ADVENTURES INTO WEIRD WORLDS #13 * 3.5 * Angry

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Title: ADVENTURES INTO WEIRD WORLDS No. 13
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Publisher:Atlas [Indicia: Animirth Comics, Inc.]
Date Published: December, 1952
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VG- (3.5). Inobtrusive 1" split to spine above bottom staple, mild spine stress, light edgewear including 2 tiny chips (the biggest is 2mm), very faint residue apparent on "RD" in "WEIRD" if viewed in raking light, a few light fingermarks to page margins, centerfold loose. Cream to off-white pages. Professionally cleaned and pressed by Comics In A Flash. If not for loose centerfold would grade 4.5, perhaps 5.0. Cover: Bill Everett. Scripts: Stan Lee, uncredited others. Art: Carmine Infantino, Don Rico, Don Perlin, Jerry Robinson. GPAnalysis: A 3.5 sold for $153 in June 2021.

Traditional terror tales, complete with a mad scientist animating a creature with electricity ("IT'S ALIVE!"), angry villagers with pitchforks, a red devil with horns and goatee, African idol-worshippers who call every white guy "Bwana," etc. Plus: Insecurity-inducing ads targeting sad-sack shlemiels of all ages, including one in which a bag-of-bones boy is dissed by curvy cuties ("There's that skinny scarecrow Roger. Let's pass him by!"), and one in which a fat geezer regains his moxie thanks to a male girdle ("I feel like a kid again — It's GREAT!").

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