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    Mysterious Adventures (1951) 25 GD+ 2.5

    2" cumulative spine split.

    Ended Jul 13 2022
    Winning Bid $16

    Stories and art by Richard Doxsee and Kurt Schaffenberger. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. Failed artist George stumbles on a Tahitian "voodoo paint" that causes the subject of a painting to die if the painting is destroyed. Department-store worker Laura learns all the mannequins are secretly alive, and falls in love with her handsome mannequin captor, in a story featuring art by Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Jack and Jill's always-filling pail is revealed as the source of Victoria Falls, in a revisionist version of the classic nursery rhyme. Paint the Town Red; Strange Adventure; Whos the Dummy?; A Date with Destiny; Bal Masque; Mother Shmoo's Nursery Tales: Jack and Jill. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: GD+ 2.5 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)