    • Interior is complete. Full-length spine split. Missing back cover.
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    Cover art by Ken Rice. When Black Wings Flap..., art by Lin Streeter; Bird-shop owner crossbreeds a vulture and a vampire bat, creating a "vulbat"; It attacks her with unfortunate consequences. Dread City of the Undead, pencils by Bill Molno; Trapped coal miners become zombie slaves of "the monster of the mines." Mad Matador's Fiendish Frenzy, art by Lou Cameron; An aspiring but unsuccessful matador comes back from the grave to seek revenge against his tormentors. Victims for the Crawling Menace, art by Louis Zansky; A woman seeks her missing brother in Hawaii, but finds a scientist who has created a dangerous form of protoplasmic life. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Baffling Mysteries (1952) 10

    Diogenes' Deadly Lamp, script by Robert Turner, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; "Loathsome young parasite" Lex Markow steals Diogenes' lamp from an antique dealer, but the relic turns out to be cursed; When he tries to get rid of the lamp Markow hangs himself--like it was predicted. Nightmare Flight, pencils by Lou Cameron; A young woman's fiancé returns, horribly scarred, months after he disappeared in a presumably fatal plane crash; He leads the woman into a death swamp, where she has to destroy an evil swamp queen to lay his tortured soul to rest. Monster of the Moat, art by Paul Gattuso; A bypasser rescues a witch imprisoned by an evil sorcerer and marries her, but things turn out badly. Because the monster of the moat wants its revenge! Land of the Silicon Men, art by Louis Zansky. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    Baffling Mysteries (1952) 11
    • 4.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Cover oxidation with chipping.
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    Cover art by Jim McLaughlin. Appointment in Hades, art by Gene Colan; Soldier Heath drowns while deserting his unit's fight on a beachhead; He returns to life, but is marked by the devil. Step into my Grave!, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; On a plantation in Louisiana, a man stumbles upon a voodoo queen and her horde of zombies; The man's undead brother warns him, but all perish in a final show down ritual. Red Talons of Lupercalia, art by Louis Zansky; A mother and daughter travel to Czechoslovakia, where the daughter is to meet her future husband, count Falco Lupercalia; The count and his father are both vampires, who can also transform into werewolves. Sinister Return of the Priestess of Baal, art by Chic Stone. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Baffling Mysteries (1952) 13
    • 1" cumulative spine split with splitting to interior wraps. Staples added (not manufacturing).

    Cover pencils by Jim McLaughlin. Dr. Gueux's Nightmare Monsters, pencils by Louis Zansky; Dr. Gueux wants to rule the world with the help of monsters dreamt up by a mystery writer in his nightmares. Greed's Grisly Treasure; Adventurer runs an errand for the devil; He fights ghosts in a spooky tavern to get his hands on a pirate treasure. Role of the Footlight Werewolf, pencils by Charles Nicholas, inks by Paul Gattuso; Ambitious actor goes method acting to portray a werewolf onstage; He joins a band of werewolves, supplies them with victims and learns their behavior and rites. Black Horror of Druid's Glen, pencils by Charles Nicholas. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #16
    Baffling Mysteries (1952) 16
    • Cover detached at one staple. Cover and interior oxidation. Water damage.
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    Cover art by Jim McLaughlin. Doom Comes in Emerald Green, art by Ken Rice; Professor Montross sets up a magical slide show projecting scenes from history through the emerald of doom; He shouldn't have killed the projector's owner, because the show reveals his crime--in front of an assembly of policemen, of all things. The Witch's Vengeful Return, art by Louis Zansky; The soul of old witch Hepzibah is awakened in her descendant Nora; Nora goes on a vengeance spree, killing all descendants of those who burned Hepzibah at the stake 300 year earlier. Strands of the Faceless Horror, art by Lou Cameron; Harold Carpenter acquires a magical rug in India; The genie of the rug kills Carpenter's rival and weaves his soul into the fabric of the rug. Wings of Wickedness, art by Jim McLaughlin. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #17
    Baffling Mysteries (1952) 17
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Slab: Significant inner well scuff(s)
    • Label #4433221004

    Kill, My Minions of Death!, art by Lou Cameron; Thanks to "years of experiments plus a knowledge of black magic", Ivan Buloff controls an army of flying severed hands that kill on his command; He even blackmails the helpless German government. Duel of the Spectres, pencils by Dick Beck, inks by George Klein; Jeff Pearson and his wife travel to Scotland to inherit the family castle; Pearson is confronted by the ghosts of his dead brothers, including a vampire. Evil Cult of the Juggernaut, pencils by Dick Beck; Writing a book about native lore, Paul Reynolds discovers the cult of the juggernaut in India; The evil high priest Rashonu exploits his followers to amass riches. Master of the Undead, art by Al Hartley. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #18
    Baffling Mysteries (1952) 18
    • 2" cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at both staples.
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    6 of Me on the Prowl, art by Ken Rice; An evil sculptress and a mad doctor create six clones of ex-G.I. Barney Phelps; As the clones commit crimes, the real Phelps is desperate to stop them. 12 Hours to Doom, art by Lou Cameron; Businessman Arthur Matlin discovers a magic sundial which summons Chronos, the spirit of time;p With the help of Chronos, Matlin can travel some hours ahead into the future; He uses this ability to commit crimes. The Ghost in the Portrait, art by Ken Rice; A young couple free the ghost of an evil ancestor; He takes revenge on the bones of the people who sentenced him to death; Then he commands the man to murder his wife, as he did with his wife. Crimson Wraith from the North, art by Sy Grudko. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #20
    Baffling Mysteries (1952) 20
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    The Maze Master, art by Lou Cameron; Victor Rarlo is a sadist who loves puzzles and lets people perish in his fiendish mazes; Being challenged by a strange mystic, Rarlo travels into psychedelic mind-mazes and gets irreversibly caught in the maze of his own mind. Tune of the Zombie Queen, art by Louis Zansky; Washed-up dancers Ferdie and Doris take over a stage act from a genuine voodoo queen in New Orleans; They have to pay a price though--and turn into zombies. Hostage of the Unearthly, art by Ken Rice; Demons from the "half-world" invade our "earth-plane" through a pathway opened by radiation experiments. When Voodoo Drums Rumble, art by Jim McLaughlin. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #23
    Baffling Mysteries (1952) 23
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    Werewolf Husband, art by Louis Zansky; Lucille Garth is determined to marry into wealth, even if it means wedding the strange Count Yarno; Lucille suspects the Count's secret, and makes plans to become a rich widow. It Happened on Valentine's Eve; A honeymooning couple seek shelter from a storm. Clang of the Crypt Door, art by Jim McLaughlin; The Chesney family line lies unblemished from the time of Rupert the Crusader; Last descendant Bart Chesney wants no part in charity and good work for humanity; He rather kills his uncle to inherit the family fortune. The Frenzy of Sheila Lord, art by Maurice Gutwirth and George Appel. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.