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Strange Fantasy (1952) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Strange Fantasy (1952) 1

    "The Ghoul and the Guest"; A starving tramp begs for food at a farm house; When the woman of the house commands him to chop wood and fill the bin first, the man dies from the strain; He returns at night as a wood chopping zombie fulfilling his task. "Death Claws"; Investigator Emmet Blake is bothered with a murder during his vacation; Who killed old Mr. Throckmorton and what does the raven with the bloody feet have to do with it? "Nightmare Message!" text story. "The Captain Who Wouldn't Die!"; The captain of a sailing ship gets drowned by the ghost of a rival captain; When the ghost threatens to steer the ship on rocks, supernatural investigator Zero uses his "ghost-melting disintegrator" to render him powerless. "Primitive Peril!"; Two men make a crash landing in the jungle and are brought before a sun goddess; She declares them to be sacrificed to the sun god; The men, however, know about a total eclipse of the sun happening the next day; reprinted from Ellery Queen #1. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Strange Fantasy (1952) 2
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #0201346003
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #21-192385E-019
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Offbeat pre-Code horror stories from Ajax-Farrell, with art by the Iger Shop staff. A couple encounters a giant man-eating octopus while seeking a sunken Aztec treasure. A man falls for a female ventriloquist, until he learns her terrible secret. Three people are trapped overnight in a mountain cabin in freezing temperatures. Death Holds an Auction; Fate Has a Thousand Faces!; Fabulous Funeral; Chant of the Dead; The Frozen Bride. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $500 Strange Fantasy #2 CGC 2.5 Ghoulish Laboratory Cover 1952
    8 days left Auction STRANGE FANTASY #2 OCT. 1952 PRECODE HORROR (DETACHED COVER)

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  • Issue #4
    Strange Fantasy (1952) 4
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4384462014
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Offbeat pre-Code horror stories from Ajax-Farrell, with art by the Iger Shop staff. A modern-day French chateau becomes the site of an ancient plague. A disfigured female mobster has an unusual admirer. A man visits the castle that's still haunted by his ancestor's murder victim. Debt of Fear; Death Is No Stranger; Ashes of Gold; Solar Disaster (The Black Satan of Doomsday); Demon in the Dungeon. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $300 STRANGE FANTASY #4 CGC 2.5 Ajax-Farrell 1953 PCH Pre-Code Horror

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  • Issue #7
    Strange Fantasy (1952) 7
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s)
    • Label #4124146016
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
  • Issue #9B
    Strange Fantasy (1952) 9B

    Despite the cover, this (and the other variants) is not Strange Fantasy #9, or any other comic by Ajax. The covers were used to repackage reprints of Harvey comics, in this case an issue of "Black Cat." Other variants than these may exist; the publishing dates are uncertain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Strange Fantasy (1952) 13
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Minor color touch. Cover coming loose at one staple.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by Bud Plant

    "Terror in the Attic"; George Moore shows his family home to his wife Linda and Linda discovers his twin brother Ben chained in the attic; Ben attacks Linda after she releases him and George has to kill his brother. "Desperate Peril!" starring Kolah (Rulah). "The Corpse Came To Dinner"; A man and his wife are haunted by the ghost of the mans original wife, who has come back from the dead angry that her husband had remarried after she died. "Bye-Bye Alibi!" text story. "The Murder Pool"; Fat unlikable James Gorse builds a swimming pool and fills it with a special red acid that eats away flesh; He tricks people he hates into swimming in his pool and laughs maniacally when they are reduced to skeletons. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $700 Strange Fantasy 13 CGC 6.5 Ajax BONDAGE HEADLIGHTS 1954 Rare Pink C. Farrell FN+

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  • Issue #14
    Strange Fantasy (1952) 14
    • 7" Cumulative spine split.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Offbeat pre-Code horror stories from Ajax-Farrell, with art by the Iger Shop staff. The victims of a gangster seek revenge after his death. Pearl divers encounter a deadly octopus. A detective investigates reports of an alien invasion in an abandoned building. Meet Me In the Tomb; Ghostly Guns!; Witch Child; Demon's Doom; Monster In The Building. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.