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Spellbound (1952 Atlas) comic books

  • Issue #2
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 2

    Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Hank Chapman and unknown. Art by Al Hartley, Russ Heath, Fred Kida and Bill Everett. In this issue: "What's Wrong with Charlie Brown?" by Hank Chapman and Al Hartley; "The End!" (features Edgar Allan Poe) with art by Russ Heath; "The Last Tattoo" (similar to Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man) by Hank Chapman and Fred Kida; 2-page text story "The Green Man!" - A former pilot can't get anyone to believe his story about the fatal radium poisoning he picked up from an alien, and so keeps spreading it; and "Horror Story" with art by Bill Everett. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 3
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #17-0564169-005
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #2070771011
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    Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by Hank Chapman, Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Fred Kida, Ogden Whitney, Manny Stallman, Cal Massey and unknown. "The Flat Man" with story by Hank Chapman - A man develops a pill that makes his body two-dimensional, but after 6 hours the effects will prove fatal unless he takes the antidote pill. He uses his powers to steal money from a bank vault, but when he reaches the time-limit he realizes that the three-dimensional pill cannot fit down his two-dimensional throat. Also in this issue: "The Worm" (story has nothing to do with giant worm cover) by Stan Lee and Fred Kida; "The Thing Behind the Wall" with art by Ogden Whitney; "Crazy Glass" with art by Manny Stallman; "X" with art by Cal Massey; and 2-page text story "Black Horror," reprinted from Mystic (1951 Atlas) #1 (original title: "The New England Horror"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $800 Spellbound #3 Atlas Comics 1952 Russ Heath CGC 2.0 Classic Cover

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  • Issue #4
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 4
    • 4.75" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Centerfold detached at one staple. Staple rust. Rust migration.
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    Cover art by Russ Heath. Knave of Diamonds, script by Don Rico, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache. The Dark Water text story. The Horrible House, art by Bill LaCava. One-Way Ticket, art by Russ Heath. The Man Who Loved to Kill. Mad Dog, art by Joe Sinnott. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 6

    Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories by Hank Chapman and unknown. Art by Tony DiPreta, Bernie Krigstein, Mike Sekowsky, Manny Stallman, Al Eadeh and unknown. "The Dirty Dog" by Hank Chapman and Tony DiPreta - A down and out ventriloquist picks up a stray dog to con a millionaire out of five hundred dollars by convincing the man that the dog can talk. After completing the sale, the dog says to the ventriloquist, "You're a sucker, Charlie. You could've got fifty thousand dollars for a dog like me." Also in this issue: "The Man Who Couldn't Be Killed!" with art by Bernie Krigstein - A gangster sells his Lady Luck to another thug who rubs him out; 2-page text story "The Wise Witch" with illo by Al Eadeh (note: illo taken from "The Walking Dead!" from Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) #10); "The Things in the Dark" with pencils by Mike Sekowsky; and "Close Your Eyes" with art by Manny Stallman - A brother murders his brother for money. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 7

    Cover by Sol Brodsky and Christopher Rule. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Tony DiPreta, Dick Ayers, Ben Brown, Bill Everett, Joe Maneely, Ernie Bache and David Gantz. In this issue: "The Last Body" with art by Tony DiPreta - When the reanimator demands that his assistant bring him a fresh body, the assistant unknowingly victimizes the reanimator; "The Vampire's Bride" by Stan Lee, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache - When an actress claims that she would marry a vampire if it would make her famous, a vampire kidnaps her to make her his bride; "The Dope Eloped!" with art by Ben Brown and David Gantz - A man elopes with the body of his beloved; "Don't Close the Door!" with art by Bill Everett - A thief finds that the key he has killed an old man for merely opens door after door in a never ending succession of rooms; "The Crank!" by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely - A man threatens the elevator repairman with violence unless the elevator car arrives at his floor within five minutes so the repairman leaves the floor off the car; and 2-page text story "Dragon of Death!!", reprinted from Combat (1952 Atlas) #3 (original title: "Korean Cowboy"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 10
    Published 1953 by Atlas.

    Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Bill Everett, Manny Stallman, Tony DiPreta, Bill Benulis, Jack Abel and unknown. "How Many Times Can You Die???" with art by Bill Everett - A man is double-crossed by his partner-in-fraud who leaves the police a note framing him for murder by the riverside. Their deal was to fake a suicide, but the partner decided to take all the money and frame the fall guy. The man gets out of the stir and guns down his old partner figuring they can't put him on trial for killing the same man twice, but since the man was living under a new identity, they try him for killing a separate person and send him to the gas chamber. Also in this issue: "The Living Mummy" with art by Manny Stallman - When a man brings a mummy back to life, the mummy kills him in order to wrap up the body and substitute it back in the museum exhibit; 2-page text story "Dreams of Death"; "When Grugg Goes to Sleep!" by Stan Lee and Tony DiPreta - This story asserts that you are an alien who has to look into a mirror when you read this story; "Where There's Smoke" - A miser hides his money in the stove and his wife burns it; and "Don't Turn Your Back" with art by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel - A collector of trophies turns the tables on a vampire who was stalking him. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 11
    Published 1953 by Atlas.

    Cover inks by Christopher Rule. Stories by Carl Wessler, Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Ed Goldfarb, Tony DiPreta, Art Peddy, Sid Greene and Bill Benulis. The coffin...is empty! But not for long in "The Empty Coffin" by Carl Wessler and Ed Goldfarb. Also in this issue: "Never Trust a Woman" by Stan Lee and Tony DiPreta; "The Madman" by Stan Lee and Art Peddy; "Watch the Birdie" with art by Sid Greene; 2-page text story "Voodoo Vengeance"; and "The Hypnotist" by Stan Lee and Bill Benulis. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 12
    Published 1953 by Atlas.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3935179004
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    • Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Cover and centerfold detached. Water damage. Oxidation.
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    Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Paul Reinman, Tony DiPreta, Russ Heath, Sam Kweskin, Louis Zansky and unknown. "On the Spot" with art by Paul Reinman - An actor kills the man who directs the spotlight on stage when he finds out his girlfriend is seeing him. He gets condemned to the chair and escapes, but the spotlight pins him to the wall and the cops open fire. Only after his lifeless body slumps to the ground do the cops realize that there is no one at the spotlight. Plus: "My Friend the Ghost" with art by Tony DiPreta - A doctor and his friend cook up a plot to acquire the family fortune by the doctor declaring the man dead and then he pretends to return as a ghost and scare the remaining members to death. But the doctor wants all the money and betrays the man by injecting poison into him rather than a drug to make him appear dead, and so he realizes at the end of the story that he actually is a ghost. He kills the doctor. Also in this issue: "What Happened to Mister Snively?" by Stan Lee and Russ Heath - During an atomic war, grocer Snively hoards food in his bomb shelter...however, he starves to death after the bombs fall because he forgot to bring a can opener; 2-page text story "M'Batu -- Giant Jelly Fish"; "The Diet of Donald Moore" with art by Sam Kweskin - A man uses a chlorophyll spray as a health tonic until he develops plant-like qualities; and "The Gas Man" with pencils by Louis Zansky. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 13
    Published 1953 by Atlas.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3835745001
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3835745002

    Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Jim Mooney, Bob Brown, Pete Tumlinson and unknown. "Let's Face It!" - When a man develops pills that can take twenty years off one's age, an older actor threatens him with violence unless he hands them over. The man tells the actor not to take any of the pills because he is only "half finished," but the actor doesn't listen, and winds up with a face that is half aged and half young. Also in this issue: "The Dead Men" with story by Stan Lee; "The Death of a Puppet!" with art by Jim Mooney - A puppet master is apprehensive when his performances of a puppet murder mystery seem to coincide with real killings; 2-page text story "The Devil Dog" - An American man returns to his hometown to settle old scores, accompanied by his pet dog, whose body is host to the spirit of a Ugandan witchdoctor; "The Pitchman!" by Stan Lee and Bob Brown - A gag story about a conman who actually does sell the Brooklyn Bridge; and "A Sight for Sore Eyes" with art by Pete Tumlinson - A man is taken to an unorthodox surgeon who transplants a second pair of eyes into his forehead in order to correct his vision. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #15
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 15
    Published 1953 by Atlas.

