Pre-Code Classics: Adventures into Darkness HC (2017 PS Artbooks) comic books

Add to cart Very Fine $36.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "August 1952 to April 1953!" Collects Adventures into Darkness (1952-1954) #5-9. The covers alone are worth the price of admission - Alex Toth, Jerry Grandenetti, plus, for fans of DC's My Greatest Adventure, Ruben Moreira - comics just don't come no better than this, folks. Standard Comics did not believe in #1 issues. They were convinced that comics sold better if they appeared to have been around for a while, and therefore they started all their horror titles with #5, each lasting about ten issues of fairly well-done E.C. imitations. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $44.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $36.00

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "June 1953 to June 1954!" Collects Adventures into Darkness (1952-1954) #10-14. Cover by Alex Toth. The covers alone in this baby are worth the price of admission - Alex Toth, Jerry Grandenetti, plus, for fans of DC's My Greatest Adventure, Ruben Moreira. Comics just don't come no better than this. Standard Comics did not believe in #1 issues. They were convinced that comics sold better if they appeared to have been around for a while, and therefore they started all their horror titles with #5, each lasting about ten issues of fairly well-done E.C. imitations. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $44.99.