ADVENTURES INTO WEIRD WORLDS #s 8 & 12 * EC Apes Atlas * Swiped Sizzler * Sex Toy Ploy

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Title: ADVENTURES INTO WEIRD WORLDS Nos. 8 and 12 * Lot of Two Comics
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Publisher:Atlas [Indicia: Animirth Comics, Inc.]
Date Published: July, 1952-November, 1952
Description: #8: VG- (3.5). A few spine ticks and rubs, small chip at top spine, a few fine reading creases and 1/4" tear to right edge of front cover, shallow chip to back cover, pencilled distributor's mark ("P 5/3") to "W" in "WEIRD". Good-looking copy, flat and bright. Cream to off-white pages. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 4.5 sold for $155 in 9/22.

#12: VG (4.0). Spine stress, mild handling marks, color rubs to sidebar and logo box, a few tiny nicks to back cover, pencilled distributor's mark ("L") to "D" in "WEIRD". Off-white pages. GPAnalysis: A 4.0 sold for $187 in 9/22.

Covers: Bill Everett. Art: Ben Brown, Dick Ayres, Vic Carrabatto, Tony DiPreta, Hy Rosen, Ed Winiarski, George Tuska, Bill Bunulis.Babe Brands Beau: Human race doomed by malfunctioning good-luck charm; subterranean invader thwarted by blasé brunette (Invader: "Stop! I have come from the depths of the Earth!" Brunette: "I'm from Hoboken myself... Now amscray!"); dildo ad disguised as pitch for weight-loss wand ("Simple to use – just plug in, grasp handle and apply over most any part of the body... thighs, arms, buttocks, etc... Truly a beautiful invention you will be thankful you own!"); spurned babe brands beau's brow with her name, "Nan," after he says "sticks and stones may break my bones, but names can never hurt me" ("Yes they can, Paul! This is one name that will hurt you!"). This mag's mutilation meshugas may have inspired Feldstein, Williamson and Frazetta's face-branding fable, "Fired!", published a year later in Crime SuspenStories #17.______________________________________________________________

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