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BEWARE #9 * CGC 5.5 * Skeletons and Salacious Salesmen

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Title: BEWARE No. 9
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Publisher:Trojan [Indicia: Trojan Magazines Inc.]
Date Published: May, 1954
Description: CGC certified: Fine- (5.5). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: Wear spine breaks color; bends to cover; cover tanning; creasing to cover; staining to cover.

CGC Census: 32 graded copies (32 Universal).

GPAnalysis: A 5.5 sold for $900 in 10/22; a 5.0 sold for $780 in 5/23.

Credits: Cover: Alvin Hollingsworth. Art: Art Gates, A. C. Hollingsworth, Leo Morey, Henry Kiefer.Speedy Skeletons and Salacious Salesmen: A speedboating skeleton tows two waterskiers to their doom on A.C. Hollingsworth's cover. The inside front cover features an ad for Trojan's The Farmer's Daughter, which looks like a smutty gag book about the amorous adventures of a cornfed cutie, but it's actually pretty sanitized stuff (except for a strip in which randy traveling salesman Dirty Dugan shows up at the farm looking for a place to spend the night, and a steamy one-pager in which the titular Farmer's Daughter skinnydips in the local creek).______________________________________________________________

A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.

Consignments welcome for PBA's Summer 2024 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 funnybook fiends. "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.

Coming Soon: The DC Universe Collection Part 3: The Golden Age (August 2024) and Weird Tales and Amazing Stories: The PBA Pulp Sale (September 2024). Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list.

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Author:
Title: BEWARE No. 9
Place Published:
Publisher:Trojan [Indicia: Trojan Magazines Inc.]
Date Published: May, 1954
Description: CGC certified: Fine- (5.5). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: Wear spine breaks color; bends to cover; cover tanning; creasing to cover; staining to cover.

CGC Census: 32 graded copies (32 Universal).

GPAnalysis: A 5.5 sold for $900 in 10/22; a 5.0 sold for $780 in 5/23.

Credits: Cover: Alvin Hollingsworth. Art: Art Gates, A. C. Hollingsworth, Leo Morey, Henry Kiefer.Speedy Skeletons and Salacious Salesmen: A speedboating skeleton tows two waterskiers to their doom on A.C. Hollingsworth's cover. The inside front cover features an ad for Trojan's The Farmer's Daughter, which looks like a smutty gag book about the amorous adventures of a cornfed cutie, but it's actually pretty sanitized stuff (except for a strip in which randy traveling salesman Dirty Dugan shows up at the farm looking for a place to spend the night, and a steamy one-pager in which the titular Farmer's Daughter skinnydips in the local creek).______________________________________________________________

A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.

Consignments welcome for PBA's Summer 2024 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 funnybook fiends. "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.

Coming Soon: The DC Universe Collection Part 3: The Golden Age (August 2024) and Weird Tales and Amazing Stories: The PBA Pulp Sale (September 2024). Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list.

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