BAFFLING MYSTERIES #s 16, 17 & 25 * Lot of 3 ACE Comics

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Title: BAFFLING MYSTERIES Nos. 16, 17, 18 * Lot of Three Comics
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Publisher:Ace [Indicia: Periodical House, Inc.]
Date Published: 1953-1955
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#16: G/VG (3.0). Spine roll, staple pull, transverse tears at spine, edge nicks, some staple rust. Cream to light tan pages.

#17: VG- (3.5). Spine roll, bottom staple pulled, short transverse tears at spine, touch of rust to bottom staple, corner crease and light soiling to back cover. Cream to off-white pages.

#25: Good+ (2.5). Spine roll, creases and dogears to covers, abrasion and crinkling to back cover. Cream to off-white pages. Comics Code approved.

Covers and art: Jim McLaughlin; Ken Rice, Louis Zansky, Lou Cameron, Dick Beck, Al Hartley, Sy Grudko, Gene Colan, others.

Acid-in-face panel; man burned alive; severed hands strangle victims; fashion-forward female wears Princess Leia hairbuns; plantation owner avoids emancipation laws by using zombie slave labor.

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