HAUNTED THRILLS #10 * 1.5 * Ghost Cats & Apocalyptic

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Title: HAUNTED THRILLS No. 10
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Publisher:Ajax-Farrell [Indicia: Farrell Comics, Inc.]
Date Published: July, 1953
Description:

Fair/Good (1.5). Cover loose from book, some fraying and 1" split to spine, mild edgewear, cup ring visible on cover in raking light. If not for loose cover would be 3.5 or better. Cream to off-white pages. Art by uncredited Iger Shop talent. Edited by Ruth Roche. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. Lowest-graded result: A 3.0 sold for $225 in February 2021.

Handsome robot misinterprets gal's sexual advances as an assault, strangles her (Gal: "Well, silly — do I have to kiss you?" Robot: "She want to hurt me! I must protect myself!"). Man lynched at Mardi Gras, hanged from lamppost. Somnabulist leaves his marriage bed each night for illicit ghost-sex with swamp spirit. Man haunted by ghost of cat he killed ("Y-you ain't real! You're a ghost cat!"). Witch turns baby into evil pinhead to punish its dad.

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