ADVENTURES INTO DARKNESS #8 * 4.0 * TOTH Times Two

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Title: ADVENTURES INTO DARKNESS No. 8
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Publisher:Standard [Indicia: Visual Editions, Inc.]
Date Published: February, 1953
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VG (4.0). Spine stress, small losses at spine ends, light edgewear and a few small nicks. RESTORED: ¼" sealed tear, two small color touches. Off-white pages. Cover: Rocco Mastroserio. Art: Alex Toth (2 stories), Rocco Mastroserio, Sam Citron, Charles Sultan. GPAnalysis: A Purple Label 2.5 [C-1] sold for $200 in March 2020. A Blue Label 4.0 sold for $720 in July 2020.

Includes two stories by Alex Toth, "The House That Jackdaw Built" and "The Twisted Hands." "Jackdaw" has been called "'One of Standard's better science-fiction tales... well suited to Toth's state-of-the-art graphics." — Greg Sadowski, Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth, 1952-1954. Fantagraphics: 2011, p. 414. Meanwhile, Sam Citron's "Death's Bridal Gown" features some spicy bra & panty art, climaxing in a supernatural catfight sequence in which a lady ghost tries to strip a newlywed of her wedding dress ("Give me back my bridal gown!").

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