Tales of Horror (1952 Toby/Minoan) comic books
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Issue #1
Published Jun 1952 by Toby Press.- INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, interrupts art or story.
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Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Myron Fass, Bill Molno, Ed Smalle and Pete Morisi. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A horribly disfigured man gets a chance to change his life, thanks to an incredibly lifelike mask. An engineer exploring subterranean depths stumbles on the kingdom of the demons and their beautiful queen, Laila. In future year 9852, scientists Tum and Jan are exiled for predicting that their perfect society has a doomed future. Plus a look at the challenges of space travel that reflects the technology of 1952. The Ugliest Man in the World!; Demons Below Us!; Willie; The 24th Guest; Exile to Death!; Problems of Space Travel. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
Published Jan 1953 by Toby Press.$46.00
View scans- 4.25" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple.
$139.00
View scans- Staple rust with migration.
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Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder, Ben Brown, David Gantz and Myron Fass. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. For sinister reasons, a man slips his niece and her husband a magic potion that shrinks them down to four inches tall. A monster created for a hoax turns out to be real. A scientist's super intellect-booster works too well on the test rats. The Curse of King Kala; Death from the Sea; The Man Who Imagined a Monster; Who Shall Inherit the Earth?; Li'l Pepp. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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$375 Tales of Horror #4 CGC 1.0 Giant Beetle Rare 1953 Toby Press $800 Tales of Horror 4 CGC 6.5 TOP GRADED Giant Beetle Rare 1953 BEST COPY Toby Press Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Issue #5
Published Mar 1953 by Toby Press.$405.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #4264093015
$455.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #0311463023
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Cover by Moe Marcus. Stories and art by Ben Brown, David Gantz, Moe Marcus, and Bernard Baily. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. Hideously ugly Hans Bruckner is rejected from town after town, not because of his appearance, but because of his Mr. Hyde-like violent temper. The world's champion chess player is challenged by the mysterious Invincible One, who plays with a chessboard whose pieces look like miniature human beings. Vampires stalk the help at a country farm, but the farmer himself seems strangely unconcerned. The Man Who Lost His Shadow!; Hand of Fate!; Sisters of the Witch; Game of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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$375 Tales Of Horror #5 CGC 3.0 Toby Press Pre Code Golden Age Horror 1953 Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Issue #7
Published Oct 1953 by Toby Press.- Paper: Off white
- Label #7004007-AA-010
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- 1.75" Cumulative spine split.
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Cover by Howard Rosenberger. Stories and art by Howard Rosenberger, Mel Keefer and Jack Sparling. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A creature from the depths is summoned by the sound of a foghorn, in an early comics version of the classic Ray Bradbury story "The Foghorn." An arrogant lawyer believes he is so smart that he can trick the Devil himself. Harriet marries a decrepit old man for his money, only to learn that he's immortal and has placed a horrible curse on any man who loves Harriet. The Man Who Tricked the Devil; Die for the Beggar; The Beast from the Deep; Dinky. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #8
Published Dec 1953 by Toby Press.- Paper: White
- Label #4200453006
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Cover by Howard Rosenberger. Stories and art by Mel Keefer and Jack Sparling. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A bookkeeper with delusions of heroism decides to track down the mad killer stalking the city. Mad Avery devises a fiendish trap for the guests at his pool party, and the only person who suspects is his butler, Jarvis. A deadly snake gets hold of a mad scientist's giantification formula, and soon menaces the city, inspiring a great cover by Howard Rosenberger. The Slasher!; Pool of the Skeletons; The Witness!; Doorway to Darkness; The Death Ship; The Big Snake! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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$2,950 Tales of Horror #8 CGC 3.0 GRAIL HORROR GOLDEN AGE KEY Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Issue #10
Published Apr 1954 by Toby Press.- 8" cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one and loose at second staple. Cover oxidation.
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Cover pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz. The Web of Horror, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; Dr. Jonathan Weir, the possessor of the Purple Claw, travels to the Valley of Horror in answer to a request from his friend Dr. Italo Schiasi; Unfortunately, Dr. Schiasi is already dead at the hands of a giant spider. The Killer in the Snow, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz. The Serpent Strikes, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz. He Walks by Night, art by George Olesen. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #11
Published Jun 1954 by Toby Press.$275.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Label #23-3812DEF-011
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$120.00
View scans- 1" Cumulative spline split. Cover detached at one staple. Water spotting.
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Cover pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz. The Giant from the Tomb--A Purple Claw Mystery, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz. Death Flower--A Purple Claw Mystery, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; a man-eating plant terrorizes the Florida Everglades. Sparks of Life cartoon by Chas. Kuhn. The Final Horror--A Purple Claw Mystery, art by Ben Brown. Just What the Doctor Ordered text story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #12
Published Aug 1954 by Toby Press.- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #2062413001
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$213.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #4153934014
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Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Ellis Eringer, Sal Trapani, Medio Iorio and Myron Fass. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. Professor Lenox's charm school for girls turns out to be abducting women and replacing them with slaves of Satan. Tuscan peasant Alberto betrays the witch who aided him, but he forgot that witches often have covens. The corpse at a funeral thinks back on how each of his pallbearers led him to his untimely death. Welcome to My School; Fate of Alberto; Highway Rubout; The Pallbearers; Poison-Quill at Midnight. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
