ADVENTURES INTO DARKNESS #14 * 4.0 * Shipwrecked

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Title: ADVENTURES INTO DARKNESS No. 14
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Publisher:Standard [Indicia: Visual Editions, Inc.]
Date Published: June, 1954
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VG (4.0). Small nick to top spine, light spine stress, a few small edge nicks, small color rub to right edge of front cover, small creases to corners, top staple possibly replaced, distributor's mark ("N/27/54") to "D" in "DARKNESS." Off-white pages. Cover: Ross Andru? Art: Rocco Mastroserio, Mike Roy, George Roussos, Gene Fawcette. Final issue. GPAnalysis: A 4.0 sold for $226 in December 2019.

Going overboard: Spurred by soaring sales, publishers pushed the boundaries of good taste too far, too fast, until public pressure and the Comics Code killed the horror craze. Dozens of publishers, including Standard, soon submerged forever.

"ADVENTURES INTO DARKNESS dies with the 14th issue: a comic book completely unworthy of note except for a really nice cover showing a shipwreck victim adrift while a lifeboat full of — what else? — animated skeletons approach, offering salvation of a dubious sort." — George Suarez, Tales To Terrible To Tell #7. NEC: 1992-93, p. 37.

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