CHAMBER OF CHILLS #20 * CGC 7.0 * Crypt Keeper Copycat

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Title: CHAMBER OF CHILLS No. 20
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Publisher:Harvey [Indicia: Witches Tales, Inc.]
Date Published: November, 1953
Description: CGC certified: FN/VF (7.0). Off-white pages. Grader notes: Fingerprints back cover; multiple crease front cover breaks color; spine stress lines breaks color; very small tear top of front cover.

GPAnalysis: A 7.0 sold for $700 in 1/23.

Credits: Cover: Howard Nostrand. Scripts: Howard Nostrand? and Bob Powell? Art: Joe Certa, Manny Stallman, John Giunta, Howard Nostrand, Bob Powell.Swipe Gripe: Crypt Keeper copycat cover by Howard Nostrand, the poor man's Jack Davis. When asked about aping EC artists, Nostrand 'fessed up with refreshing candor: "It was my own idea... All this junk was my idea... This is, you know, pure Davis, this kind of garbage." – Graphic Story Magazine #16 (1974). But was it really Nostrand's idea to copy EC superstars Jack Davis and Wally Wood? Harvey's editor, Sid Jacobson, claimed to have ordered Nostrand to copy Davis and Wood in a bid to boost Harvey's artistic standards (see the entry for Flip #1 in the Pre-Code Humor section of this sale for details).______________________________________________________________

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