    Cover art by Carl Burgos. Lover Beware, art by Joe Sinnott. The Idiot text story. Give Him Enough Rope, art by Tony DiPreta. Get Out of My Graveyard! The Miracle!, art by Chuck Winter. The Living Dead, script by Stan Lee, art by Carmine Infantino. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #18
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 18
    Published 1954 by Atlas.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #1220289010
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    • Pieces of tape on two interior pages (torn maverick edges).
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    Cover art by Bill Everett. When the Martians Strike!, art by Gil Evans. A Gift from Venus text story. Sleep, My Love!, art by Jim Mooney. The Weaker Sex!, art by Dick Ayers. The City, art by Tony DiPreta. Terror in Time, art by Al Eadeh. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    $955 Atlas EC 1953 Spellbound #18 CGC 5.0 ….Amazing Golden Age Cover!

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  • Issue #19
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 19
    Published 1954 by Atlas.
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Color touch. Interior is complete. Full length spine split, back cover removed. Oxidation. Water damage.
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    Cover art by Bill Everett. Who's Knocking at My Door?, art by Cal Massey. A scientist develops the means of murdering everyone on the planet, but commits suicide after hearing a knocking on his door figuring that it is Martians come to place the only living human in a zoo. The Witch of Maple Street text story. Peek-A-Boo!, art by Bob Powell. Witch Doctor, art by Tony DiPreta. The Firing Squad, art by Al Luster. Off His Rocker!, art by Bob Fujitani. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #20
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 20
    Published 1954 by Atlas.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4260833001
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    Cover art by Russ Heath. The Last Man, art by Bob Powell. The Strange Watch text story. The Mongrel. The Things! He Waits in the Dark, art by Carl Hubbel. The Man with the Bomb! 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #21
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 21
    • Paper: White
    • Label #2049878025
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4364148012
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    Cover art by Russ Heath. The Face of Death, art by John Forte. The Little Toy Shop text story. The Night Caller, art by Bill Walton. Too Bad, Ben, art by Vic Carrabotta. Men from the Morgue, pencils attributed to Les Zakarin, inks by Bob Bean. Listen, Slave, art by Dick Ayers. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #26
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 26
    • Cover loose at one staple. Cover oxidation. Water spotting.
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    • 4" cumulative spine split. Interior tearing, minor impact to story. Cover oxidation.
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    Cover art by Carl Burgos. The Things in the Box, art by Dick Ayers. The Visitors text story. The Stranger's Eyes, art by John Romita. The Brain, art by Robert Q. Sale. Prisoner of the Dwarfs!, pencils by Art Peddy. Beware: The House!, art by Bill Benulis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #27
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 27
    • 2" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached and anchored with tape. Two center wraps detached at one staple. Tape on cover and interior.
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    Cover pencils by Carl Burgos, inks by Sol Brodsky. Trapped in a Mirage, pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Jack Abel. Doubting Thomas!, art by Joe Maneely. Where There's a Will!, art by John Romita. Miracle Man text story. He Saved the Earth, art by Joe Sinnott. The Man Who Lost Tomorrow, art by Ed Winiarski. The Day the Earth Stopped Turning!, art by John Forte. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #28
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 28
    • Interior complete. Full length spine split. Cover oxidation.
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    Cover art by Bill Everett. When Time Stood Still!, art by John Romita. The Forbidden Garden, art by John Forte. The Strange Guests, art by Bill Everett. The Old Man of the Sea, pencils by Gene Colan. The Birds text story. Farewell to the Sun!, art by Werner Roth. This Is the Forest Primeval, art by Joe Orlando. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #32
    Spellbound (1952 Atlas) 32
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    Cover art by Carl Burgos. When the Finger Points, art by Bob Powell. Almost Human!, art by Angelo Torres. The Prisoner, art by Ed Winiarski. Something in the Bottle, art by John Tartaglione [as Lione]. The Absent-Minded Professor text story. Where the Sorcerer Stalks, art by John Forte. The Last Seconds of Ken Stewart, art by Mac Pakula. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.