ADVENTURES INTO TERROR #7 * 2.0 * Wolverton * EC
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Title: ADVENTURES INTO TERROR Nos. 7 and 17: Lot of Two Comics
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Publisher:Atlas [Indicia: Current Detective Stories, Inc.]
Date Published: December, 1951
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#7: Good (2.0). Touch of spine roll, small chips at mid-spine and bottom right corner of cover, nicks and creases, a few rusty specks to staples, a few transverse tears to spine affecting covers and pages. Cream to tan pages. Press and clean to VG-? Cover: George Tuska (sidebar art by Joe Maneely). Art: Basil Wolverton, Harry Lazarus, Joe Maneely, Allen Bellman, Hy Rosen. GPAnalysis: None in this grade. A 1.8 sold for $45 in July 2018.
#17: Fair/Good (1.5). Cover detached, small chip to front cover at spine crown, right corners a bit curled, a few dogeared nicks, creases, edges of covers toned (most noticeably on inside covers), wide but shallow chip to margin of one page. Cream to light tan pages. Cover: San Kweskin (sidebar art by Carl Burgos). Scripts: Carl Wessler, others. Art: Gil Kane, Joe Sinnott, Ken Landau, Sam Kweskin, Jim Mooney. GPAnalysis: None in this grade. A 3.0 sold for $110 in May 2021.
Joe Maneely's "Going Down!" features an elevator that goes straight to Hell (a hell-evator?), as well as a guy who blows himself up conducting experiments in science and sorcery (Dr. Doom prototype?). Meanwhile, Basil Wolverton's "Where Monsters Dwell" features some delightfully bizarre artwork, including a guy whose mug gets melted like a campfire marshmallow.
The highlight of #17 is Jim Mooney's "Red as a Lobster!," in which a guy who gets his kicks boiling lobsters alive gets the same treatment. At first it seems like a swipe from Graham Ingels' "Half-Baked!" (Tales from the Crypt # 40), in which a guy who tortures lobsters gets split down the middle and roasted alive. Sadly, Gaines and Feldstein appear to have done the swiping: this story precedes the EC version by over two years.
A deluxe limited edition of 12 hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a small number of softcovers. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $40, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Eight of the 12 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 Spring 2022 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of comics auctioneers. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." — R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
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Title: ADVENTURES INTO TERROR Nos. 7 and 17: Lot of Two Comics
Place Published:
Publisher:Atlas [Indicia: Current Detective Stories, Inc.]
Date Published: December, 1951
Description:
#7: Good (2.0). Touch of spine roll, small chips at mid-spine and bottom right corner of cover, nicks and creases, a few rusty specks to staples, a few transverse tears to spine affecting covers and pages. Cream to tan pages. Press and clean to VG-? Cover: George Tuska (sidebar art by Joe Maneely). Art: Basil Wolverton, Harry Lazarus, Joe Maneely, Allen Bellman, Hy Rosen. GPAnalysis: None in this grade. A 1.8 sold for $45 in July 2018.
#17: Fair/Good (1.5). Cover detached, small chip to front cover at spine crown, right corners a bit curled, a few dogeared nicks, creases, edges of covers toned (most noticeably on inside covers), wide but shallow chip to margin of one page. Cream to light tan pages. Cover: San Kweskin (sidebar art by Carl Burgos). Scripts: Carl Wessler, others. Art: Gil Kane, Joe Sinnott, Ken Landau, Sam Kweskin, Jim Mooney. GPAnalysis: None in this grade. A 3.0 sold for $110 in May 2021.
Joe Maneely's "Going Down!" features an elevator that goes straight to Hell (a hell-evator?), as well as a guy who blows himself up conducting experiments in science and sorcery (Dr. Doom prototype?). Meanwhile, Basil Wolverton's "Where Monsters Dwell" features some delightfully bizarre artwork, including a guy whose mug gets melted like a campfire marshmallow.
The highlight of #17 is Jim Mooney's "Red as a Lobster!," in which a guy who gets his kicks boiling lobsters alive gets the same treatment. At first it seems like a swipe from Graham Ingels' "Half-Baked!" (Tales from the Crypt # 40), in which a guy who tortures lobsters gets split down the middle and roasted alive. Sadly, Gaines and Feldstein appear to have done the swiping: this story precedes the EC version by over two years.
A deluxe limited edition of 12 hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a small number of softcovers. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $40, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Eight of the 12 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 Spring 2022 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of comics auctioneers. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." — R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
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