ADVENTURES INTO TERROR #13 * CGC 4.5 * Bill EVERETT *

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Title: ADVENTURES INTO TERROR No. 13
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Publisher:Atlas [Indicia: Current Detective Stories, Inc.]
Date Published: December, 1952
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CGC certified: VG+ (4.5). Off-white to white pages. Cover: Bill Everett. Stories and art: Stan Lee, Carmine Infantino, George Roussos, Don Perlin, Manny Stallman. GPAnalysis: A 4.5 sold for $264 in September 2020.

Bill Everett's cover features a boneyard babe cringing in terror from the groping "HANDS OF DEATH." The taboo-smashing sex and death combo found in pre-Code comics wouldn't be seen again until the Underground explosion of the late 1960s. UG cartoonist Kim Deitch says of Bill Everett's proto-Underground sensibility, "His 1950s horror work is, in every way, on par with EC, and I frankly prefer Everett's.... His brush inking line just has this 'marijuana-like' feeling to it. You can really get into the smoothness, the curve of the line when you're smoking." — Blake Bell, Fire & Water: Bill Everett, The Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics. Fantagraphics: 2010, p. 84.

A limited edition of 150 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues is available. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $30, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Ten of the 15 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.

Consignments welcome for PBA's December 2021 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.