ALL-FAMOUS POLICE CASES #11 * CGC 3.5 * L.B. COLE Cover

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Title: ALL-FAMOUS POLICE CASES No. 11
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Publisher:Star [Indicia: Star Publications, Inc.]
Date Published: June, 1953
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CGC certified: VG- (3.5). Off-white to white pages. Cover: L.B. Cole. No story or art credits. GPAnalysis: Only one reported sale in any grade: $157 for a 2.5 copy, November 2020.

A crook, a cop, a corpse, a crystal ball, a grinning skull and a Gypsy predicting death: L.B. Cole's cover mixes crime and horror tropes into a ghoulish goulash of terror.

"...All-Famous Police No. 11 [features] suffocating fever dreams which engulf the viewer in a closed nightmare world, leaving him prey to the demon and phantasm inhabitants. Cole contrives that we are trapped within, not viewing from without... In Cole's work, the viewer himself is the center of attention, surrounded by fiendish activity one is powerless to halt." — E.B. Boatner, "L.B. Cole: The Man Behind the Mask." Comic Book Price Guide No. 11. Overstreet: 1981, p. A-63.

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.

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