ADVENTURES INTO DARKNESS #5 * 4.5 * Two by TOTH

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Title: ADVENTURES INTO DARKNESS No. 5
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Publisher:Standard [Indicia: Visual Editions, Inc.]
Date Published: August, 1952
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VG+ (4.5). 2" split at bottom spine, light spine stress and corner creases, ¼" creased tear to right edge of front cover. A clean, flat, bright, tight copy. Strictly graded, possibly slabbable at 5.0. White to off-white pages. Cover: George Roussos? Art: Alex Toth (one eight-pager and one single-page filler), Art Saaf, Jerry Grandenetti, Ruben Moreira, John Celardo. GPAnalysis: A 4.0 sold for $495 in July 2019; a 3.5 sold for $400 in November 2011.

"For one of his more off-the-wall Standard scripts ["Murder Mansion"], Toth provides a monster that is neither fish nor foul, though it could be their offspring. He employs a strict nine-panel grid throughout, breaking up the rhythm of each page with a single large panel, including sweeping full-length panels on pages two and three. The car in the fourth panel of page six is drawn alarmingly out of proportion, demonstrating that even Toth could buckle under deadline pressure." — Greg Sadowski, Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth. Fantagraphics, 2011, p. 411.

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